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Grande Prairie is a city in northwestern Alberta, Canada, within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country.It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor) and Highway 40 (the Bighorn Highway), approximately 456 km (283 mi) northwest of Edmonton.
The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 is a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada in Census Division No. 19. It is bounded on the south by the Wapiti River, on the east by the Smoky River and on the west by the province of British Columbia.
The first incarnation of Grande Prairie, a sprawling rural district, was created out of the southern half of Peace River in 1930. It was reduced in size for the 1940 election when its northern area was transferred to the new district of Spirit River, and further reduced in 1986 to the city of Grande Prairie and the rural areas to its west and south.
Rio Grande is a farming community established in the Redwillow River valley, in the Pouce Coupe Prairie of southern Peace River Country.The locality of Rio Grande, approximately 65 km west of Grande Prairie, saw European settlers by 1915, but was also the site of a Metis community before that time.
Bezanson is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. [2] It is located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Grande Prairie on Highway 43, west of the Smoky River.
Clairmont is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. [2] Previously an incorporated municipality, Clairmont dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946 to become part of the Municipal District of Bear Lake No. 740.
Hythe is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. [4] It is located on Highway 43 approximately 58 km (36 mi) northwest of the City of Grande Prairie and 73 km (45 mi) southeast of the City of Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It held village status prior to July 2021.
Albright, Alberta is an unincorporated locality within northwest Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is located on Highway 43 and the Grande Prairie-Grande Cache Railway between Beaverlodge and Hythe. It has an elevation 740 meters (2,430 ft). Albright Community Hall.