Castor
Castor is a tourist town in Alberta, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 861, approximately 143 kilometres east of the city of Red Deer.
- Type: Town with 929 residents
- Description: town in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Castor (Alberta)”, “Castor, AB”, and “Castor, Alberta”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Castor Airport.
Castor
- Categories: town in Alberta and locality
- Location: County of Paintearth No. 18, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
52.21667° or 52° 13′ north
Longitude
-111.9° or 111° 54′ west
Population
929
Elevation
812 metres (2,664 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA CSR
Open location code
954C638X+MX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Castor” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Castor”
- Atikamekw: “Castor”
- Breton: “Castor”
- Cebuano: “Castor”
- Corsican: “Castor”
- Danish: “Castor”
- Dutch: “Castor”
- French: “Castor”
- German: “Castor”
- Indonesian: “Castor”
- Italian: “Castor”
- Low German: “Castor”
- Portuguese: “Castor”
- Romanian: “Castor”
- Serbian: “Kastor”
- Serbian: “Кастор”
- Slovenian: “Castor”
- Spanish: “Castor”
- Swedish: “Castor, Alberta”
- Swedish: “Castor”
- Tahitian: “Castor”
- Turkish: “Castor”
- Ukrainian: “Кастор”
- Urdu: “کاسٹر، البرٹا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Silver Spring Hutterite Colony and Castor Hutterite Colony.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Castor & District Museum and Castor Fire Department.
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Worth a closer look: Calgary and Edmonton.
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