White Sands
White Sands is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of Buffalo Lake, northwest from the Town of Stettler and east of the Summer Village of Rochon Sands and Rochon Sands Provincial Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 174 residents
- Description: summer village in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “White Sands, Alberta”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rochon Sands and Pelican Point.
Rochon Sands
Village
Rochon Sands is a summer village on Buffalo Lake in central Alberta, Canada. It is south of Rochon Sands Provincial Park. The summer village and the park take their name from the Rochon family who owned the land in the early 1900s. Rochon Sands is situated 5 km west of White Sands.
Pelican Point
Hamlet
Pelican Point is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Camrose County. It is located approximately 6 kilometres south of Highway 53 and 55 kilometres south of Camrose. Pelican Point is situated 6 km north of White Sands.
White Sands
- Categories: summer village in Alberta and locality
- Location: White Sands, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
52.4694° or 52° 28′ 10″ northLongitude
-112.81007° or 112° 48′ 36″ westPopulation
174Elevation
788 metres (2,585 feet)Open location code
9549F59Q+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4316711828OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6181035Wikidata ID
Q14874916
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“White Sands” goes by many names.
- French: “White Sands”
- Ukrainian: “Вайт-Сендс”
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