Seba Beach is a
summer village
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located west of
Edmonton
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in
Alberta
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, Canada. The main employer to those within the village and surrounding area is the
Sundance Generating Plant, a coal-fired power plant located on the south side of the lake, owned and operated by
TransAlta Utilities.
A large cabin-going community exists during the summer, although the village is populated year round. Local sites include The Seba Heritage Museum and Memory Wall,
Wabamun Lake
Wabamun Lake (sometimes spelled Wabumun) is one of the most heavily used lakes in Alberta, Canada. It lies west of Edmonton, Alberta. It is long and narrow, covers and is deep at its deepest, with somewhat clear water.
Its name derives from ...
, the village marina and pier, a public library, and several businesses including a restaurant, a general store, a
miniature golf
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course, a golf resort, and a recreational vehicle park.
Seba Beach is one of the few summer villages in Alberta that employs
community peace officers. The duties of its two peace officers include traffic and liquor enforcement as well as emergency response.
August long weekend is the annual Regatta at Seba Beach, which features a parade, dance, foot races, fireworks, beach volleyball tournament, and cribbage tournament, among other events. During the summer and fall, there is a weekly farmers market on Saturdays.
Fish within the lake include
northern pike
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,
whitefish,
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...
, and
yellow perch
The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samu ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Summer Village of Seba Beach had a population of 229 living in 128 of its 333 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 169. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Seba Beach had a population of 169 living in 82 of its 323 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 143. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Edmonton Yacht Club
The Edmonton Yacht Club, founded in 1923, is the main sailing club of Seba Beach, located at 1 Avenue and 2 Street West. In 1989, Margaret Lemieux compiled 'Wind in the sails : the Edmonton Yacht Club, 1923-1981', which documented the history of the Edmonton Yacht Club and sailing in Alberta during this time period, published through the Seba Beach Heritage Society from records of the Edmonton Yacht Club from Cooking Lake and Seba Beach.
['Wind in the sails : the Edmonton Yacht Club, 1923-1981 (Edmonton : Edmonton Yacht Club, 1989)]
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal district ...
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List of summer villages in Alberta
A summer village is a type of urban municipality in the Canadian province of Alberta that has a permanent population generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal (non-permanent) inhabitants.
Alberta has a total of 51 summe ...
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List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
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References
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{{Subdivisions of Alberta, SV=yes
1920 establishments in Alberta
Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Summer villages in Alberta