Abee is a
hamlet in
Alberta, Canada within
Thorhild County. It is located on the
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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and
Highway 63, approximately northeast of
Thorhild and south of
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), ...
. 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
*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
Hamlets in Alberta
Thorhild County
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