Grosmont, Alberta Explained

Grosmont
Settlement Type:Unincorporated
Pushpin Map:Canada Alberta
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Grosmont in Alberta
Coordinates:54.8611°N -113.5644°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alberta
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Northern Alberta
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:13
Subdivision Type4:Municipal district
Subdivision Name4:Athabasca County
Leader Title:Reeve
Leader Title1:Governing body
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:610
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:MST
Utc Offset1:-7
Timezone1 Dst:MDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-6

Grosmont is a locality located within Athabasca County in Alberta, Canada.[1] It is located on Highway 2, approximately 28km (17miles) northwest of the Town of Athabasca and 170km (110miles) north of Edmonton. It is northwest of Island Lake and has an elevation of 610m (2,000feet).

The community was so named on account of a nearby hill, Grosmont meaning "big mountain" in French.[2] 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.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813044 - Athabasca County No. 12, geographical codes and localities, 2006 . . 2010-03-05 . 2012-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308090421/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4813044 . 2012-03-08 . dead .
  2. Book: Place-names of Alberta. 1928. Geographic Board of Canada.. Ottawa. 60.
  3. Web site: Grosmont Formation . Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network . 2003-04-29 . 2012-10-27.