Alberta Provincial Highway No. 666, commonly referred to as Highway 666,
is a highway in the province of
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. It runs mostly west-east, on mostly existing township and range roads in the
Municipal District of Greenview No. 16
The Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 is a municipal district (MD) in northwest Alberta, Canada. It covers the full extent of Census Division 18, and with an area of , it is the largest municipal district in Alberta. Its administrative& ...
in
Northern Alberta
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An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cen ...
, for 37 km.
Route description
The highway starts on Range Road 85 at a creek crossing, south of this point
Weyerhaeuser Canada Corporation maintains a network of forestry roads, extending approximately south to the
Two Lakes Provincial Park and Nose Mountain camping areas, and further to the high Kakwa Falls on the
Kakwa River. Highway 666 travels north east on Township Road 692, Range Road 82, and Township Road 700, to the hamlet of
Grovedale
Grovedale is a southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. At the , Grovedale had a population of 14,869.
History
Toponymy
The locality was originally named ''Germantown'' because several families of German Lutheran origin had settled th ...
. It then follows the south bank of
Wapiti River
The Wapiti River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Smoky River, located in the southern area of the Peace River Basin.
Wapiti is named after the Cree word for elk (''waapiti'').
...
, with
O'Brien Provincial Park in between, before meeting up with Highway 40.
The
Highway 40 bridge over Wapiti River south of
Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie is a city in northwest Alberta, Canada within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor) and Highway 40 (the Bighorn Highway), a ...
also crosses Highway 666, and with separate northbound and southbound exits to Hwy 666, it makes a
Trumpet
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/
Directional-T hybrid.
It is used by Forestry and the Oil and Gas industry working in the area of the Wapiti River valley, as well as for recreational use (two summer campgrounds are open in this wilderness area). It is paved for its entire length.
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Major intersections
Starting from the west end of Highway 666:
Gallery
Image:Highway 40-Wapiti River.JPG, Hwy 40 bridge over Wapiti River
The Wapiti River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Smoky River, located in the southern area of the Peace River Basin.
Wapiti is named after the Cree word for elk (''waapiti'').
...
and Hwy 666 east terminus
Image:Alberta Highway 666.jpg, Highway 666 leading to Grovedale, Alberta
Image:Highway_666_turnoff.jpg, Highway 666 under the Wapiti River bridge.
See also
* List of Alberta provincial highways
References
External links
666
666 may refer to:
* 666 (number)
* 666 BC, a year
* AD 666, a year
* The number of the beast, a reference in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament
Places
* 666 Desdemona, a minor planet in the asteroid belt
* U.S. Route 666, an America ...
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