Little Smoky is a

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in northwest

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, Canada within the

Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 The Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 is a municipal district (MD) in northern Alberta, northwest Alberta, Canada. It covers the full extent of Division No. 18, Alberta, Census Division 18, and with an area of , it is the largest municipal ...

. It is located on Highway 43, approximately south of Valleyview and northwest of Fox Creek. The hamlet is adjacent to the

Little Smoky River The Little Smoky River is a tributary of the Smoky River in west-central Alberta, Canada. Course The river originates in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, west of Grande Cache and flows in a north-east direction throughout the foothills. ...

Demographics

Little Smoky recorded a population of 28 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by

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Services and amenities

Little Smoky has a

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, a

motel A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the Parking lot, parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central Lobby (room), lo ...

, a

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, and an

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. The ''Waskahigan River Provincial Recreation Area'' is located across Highway 43.

Infrastructure

The hamlet has two locally significant rural roads near it: Little Smoky Road (formerly Highway 745), which connects the hamlet to Highway 665, and Simonette Road, which connects to

Forestry Trunk Road Highway 734 is a highway in western Alberta, Canada that travels through the forested foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It used to be part of Forestry Trunk Road and is still colloquially referred to as such. It is preceded by the remaining cent ...

(formerly Highway 734). The Little Smoky transfer station is located southwest of the hamlet on Range Road 221. The Greenview Regional Landfill was built northeast of Little Smoky on the corner of Township Road 672 and Range Road 210.

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Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 Hamlets in Alberta {{NorthernAlberta-geo-stub

Demographics

Services and amenities

Infrastructure

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