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The Peace River region is also an important centre of oil and natural gas production. There are also pulp and paper plants along the river in Alberta and British Columbia. The Grenfell was one of the vessels that shipped cargo on the Peace River. The Peace River has two navigable sections, separated by the Vermilion Chutes, near Fort Vermilion. [7]
Peace River (originally named Peace River Crossing and known as Rivière-la-Paix in French [6]) is a town in northwest Alberta, Canada.It is along the banks of the Peace River at its confluence with the Smoky River, the Heart River and Pat's Creek.
The Peace River Country (or Peace Country; French: Région de la Rivière-de-la-paix) is an aspen parkland region centring on the Peace River in Canada.It extends from northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, where a certain portion of the region is also referred to as the Peace River Block.
Located in northwest-central Alberta, the Peace River oil sands deposit is the smallest of four large deposits of oil sands [1] of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin formation. [1] The Peace River oil sands lie, generally, in the watershed of the Peace River. The Peace River oil sands deposits are the smallest in the province.
Peace River. Pouce Coupe River, Clear River, Eureka River, Montagneuse River, Hamelin Creek, ... Alberta WaterPortal Society. Map of watersheds in Alberta, ...
Dunvegan is located on a flat of land on the north shore of the Peace River at a place where the river extends to its southernmost point in Alberta. The Peace is a relatively new river and is still being formed as can be witnessed by the land slippages regularly occurring along its banks and the bars continually forming along its shores.
After intersecting Highway 743, the highway crosses the Peace River and enters Northern Sunrise County. A short distance later, the highway intersects Highway 688. It then continues east through the hamlets of Cadotte Lake and Little Buffalo before ending at Highway 88, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the Hamlet of Red Earth Creek. [1] [2]
Dunvegan (/ d ʌ n ˈ v eɪ ɡ ən / dun-VAY-gən) [1] is an unincorporated community within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136 in northern Alberta, Canada.It is 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of the town of Fairview on the northern bank of the Peace River at the mouth of the Hines Creek.