The Upper Athabasca Region is a land-use framework region in northern

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, Canada. One of seven in the province, each is intended to develop and implement a regional plan, complementing the planning efforts of member municipalities in order to coordinate future growth. Corresponding roughly to major watersheds while following municipal boundaries, these regions are managed by

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Communities

The following municipalities are contained in the Upper Athabasca Region.

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Towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

* Athabasca *

Barrhead Barrhead (, ) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when a series of small textile-produ ...

* Edson *

High Prairie High Prairie is a town in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is located at the junction of Alberta Highway 2, Highway 2 and Alberta Highway 749, Highway 749, approximately northeast of Valleyview, Alberta, Valleyview and wes ...

* Hinton *

Mayerthorpe Mayerthorpe is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton at the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail). The town is surrounded by Lac Ste. Anne County and is in Alberta's Census Division ...

Onoway Onoway is a small town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton at the junction of Alberta Highway 37, Highway 37 and Alberta Highway 43, Highway 43. The mayor is Len Kwasny. History Two theories are behind the nam ...

Slave Lake Slave Lake is a town in northern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton. It is located on the southeast shore of Lesser Slave Lake at the junction ...

Swan Hills Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the eponymous Swan Hills (Alberta), Swan Hills, approximately north of Whitecourt and northwest of Fort Assiniboine. The town is at the junction of Alberta Highway 32, Highway 32 and Alb ...

Westlock Westlock is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1913, the town is primarily an agricultural, business, and government administration centre serving communities and rural areas within surrounding Westlock County. Geography Westlock ...

Whitecourt Whitecourt is a town in Northern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Woodlands County. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton and southeast of Grande Prairie at the junction of Alberta Highway 43, Highway 43 and Alberta Highway 32, Highw ...

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Villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

* Alberta Beach * Boyle * Clyde ; Summer villages * Birch Cove * Bondiss * Castle Island * Island Lake * Island Lake South * Larkspur * Mewatha Beach * Nakamun Park * Ross Haven * Sandy Beach * Silver Sands * South Baptiste * South View * Sunrise Beach * Sunset Beach * Sunset Point * Val Quentin * West Baptiste * West Cove * Whispering Hills *

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; Métis settlements * East Prairie * Peavine * Gift Lake ; Municipal districts * Athabasca County * County of Barrhead No. 11 *

Big Lakes County Big Lakes County, formerly the Municipal District of Big Lakes, is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district in north-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Division No. 17, Alberta, Census Division 17, around the Lesser ...

* Lac Ste. Anne County *

Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district (MD) in north-central Alberta, Canada. Its List of municipal districts in Alberta#Office locations, municipal office is located ...

* Westlock County *

Woodlands County Woodlands County is a municipal district in north-central Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 13, its municipal office is located outside but adjacent to the Town of Whitecourt. A second municipal office is located in the Hamle ...

Yellowhead County Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta census division No. 14. History *1994: Established as a ''Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94'' on January 1. ...

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Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...

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Improvement District No. 12 Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park), or Improvement District No. 12, is an improvement district in Alberta, Canada. Coextensive with Jasper National Park in Alberta's Rockies, the improvement district is the municipality that p ...

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Indian reserves In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the ''Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." R ...

* Alexis 133 * Alexis Cardinal River 234 * Alexis Elk River 233 * Alexis Whitecourt 232 * Assineau River 150F * Driftpile River 150 * Kapawe'no 150B * Kapawe'no 150C * Kapawe'no 150D * Kapawe'no 229 * Kapawe'no 230 * Kapawe'no 231 *

Sawridge 150G Sawridge 150G is an Indian reserve of the Sawridge First Nation in Alberta, located within the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is adjacent to the eastern boundary of the town of Slave Lake Slave Lake is a town in northe ...

* Sawridge 150H * Enoch Cree Nation 135A * Sucker Creek 150A *

Swan River 150E Swan River 150E is a Cree First Nation reserve in Kinuso, Alberta, Canada. It is located northwest of Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the N ...

References

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