Abee is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
in
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada within
Thorhild County
Thorhild County is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district located in the central part of northern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 13, Alberta, Census Division 13. It was incorporated in 1955. It changed its name from the ' ...
. It is located on the
Canadian National Railway and
Highway 63, approximately northeast of
Thorhild and south of
Boyle. It has an elevation of .
History
The hamlet was named for A.B. Donley, lumber company manager. Harry Buryn found the
Abee meteorite, which is only example in the world of an EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite, in June 1952 in his wheat field.
Abee Enstatite Chondrite
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Demographics
The population of Abee according to the 2009 municipal census conducted by Thorhild County is 27.[
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See also
*List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
* List of hamlets in Alberta
References
Hamlets in Alberta
Thorhild County
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