Cadotte Lake is an
unincorporated community
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in
northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is a geographic region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cent ...
, Canada within
Northern Sunrise County
Northern Sunrise County is a municipal district in northern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division 17, its municipal office is located east of the Town of Peace River
The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river ...
.
It is located on the northern shore of the homonymous lake, along
Highway 986, east of
Peace River
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and west of the
Bicentennial Highway (Highway 88).
The community straddles the boundary between the
Woodland Cree First Nation Reserve 226 and Northern Sunrise County. The western portion of the community, located within the reserve, is known as the Cadotte Lake Indian Settlement,
while the eastern portion, located within Northern Sunrise County, is designated a
hamlet
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.
[
]Cadotte Airport
Cadotte Airport was located adjacent to Cadotte Lake, Alberta
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is located east of the settlement.
The community is named for the nearby lake, as is the out-flowing Cadotte River
The Cadotte River is a tributary of the Peace River in Northern Alberta, Canada.
The river gives the name to the Cadotte Member, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
Course
The Cadotte River forms in Northern Albert ...
, which lends its name to the Cadotte Member of the Peace River Formation
The Peace River Formation is a stratigraphical unit of middle Albian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from the Peace River, and was first described on the banks of the river, downstream from the Smoky River conflue ...
, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) underlies of Western Canada including southwestern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories. This vast sedimentary ...
.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Cadotte Lake had a population of 23 living in 8 of its 13 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 61. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*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 ...
*List of designated places in Alberta
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada Population cen ...
*List of hamlets in Alberta
Hamlets in the province of Alberta, Canada, are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities ( municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). The ...
References
*
The Boiling Point
' (Curtis Haugan. Record-Gazette. September 2, 2008)
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Hamlets in Alberta
Communities on Indian reserves in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Northern Sunrise County