Fort Mackay, Alberta

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subdivision_type = Country
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subdivision_type1 = Province
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subdivision_type2 = Census division
subdivision_name2 = No. 16
subdivision_type3 = Municipality
subdivision_name3 = Wood Buffalo MD
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footnotes = Fort MacKay is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Wood Buffalo Municipal District, at the northern end of Highway 63, km to mi|64|abbr=yes|wiki=yes north of Fort McMurray, at an elevation of m to ft|260|precision=0. The Athabasca River flows east of the settlement.

The hamlet is located in census division No. 16 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. It is administered by Wood Buffalo MD. [Cite web|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0179_1.htm|author=Alberta Municipal Affairs|title=Improvement District No. 24 - Improvement District profile|accessdate=2008-08-05]

It was named in 1912 after Dr. Williams Morrison McKay, the first President of the Northern Alberta Medical Association.

It is served by the Fort MacKay/Horizon Airport Airport codes|N/A|CYNR.

The economy is centered around the development of the Athabasca oil sands to the immediate south and north of Fort MacKay (motorists traveling north on Highway 63 pass through the development en route to the hamlet).

Demographics

As of 2006, the community had a total population of 437 living in 149 dwellings.Cite web | url= http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/7331 | title= Fort MacKay - Community demographics|author=Industry Canada| authorlink=Industry Canada | year=2006 | accessdate= 2008-08-05] With a land area of km2 to mi2|8.2|abbr=yes|wiki=yes, it has a population density of Pop density km2 to mi2|16.0| spell=UK | abbr=yes.

ee also

*Hamlets of Alberta
*List of communities in Alberta

References

Geographic Location (8-way)
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