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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.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 had a population of 22,303 living in 7,684 of its 8,291 total private dwellings, a 13.1% change from its 2011 population of 19,724.
Valhalla Centre is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. [2]It is located in the Peace River Country at the junction of Highway 59 and Highway 723, northeast of the Village of Hythe and west of the Town of Sexsmith.
The city of Grande Prairie and the prairie land to its northeast. Canola field next to Alberta Highway 2 close to Falher. Peace Country contains Canada's northernmost lands suitable for agriculture. Crops raised include canola, oats, peas, and barley. Some cattle ranching and beekeeping is also done in the area. In 2006, the region accounted ...
It is approximately 486 kilometres (302 mi) northwest of Edmonton and 198 kilometres (123 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie on Highway 2. It was known as the Village of Peace River Crossing between 1914 and 1916. [7] The Peace River townsite is nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) below the relatively flat terrain surrounding it.
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 .
Grande Prairie (provincial electoral district) Grande Prairie Airport; Grande Prairie Public School Division; Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 28; Grande Prairie Transit; Grande Prairie—Mackenzie; Grande Prairie-Smoky; Grande Prairie-Wapiti
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.