Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray is the largest community in the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta. 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.
- City with about 68,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 260 metres (850 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code YMM
- Description: municipality in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as“Fort Mac”“Fort McMurray Urban Service Area”“Fort McMurray, AB”“Fort McMurray, Alberta”“McMurray”
- Neighbors: Wood Buffalo National Park
Places of Interest
Discover Keyano Theatre and Centerfire Place.
Centerfire Place
Ice rink
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Father Patrick Mercredi Community High School
School
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Fort McMurray
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Latitude
56.7292° or 56° 43′ 45″ north
Longitude
-111.3885° or 111° 23′ 19″ west
UN/LOCODE
CA YMM
Open location code
958CPJH6+MH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Fort McMurray” goes by many names.
فورت ماكمرايArabic
فورت ماكمورايArabic
فورت ماكموريArabic
Fort MackmureyAzerbaijani
Fort Mak-MurreyAzerbaijani
Fort-MakMerreyAzerbaijani
ফোর্ট ম্যাকমারিBengali
Fort McMurrayCatalan
Fort McMurrayCebuano
麥克墨雷堡Chinese
麥克默瑞堡Chinese
麦克默里堡Chinese
Fort McMurrayCzech
Fort McMurrayDagbani
Fort McMurrayDanish
Fort McMurrayDutch
Fort McMurrayEsperanto
Fort McMurrayFinnish
Fort McMurrayGalician
Φορτ ΜακΜάρρεϊGreek
Φορτ ΜακΜάρριGreek
ફોર્ટ મેકમૂરેGujarati
פורט מקמריHebrew
फोर्ट मैकमुरेHindi
Fort McMurrayIcelandic
Fort McMurrayIndonesian
Fort McMurrayItalian
FortMcMurrayJapanese
フォート・マクマレーJapanese
フォートマクマレー市Japanese
ಫೋರ್ಟ್ ಮೆಕ್ಮುರ್ರೆKannada
포트맥머리Korean
FortmakmmariLatvian
Fort MakmarisLithuanian
Fort McMurrayLuxembourgish
Fort McMurrayMalagasy
Fort McMurrayMalay
फोर्ट मॅक्मूरीMarathi
Fort McMurrayNorwegian Bokmål
Fort McMurrayNorwegian Nynorsk
Форт Мак-МуррейOssetian
فورت مك موريPersian
فورت مکموریPersian
Fort McMurrayPolish
Fort McMurrayRomanian
Форт Мак-МуррейRussian
Форт Мак-МюррейRussian
Форт-Мак-МарриRussian
Форт-МакМеррейRussian
Fort McMurrayScots
Fort MakmariSerbian
Fort McMurraySerbian
Форт МакмарејSerbian
Форт МакмариSerbian
ෆොර්ට් මැක්මරේSinhala
Fort McMurraySlovak
Fort McMurraySwedish
மெக்மர்ரி கோட்டைTamil
ఫోర్ట్ మక్ మర్రేTelugu
ฟอร์ท แมคมูเรย์Thai
Fort McMurrayTurkish
Форт Мак-МюрейUkrainian
Форт-МакМеррейUkrainian
فورٹ مکمورایUrdu
فورٹ میک میریUrdu
Fort McMurrayVietnamese
Fort McMurrayVolapük
麦克默里堡Wu Chinese
麥梅利堡Yue Chinese
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