Smoky Lake
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Smoky Lake is a town in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 28 and Highway 855. It lies between the North Saskatchewan River, Smoky Creek, and White Earth Creek, in a mainly agricultural area. The provincial historic site of Victoria Settlement is nearby. Long Lake Provincial Park is located Script error: No such module "convert". north of the town. The Woods Cree, a First Nations people, named "Smoking Lake" for the smoke from ceremonies performed on the shore; the name Smoky Lake may also be based on the mist that rose from the lake in great quantities at sundown.[1] One of its churches, the St. Onuphrius Ukrainian-Catholic, built in 1907, has been moved to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec.[2] It is in Census Division No. 12 and is the municipal office for Smoky Lake County.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Smoky Lake had a population of 1,031 living in 442 of its 518 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 964. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[3][4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Smoky Lake recorded a population of 964 living in 421 of its 499 total private dwellings, a Script error: No such module "Percentage". change from its 2011 population of 1,022. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.[5]
Notable people
- Martha Bielish (1915 - 2010) - politician, farmer, feminist, teacher and Canadian senator
- Mary Burzminski, track and field athlete
- Eddie Carroll, actor, voice over
- John Dubetz, Alberta politician
- Terry Ewasiuk, professional ice hockey player
- Isidore Goresky, Alberta legislator
- Ray Kinasewich, professional ice hockey player
- Steve Zarusky, Alberta politician
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".; Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society, Place Names of Alberta, volume III
- ↑ Borys Gengalo, Touring Ukrainian Ottawa Template:Webarchive, UCPBA of Ottawa
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External links
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