Belloy, Alberta
Belloy | |
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  Belloy Location of Belloy in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 55°45′14″N 118°14′00″W / 55.7539°N 118.2333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Census division | No. 19 |
| Municipal district | Birch Hills County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Birch Hills County council |
| Elevation | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
Belloy is a ghost town in Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County.
It is located along the Grande Prairie-Grande Cache Railway tracks, north of Alberta Highway 49, between Wanham and Girouxville. It is part of census division No. 19 and is administered by Birch Hills County.[1]
The community has the name of one Octavie Belloy, an opera singer who entertained Belgian troops.[2]
Agriculture is the main activity in the community, which was built around cattle farming. Services for the oil and gas industry are another part of the economy.
Geography
[edit]The community lies in the Peace River Country of northern Alberta, in the Birch Hills south of the Peace River.
The settlement gives the name to the Belloy Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Statistics Canada. "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 1996". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 18.
- ^ Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Belloy Formation". Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Ghost Towns of Canada. Belloy, Alberta
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