Grosmont, Alberta

Grosmont
Unincorporated
Grosmont
Location of Grosmont in Alberta
Coordinates: 54°51′40″N 113°33′52″W / 54.86111°N 113.56444°W / 54.86111; -113.56444Coordinates: 54°51′40″N 113°33′52″W / 54.86111°N 113.56444°W / 54.86111; -113.56444
Country  Canada
Province  Alberta
Region Northern Alberta
Census division 13
Municipal district Athabasca County
Government[1]
 • Reeve Doris Splane
 • Governing body
Elevation 610 m (2,000 ft)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Website www.athabascacounty.com

Grosmont is a locality located within Athabasca County in Alberta, Canada.[2] It is located on Highway 2, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of the Town of Athabasca and 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Edmonton. It is northwest of Island Lake and has an elevation of 610 metres (2,000 ft).

The community was so named on account of a nearby hill, Grosmont meaning "big mountain" in French.[3] The locality shares its name with the Grosmont Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, and the Imperial Grosmont No. 1 well.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813044 - Athabasca County No. 12, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  3. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 60.
  4. ↑ "Grosmont Formation". Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network. 2003-04-29. Retrieved 2012-10-27.


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