Sturgeon River
The Sturgeon River is a 260-kilometre-long river in central Alberta. It is a major tributary of the North Saskatchewan River. The river crosses Sturgeon County, which was named for this river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan Cogeneration Plant.
Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton
Archaeological site
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Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Sturgeon River.
Fort Saskatchewan Cogeneration Plant
Power station
The Fort Saskatchewan Cogeneration Plant is on the Dow Chemical Canada's Fort Saskatchewan facility. The cogeneration plant produces 118 MW of electricity from its gas turbines and 100 tonnes per of steam for use in Dow Chemical Canada's facility. Fort Saskatchewan Cogeneration Plant is situated 3½ km south of Sturgeon River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hu Haven and Fort Saskatchewan.
Hu Haven
Locality
Hu Haven is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. It is located on the south side of Township Road 554, 0.8 km east of Highway 825.
Fort Saskatchewan
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Fort Saskatchewan is a city of about 25,000 people in the Edmonton Capital Region. The city is most well known for its proximity to petrochemical facilities, including Dow Chemical, Sherritt International, Agrium and Shell Canada.
Lamoureux
Hamlet
Lamoureux is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located 6 kilometres northeast of Edmonton's city limits on the northern shore of the North Saskatchewan River, on the opposite side of the City of Fort Saskatchewan. Lamoureux is situated 7 km southwest of Sturgeon River.
Sturgeon River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sturgeon River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sturgeon River”
- French: “rivière Sturgeon”
- French: “Rivière Sturgeon”
- German: “Sturgeon River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sturgeon”
- Persian: “استرژن ریور (آلبرتا)”
- Persian: “رود استورجن”
- Spanish: “río Sturgeon”
- Spanish: “Río Sturgeon”
- Swedish: “Sturgeon River, Alberta”
- Swedish: “Sturgeon River”
- Tajik: “Остржн ревир (олбрто)”
- Tajik: “Остржн ревир”
- Ukrainian: “Стерджон (річка, Альберта)”
- Ukrainian: “Стерджон”
- Welsh: “Afon Sturgeon”
- “Sturgeon”
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