Fort McMurray

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Fort McMurray is a northern Alberta community best known as the center of Canada’s oil sands industry and a hub for energy-related development.

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Fort McMurray canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf community
urban service area
administrativeStatus urban service area within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
amalgamatedInto Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
climate subarctic climate
country Canada
distanceFromCalgary approximately 750 km by road
distanceFromEdmonton approximately 435 km by road
economicDependenceOn oil price cycles
economicRole major center of Canada’s oil sands industry
service hub for surrounding work camps
formerStatus city
governingBody Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Council
hasAirport Fort McMurray International Airport
hasIndustry construction
retail and services for oil sands workers
transportation services
hasPostSecondaryInstitution Keyano College
healthcareFacility Northern Lights Regional Health Centre
historicalName McMurray
knownFor energy-related development
oil sands industry
locatedAtConfluenceOf Athabasca River
Clearwater River
locatedIn Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
locatedOn Athabasca River
majorEmployer Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Cenovus Energy
Suncor Energy
Syncrude Canada
namedAfter William McMurray
nearResource Athabasca oil sands
populationTrend declines or stagnation during oil downturns
strong growth during oil booms
primaryIndustry bitumen extraction
oil and gas
oil sands mining
province Alberta
recreationFacility MacDonald Island Park
region northern Alberta
surface form: Northern Alberta
sportsFacility Centerfire Place
sportsTeam Fort McMurray Oil Barons
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
transportationLink Highway 63
Highway 881 NERFINISHED
wildfireEvacuation large-scale evacuation in May 2016
wildfireEvent 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire

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Alberta hasCity Fort McMurray
Athabasca River flowsThrough Fort McMurray
northern Alberta contains Fort McMurray
subject surface form: Northern Alberta