Abee

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

54°14′16″N 113°01′40″W / 54.23778°N 113.02778°W / 54.23778; -113.02778CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionCentral AlbertaCensus division13Municipal districtThorhild CountyGovernment

• TypeUnincorporated • Governing bodyThorhild County CouncilPopulation

(2009)^[1]

• Total27Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)Area codes780, 587, 825

Abee is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County.^[2] It is located on the Canadian National Railway and Highway 63, approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northeast of Thorhild and 49 kilometres (30 mi) south of Boyle. It has an elevation of 665 metres (2,182 ft).

History

The hamlet was named for A.B. Donley, lumber company manager.^[3] Harry Buryn found the Abee meteorite, which is only example in the world of an EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite, in June 1952 in his wheat field.^[4]

Demographics

The population of Abee according to the 2009 municipal census conducted by Thorhild County is 27.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 9.
^ Abee Enstatite Chondrite