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Alexander Island

Category : Island
 

This island was named in 1925 for Captain Alexander, a river pilot on the Northland Echo, which plied the Athabasca River. (see also Alexander Lake)

In Athabasca River approximately 50 km north north-west of Fort McMurray.

Location Name : Fort MacKay
National Topographic System (NTS) : 74 E/4
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
7-94-1-W4
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
57° 09' N 111° 37' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV
Northern Alberta

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