McLennan is a town in

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, Canada. It is approximately north of

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on Highway 2. Named after John K. McLennan, vice president of the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway on what used to be a community known as Round Lake, the town lies on the southern shore of Kimiwan Lake (the

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word for rain), and northwest of Winagami Lake. The large concentration of

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and

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and McLennan's informal nickname as the 'Bird Capital of Canada' is due to the nearby lakes creating an attraction for

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. Winagami Lake Provincial Park is located southeast of McLennan. Its Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, dedicated to

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, and built in 1947 is the archiepiscopal see of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the Town of McLennan had a population of 695 living in 255 of its 322 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 701. 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 McLennan recorded a population of 701 living in 256 of its 296 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 809. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. The population of the Town of McLennan according to its 2017 municipal census is 791.

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* {{Alberta Regions Upper Peace 1944 establishments in Alberta Towns in Alberta

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