Abee
Hamlet
Abee is located in Alberta
Abee
Abee
Location of Abee
Abee is located in Canada
Abee
Abee
Abee (Canada)
Coordinates: 54°14′16″N 113°01′40″W / 54.23778°N 113.02778°W / 54.23778; -113.02778
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionCentral Alberta
Census division13
Municipal districtThorhild County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodyThorhild County Council
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total27
Time 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 only mass recovered from the Abee meteorite, a brecciated enstatite chondrite now on display at the American Museum of Natural 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 9.
  4. ^ Abee Enstatite Chondrite


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