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]