Fort Mackay, Alberta

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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, 64 km (40 mi) north of Fort McMurray. The Athabasca River flows east of the settlement.

It is served by the Fort MacKay/Horizon Airport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: CYNR).

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 to the immediate south and north of Fort MacKay (motorists travelling north on Highway 63 pass through the development en route to the hamlet).

[edit] See also

• Hamlets of Alberta

[edit] References

	Wood Buffalo National Park	Fort Chipewyan		v • d • e
			Saskatchewan
		Fort MacKay
	Wabasca-Desmarais	Fort McMurray	La Loche

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Fort MacKayCoordinates: 57°11′12″N 111°38′12″W / 57.18667, -111.63667

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