Grant Island

Grant Island is an island in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort McMurray.

Photo: jasonwoodhead23, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest community in the Athabasca Oil Sands in . It lost its city status in 1995 when it merged with a large rural area to form the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and its fortunes have risen and fallen in lockstep with the price of Alberta crude oil; its structures were decimated by a May 2016 wildfire.

Grant Island

Latitude
56.76551° or 56° 45′ 56″ north
Longitude
-111.40189° or 111° 24′ 7″ west
Elevation
235 metres (771 feet)
Open location code
958CQH8X+66
Geo­Names ID
5964919
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Satellite Map

Discover Grant Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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