Grosmont, Alberta

Grosmont
Unincorporated
Grosmont is located in Alberta
Grosmont
Grosmont
Location of Grosmont in Alberta
Coordinates: 54°51′40″N 113°33′52″W / 54.86111°N 113.56444°W / 54.86111; -113.56444
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionNorthern Alberta
Census division13
Municipal districtAthabasca County
Government
[1]
 • ReeveDoris Splane
 • Governing body
  • Larry Armfelt
  • Christine Bilsky
  • Warren Griffin
  • Kevin Haines
  • Travais Johnson
  • Dwayne Rawson
  • Doris Splane
  • Penny Stewart
  • Denis Willcott
Elevation
610 m (2,000 ft)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Websitewww.athabascacounty.com

Grosmont is a locality located within Athabasca County in Alberta, Canada.[2] It is located on Highway 2, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of the Town of Athabasca and 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Edmonton. It is northwest of Island Lake and has an elevation of 610 metres (2,000 ft).

The community was so named on account of a nearby hill, Grosmont meaning "big mountain" in French.[3] The locality shares its name with the Grosmont Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, and the Imperial Grosmont No. 1 well.[4]

  1. ^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813044 - Athabasca County No. 12, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 60.
  4. ^ "Grosmont Formation". Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network. April 29, 2003. Retrieved October 27, 2012.