Little Smoky

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

54°44′20″N 117°10′47″W / 54.7389°N 117.1797°W / 54.7389; -117.1797CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaCensus divisionNo. 18Municipal district Municipal District of Greenview No. 16Government

• TypeUnincorporated • Governing bodyMunicipal District of Greenview No. 16 CouncilPopulation

(1991)^[1]

• Total28Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)WaterwaysLittle Smoky River, Waskahigan River, Iosegun River

Little Smoky is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.^[2] It is located on Highway 43, approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi) south of Valleyview and 47 kilometres (29 mi) northwest of Fox Creek. The hamlet is adjacent to the Little Smoky River.

Demographics

Little Smoky recorded a population of 28 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.^[1]

Services and amenities

Little Smoky has a community hall, a motel, a playground, and an ice rink. The Waskahigan River Provincial Recreation Area is located across Highway 43.

Infrastructure

The hamlet has two locally significant rural roads near it: Little Smoky Road (formerly Highway 745), which connects the hamlet to Highway 665, and Simonette Road, which connects to Forestry Trunk Road (formerly Highway 734).

The Little Smoky transfer station is located southwest of the hamlet on Range Road 221. The Greenview Regional Landfill was built northeast of Little Smoky on the corner of Township Road 672 and Range Road 210.

References

^ ^a ^b "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ Alberta Municipal Affairs (April 1, 2010). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 29, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2010.