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