McDonald Island

McDonald Island is an island in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Keyano Theatre and Father Patrick Mercredi Community High School.

Arts center
Photo: YMMLive, CC BY 4.0.
is an arts center, which is situated 2½ km southeast of McDonald Island.

School
Father Mercredi Community High School is a Roman Catholic high school in , , . It became the first Catholic high school in the city of Fort McMurray and is operated by the Fort McMurray Catholic School District. is situated 4 km west of McDonald Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort McMurray and Draper.

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.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , Canada within the . It is located approximately 12 km southeast of on the southern bank of the . is situated 10 km southeast of McDonald Island.

McDonald Island

Latitude
56.7335° or 56° 44′ 1″ north
Longitude
-111.36859° or 111° 22′ 7″ west
Elevation
242 metres (794 feet)
Open location code
958CPJMJ+9H
Geo­Names ID
6069266
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Satellite Map

Discover McDonald Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Snye and Fort McMurray Oil Sands Interpretive Centre Provincial Historic Site (Developed).

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