The Upper Athabasca Region is a land-use framework region in northern

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, Canada. One of seven in the province, each is intended to develop and implement a regional plan, complementing the planning efforts of member municipalities in order to coordinate future growth. Corresponding roughly to major watersheds while following municipal boundaries, these regions are managed by Alberta Environment and Parks.

Communities

The following municipalities are contained in the Upper Athabasca Region.

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Towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Athabasca Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may a ...

Barrhead Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when ...

* Edson * High Prairie * Hinton * Mayerthorpe *

Onoway Onoway is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 37 and Highway 43. History Two theories are behind the naming of the community. "Onoway" in Chipewyan translates to "fair field ...

Slave Lake Slave Lake is a town in northern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton. It is located on the southeast shore of Lesser Slave Lake at the junction o ...

Swan Hills Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the eponymous Swan Hills, approximately north of Whitecourt and northwest of Fort Assiniboine. The town is at the junction of Highway 32 and Grizzly Trail, and is surrounded by Big Lake ...

Westlock Westlock is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1913, the town is primarily an agricultural, business, and government administration centre serving communities and rural areas within surrounding Westlock County. Geography Westlock i ...

Whitecourt Whitecourt is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Woodlands County. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton and southeast of Grande Prairie at the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 32. It has an elevation of . Whiteco ...

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Villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Alberta Beach Alberta Beach is a village in central Alberta, Canada, west of Edmonton. It is located on the southeast shore of Lac Ste. Anne, approximately west of Highway 43 and north of Highway 633. Alberta Beach's economy it is centred on tourism and r ...

Boyle Boyle is an English, Irish and Scottish surname of Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon or Norman origin. In the northwest of Ireland it is one of the most common family names. Notable people with the surname include: Disambiguation *Adam Boyle (disambiguation), ...

* Clyde ; Summer villages *

Birch Cove Birch Cove is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located between Highway 33 and Lac la Nonne, northwest of Edmonton. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Birch Cove had ...

* Bondiss * Castle Island * Island Lake * Island Lake South * Larkspur *

Mewatha Beach Mewatha Beach is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the western shore of Skeleton Lake, east of Boyle. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Mewatha Beach had ...

Nakamun Park Nakamun Park is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southern shore of Nakamun Lake, west of Highway 33 and north of Onoway. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Villa ...

Ross Haven Ross Haven is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Lac Ste. Anne, south of Highway 43. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Ross Haven had ...

* Sandy Beach * Silver Sands *

South Baptiste South Baptiste is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southern shore of Baptiste Lake, west of Athabasca. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of South Baptiste ...

* South View * Sunrise Beach * Sunset Beach * Sunset Point * Val Quentin *

West Baptiste West Baptiste is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the western shore of Baptiste Lake, west of Athabasca. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of West Baptiste h ...

* West Cove * Whispering Hills *

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; Métis settlements * East Prairie * Peavine * Gift Lake ;

Municipal districts A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Brazil In Brazil, municipal districts are, in genera ...

* Athabasca County *

County of Barrhead No. 11 The County of Barrhead No. 11 is a municipal district in north central Alberta, Canada. It is located northwest of Edmonton and is in Census Division No. 13. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are ...

* Big Lakes County *

Lac Ste. Anne County Lac Ste. Anne County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 13, north west of Edmonton. Highway 43 stretches across this county. Its municipal office is located in the Hamlet of Sangudo. The c ...

* Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 *

Westlock County Westlock County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada that is north of Edmonton. The county was formerly known as the Municipal District of Westlock No. 92, and was created in 1943 from the merger of five smaller municipal district ...

Woodlands County Woodlands County is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district in north-central Alberta, Canada. Located in Division No. 13, Alberta, Census Division No. 13, its List of municipal districts in Alberta#Office locations, munici ...

Yellowhead County Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta census division No. 14. History *1994: Established as a ''Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94'' on January 1. ...

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; Improvement districts *

Improvement District No. 12 Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park), or Improvement District No. 12, is an List of communities in Alberta#Improvement districts, improvement district in Alberta, Canada. Coextensive with Jasper National Park in Alberta's Rockies, ...

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Alexis 133 Alexis 133 is an Indian reserve of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in Alberta, located within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is 70 kilometres northwest of Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is ...

Alexis Cardinal River 234 Alexis Cardinal River 234 is an Indian reserve of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in Alberta, located within Yellowhead County Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district withi ...

Alexis Elk River 233 Alexis Elk River 233 is an Indian reserve of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in Alberta, located within Yellowhead County Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alb ...

Alexis Whitecourt 232 Alexis Whitecourt 232 is an Indian reserve of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in Alberta, located within Woodlands County. It is 13 kilometers northwest of Whitecourt Whitecourt is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Wood ...

* Assineau River 150F * Driftpile River 150 * Kapawe'no 150B * Kapawe'no 150C * Kapawe'no 150D * Kapawe'no 229 * Kapawe'no 230 *

Kapawe'no 231 Kapawe'no 231 is an Indian reserve of the Kapawe'no First Nation in Alberta, located within Big Lakes County. It is 86 kilometres north of Swan Hills Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the eponymous Swan Hills, approximat ...

Sawridge 150G Sawridge 150G is an Indian reserve of the Sawridge First Nation in Alberta, located within the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is adjacent to the eastern boundary of the town of Slave Lake Slave Lake is a town in norther ...

Sawridge 150H Sawridge 150H is an Indian reserve of the Sawridge First Nation in Alberta, located within the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is west of the town of Slave Lake Slave Lake is a town in northern Alberta, Canada that is sur ...

* Enoch Cree Nation 135A *

Sucker Creek 150A Sucker Creek 150A is an Indian reserve of the Sucker Creek First Nation in Alberta, located within Big Lakes County. It is 22 kilometres south of High Prairie. In the 2016 Canadian Census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian ...

Swan River 150E Swan River 150E is a Cree First Nation reserve in Kinuso, Alberta, Canada. It is located northwest of Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and ...

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