Abee Explained

For other uses see Abee (disambiguation).

Abee
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map:Canada Alberta#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Abee
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alberta
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Central Alberta
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:13
Subdivision Type4:Municipal district
Subdivision Name4:Thorhild County
Government Type:Unincorporated
Leader Title1:Governing body
Leader Name1:Thorhild County Council
Established Title:Established
Population As Of:2009
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:27
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−07:00
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−06:00
Coordinates:54.2378°N -113.0278°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Codes:780, 587, 825
Blank Name:Highways
Blank1 Name:Waterways

Abee is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located on the Canadian National Railway and Highway 63, approximately 16km (10miles) northeast of Thorhild and 49km (30miles) south of Boyle. It has an elevation of 665m (2,182feet).

History

The hamlet was named for A.B. Donley, lumber company manager.[2] Harry Buryn found the Abee meteorite, which is only example in the world of an EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite, in June 1952 in his wheat field.[3]

Demographics

The population of Abee according to the 2009 municipal census conducted by Thorhild County is 27.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010 . Alberta Population . September 25, 2021 . December 11, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211211031124/http://www.altapop.ca/popsums/2010/2010hamletsalpha.pdf . dead .
  2. Book: Place-names of Alberta. 1928. Geographic Board of Canada. Ottawa. 9.
  3. http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/abee.htm Abee Enstatite Chondrite