Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray 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.
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  • Type: City with 66,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in Alberta, Canada
  • Also known as: “Fort mac”, “Fort Mac”, “Fort Mackmurey”, “Fort McMurray (Alberta)”, “Fort McMurray Urban Service Area”, “Fort McMurray, AB”, “Fort McMurray, Alberta”, “FortMcMurray”, “McMurray”, “Φορτ ΜακΜάρρι”, “Форт Мак-Мюрей”, “Форт Мак-Мюррей”, “Форт Макмареј”, “Форт-Макмюррей”, “Форт-МакМюррей”, “فورت ماكمراي”, “فورت ماكموري”, “فورت مك موري”, “فورت مک موری”, “フォート・マクマレー”, and “フォートマクマレー市”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Keyano Theatre and Centerfire Place.

Arts center
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Ice rink
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School
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Fort McMurray

Latitude
56.7292° or 56° 43′ 45″ north
Longitude
-111.3885° or 111° 23′ 19″ west
Population
66,600
Elevation
258 metres (846 feet)
IATA airport code
YMM
UN/LOCODE
CA YMM
Open location code
958CPJH6+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 445973270
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5955895
Wiki­data ID
Q126624
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Fort McMurray” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فورت ماكموراي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fort Mak-Murrey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fort-MakMerrey”
  • Bengali: “ফোর্ট ম্যাকমারি”
  • Catalan: “Fort McMurray”
  • Cebuano: “Fort McMurray”
  • Chinese: “麥克墨雷堡”
  • Chinese: “麥克默瑞堡”
  • Chinese: “麦克默里堡”
  • Czech: “Fort McMurray”
  • Dagbani: “Fort McMurray”
  • Danish: “Fort McMurray”
  • Dutch: “Fort McMurray”
  • Esperanto: “Fort McMurray”
  • Finnish: “Fort McMurray”
  • French: “Fort McMurray”
  • Galician: “Fort McMurray”
  • German: “Fort McMurray”
  • Greek: “Φορτ ΜακΜάρρεϊ”
  • Gujarati: “ફોર્ટ મેકમૂરે”
  • Hebrew: “פורט מקמרי”
  • Hindi: “फोर्ट मैकमुरे”
  • Icelandic: “Fort McMurray”
  • Indonesian: “Fort McMurray”
  • Italian: “Fort McMurray”
  • Japanese: “フォートマクマレー”
  • Kannada: “ಫೋರ್ಟ್ ಮೆಕ್ಮುರ್ರೆ”
  • Korean: “포트맥머리”
  • Latvian: “Fortmakmmari”
  • Lithuanian: “Fort Makmaris”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fort McMurray”
  • Malagasy: “Fort McMurray”
  • Malay: “Fort McMurray”
  • Marathi: “फोर्ट मॅक्मूरी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort McMurray”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fort McMurray”
  • Ossetian: “Форт Мак-Муррей”
  • Persian: “فورت مک‌موری”
  • Polish: “Fort McMurray”
  • Portuguese: “Fort McMurray”
  • Romanian: “Fort McMurray”
  • Russian: “Форт-Мак-Марри”
  • Russian: “Форт-МакМеррей”
  • Scots: “Fort McMurray”
  • Serbian: “Fort Makmari”
  • Serbian: “Форт Макмари”
  • Sinhala: “ෆොර්ට් මැක්මරේ”
  • Slovak: “Fort McMurray”
  • Spanish: “Fort Mcmurray”
  • Swedish: “Fort McMurray”
  • Tamil: “மெக்மர்ரி கோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “ఫోర్ట్ మక్ మర్రే”
  • Thai: “ฟอร์ท แมคมูเรย์”
  • Turkish: “Fort McMurray”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-МакМеррей”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ مکمورای”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ میک میری”
  • Vietnamese: “Fort McMurray”
  • Volapük: “Fort McMurray”
  • Wu Chinese: “麦克默里堡”
  • Yue Chinese: “麥梅利堡”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Abasand and City Centre.

Wood Buffalo: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Fort Chipewyan and Fort McKay.

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