Smoky Lake is a town in

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, Canada. It is located northeast of

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at the junction of Highway 28 and Highway 855. It lies between the

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, Smoky Creek and White Earth Creek, in a mainly agricultural area. The provincial historic site of Victoria Settlement is nearby. Long Lake Provincial Park is located north of the town. The

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, a

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people, named "Smoking Lake" for the smoke from ceremonies performed on the shore; the name Smoky Lake may also be based in the mist that rose from the lake in great quantities at sundown. One of its churches, the St. Onuphrius Ukrainian-Catholic, built in 1907, has been moved to the

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Smoky Lake County Smoky Lake County is a municipal district in north-eastern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 12, its municipal office is located in the Town of Smoky Lake. Geography Communities and localities The following urban munici ...

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, the Town of Smoky Lake had a population of 1,127 living in 442 of its 518 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 964. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Smoky Lake recorded a population of 964 living in 421 of its 499 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,022. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people

* Mary Burzminski, track and field athlete *

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, Alberta legislator * Terry Ewasiuk, professional ice hockey player * Isidore Goresky, Alberta legislator * Ray Kinasewich, professional ice hockey player *

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, Alberta legislator

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* {{Authority control 1923 establishments in Alberta Towns in Alberta

Demographics

Notable people

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