Marie Reine | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Marie Reine in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 19 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Northern Sunrise County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Northern Sunrise County Council |
Leader Title1: | Reeve |
Leader Name1: | Agnes Knudsen |
Leader Title2: | Ward 3 Councillor |
Leader Name2: | Ricky Boucher |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 20 March 1987 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 67 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 56.0764°N -117.2894°W |
Marie Reine is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada within Northern Sunrise County. It is located approximately 18km (11miles) south of the Town of Peace River on four quarter sections split by Highway 744.
The French Canadian community got its start in 1949-1952 when settlers from Quebec and France migrated west for a better future. The hamlet has a unique community plan laid out by L’Abbe Pierre Paul Pothier where each lot is a twenty-acre strip abutting Highway 744.
The population of Marie Reine according to the 2010 municipal census conducted by Northern Sunrise County is 67.[1]
The hamlet has a community hall and a post office.