The Upper Peace 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 Peace Region.

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Cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Grande Prairie Grande Prairie is a city in Northern Alberta, northwestern Alberta, Canada, within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Alberta Highway 43, Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor) ...

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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 ...

Beaverlodge Beaverlodge is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 43, west of Grande Prairie and east of the British Columbia border. History The town was named for the Beaverlodge River, which was known as ''Uz-i-pa'' ("tempora ...

* Fairview * Fox Creek * Grimshaw * McLennan *

Peace River The Peace River () is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in the Peace-Athabasca Delta to form the ...

* Sexsmith * Spirit River * Valleyview *

Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in the London Borou ...

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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 ...

* Berwyn * Donnelly * Girouxville *

Hines Creek Hines Creek is a village in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located 67 km west of Grimshaw, Alberta, Grimshaw and 28 km north of Fairview, Alberta, Fairview, along Alberta Highway 64, Highway 64. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian ce ...

Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an element in a toponym, such as Rotherhithe in London, or to: Places Australia * Hythe, Tasmania Canada *Hythe, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada England *The ...

* Rycroft ; Municipal districts *

Birch Hills County Birch Hills County is a municipal district in north-western Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 19, northeast of Grande Prairie. The district takes its name from a range of hills of the same name, which in turn were named by Cre ...

Clear Hills County Clear Hills County is a municipal district in north western Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 17. In 1950, the massive Chinchaga fire burned through much of the region. On January 1, 2006, the name was changed from ''Municip ...

* Municipal District of Fairview * County of Grande Prairie * Municipal District of Greenview * Municipal District of Peace * Municipal District of Smoky River * Municipal District of Spirit River *

Saddle Hills County Saddle Hills County is a municipal district situated in the central portion of the Peace Country in northwest Alberta, Canada. Located approximately northwest of Edmonton and north of Grande Prairie, its municipal office is located approxima ...

; Improvement districts * Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) ;

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 ...

* Alexander 134A * Clear Hills 152C * Duncan's 151A * Horse Lakes 152B * Sturgeon Lake 154 * Sturgeon Lake 154A * Sturgeon Lake 154B

References

{{Alberta Regions Upper Peace Alberta land-use framework regions