Calais, Alberta

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Calais is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta, on the south shore of Sturgeon Lake, surrounded by the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) north of Highway 43, 83 kilometres (52 mi) east of Grande Prairie.

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Sturgeon Lake (Alberta) lake in Canada

Sturgeon Lake is a lake in north-western Alberta, Canada. It has a total area of 49.1 km2 (19.0 sq mi) and a maximum depth of 9.5 m (31 ft). It is located in the hydrographic basin of the Little Smoky River at an elevation of 685 m, 20 km west of the town of Valleyview, along Highway 43.

The Sturgeon Cree Nation is a First Nations band government or "band", part of the Cree ethnic group, a member of the Western Cree Tribal Council, and a party to Treaty 8. The band controls three Indian Reserves, the large Sturgeon Lake 154 and the smaller 154A and 154B. It is based on the shores of Sturgeon Lake, around Calais, west of Valleyview, in the M.D. of Greenview in the Peace Country of Northern Alberta. The registered population of the band is 3,064, of those 1,407 are on the band's own reserves.

The community has the name of a local Roman Catholic priest. [1]

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References

  1. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 28.

Coordinates: 55°04′25″N117°29′51″W / 55.07361°N 117.49750°W / 55.07361; -117.49750 (Calais)

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