Northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is a region that covers the entire northern half of Alberta, Canada. Even more than the rest of Alberta, the North is relatively remote and sparsely populated.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray.
Grande Prairie
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Grande Prairie is a city in northwestern Alberta, Canada, within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 40, approximately 456 km northwest of Edmonton.
Fort McMurray
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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.
Cold Lake
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Cold Lake is a small city of about 15,000 people in Lakeland, Alberta set against the backdrop of one of Alberta's most beautiful lakes. Home to Canada's largest air force base, Cold Lake is today the amalgamation of three towns, Cold Lake, Grand Centre and Medley, better known as 4-Wing Cold Lake.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Peace Country and North Central Alberta.
Peace Country
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The Peace Country is a region that covers the entire northwestern quadrant of Alberta, Canada. Most of northern Alberta is part of the sparsely-populated boreal forest, but here along the banks of the Peace River, there is an isolated patch of farmland, separated from the main population centres of Alberta by the Swan Hills.
North Central Alberta
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North Central Alberta is the part of Northern Alberta to the north and west of the Edmonton Capital Region. It is the transitional zone between the agriculturally rich "parkland" in the south and the more remote boreal forest to the north.
Lakeland
Lakeland is a region in Northern Alberta. It lies north of the North Saskatchewan River at the southern fringe of the great boreal forest, and is it noted for its many healthy lakes.
Wood Buffalo
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Wood Buffalo is a region that covers the entire northeastern quadrant of Alberta, Canada. The entire region is drained by the Athabasca River, a major river that goes on to empty into the world's largest inland delta inside Wood Buffalo National Park.
Northern Alberta
- Type: region
- Description: geographical region
- Neighbors: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
57.37° or 57° 22′ 12″ northLongitude of center
-116.37° or 116° 22′ 12″ westWikidata ID
Q1240098
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Satellite Map
Discover Northern Alberta from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Northern Alberta” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北阿尔伯塔区”
- Chinese: “阿尔伯塔省北部”
- French: “Alberta du Nord”
- French: “Nord de l’Alberta”
- French: “Région du Nord de l’Alberta”
- German: “Nord-Alberta”
- Italian: “Alberta settentrionale”
- Portuguese: “Região Norte de Alberta”
- Serbian: “Северна Алберта”
- Venetian: “Alberta setentrionałe”
Alberta: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Northern Alberta”. Photo: Ethan2039, CC BY-SA 3.0.