Mercoal

Mercoal, a former coal mining town, is located in the Yellowhead County of western , Canada. It was one of several communities along the historic Coal Branch segment of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which included Embarras, , , Coal Valley, Cadomin, , and .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in Alberta, Canada
  • Also known as: Mercoal, Alberta

Mercoal

Latitude
53.16344° or 53° 9′ 48″ north
Longitude
-117.09355° or 117° 5′ 37″ west
Elevation
1,355 metres (4,446 feet)
Open location code
95545W74+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51970678
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
6072215
Wiki­data ID
Q6818515
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Tahitian—“Mercoal” goes by many names.
  • Breton: Mercoal
  • Corsican: Mercoal
  • Danish: Mercoal
  • Dutch: Mercoal
  • Egyptian Arabic: ميركوال
  • French: Mercoal
  • German: Mercoal
  • Indonesian: Mercoal
  • Irish: Mercoal
  • Italian: Mercoal
  • Low German: Mercoal
  • Portuguese: Mercoal
  • Romanian: Mercoal
  • Spanish: Mercoal
  • Swedish: Mercoal
  • Tahitian: Mercoal

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