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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB) [5] [6] is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada.It is the largest regional municipality in Canada by area (105650.88km2 | this number includes Wood Buffalo Nation Park of Canada) [7] and is home to oil sand deposits known as the Athabasca oil sands.
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is a largely rural riding in the northeast corner of Alberta. Municipally, the riding consists of the northern part of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and almost all of Improvement District No. 24. The riding is home to the bulk of industrial activity relating to the Athabasca oil sands.
Fort McMurray (/ m ə k ˈ m ʌr i / mək-MURR-ee) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. [10] [11] It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest.
Transport in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (1 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
The first specialized municipality was created on April 1, 1995, when the former City of Fort McMurray amalgamated with Improvement District (ID) No. 143 to form the Municipality of Wood Buffalo. [8] Specialized municipality status was chosen for the amalgamated municipality "to provide for the unique needs of a municipality including a large ...
Improvement District No. 24, or Improvement District No. 24 (Wood Buffalo), [4] is an improvement district in Alberta, Canada.Coextensive with the portion of Wood Buffalo National Park in northeast Alberta, the improvement district provides local governance for lands within the park that are not within Indian reserves.
The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 16. [3] [4]Specialized municipalities. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
Fitzgerald, also known as Fort Fitzgerald and originally Smith's Landing, is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, located 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) south of the Northwest Territories border, and 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Fort Smith.