FORT MACKAY, ALBERTA

Location of Fort Mackay in Alberta
'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, north of Fort McMurray. The Athabasca River flows east of the settlement.
It is served by the Fort MacKay/Horizon Airport .
Fort MacKay has a permanent population of 536[1], mostly first nation.[2]
It was named in 1912 after Dr. Williams Morrison McKay, the first President of the Northern Alberta Medical Association.
The economy is centered around the development of the Athabasca oil sands.

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★ Hamlets of Alberta

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