The Communities in the Region

Publication: Your McMurray Magazine

Fort McMurray is the largest urban community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and is located within the Wood Buffalo National Park and the heart of the Athabasca oil sands. The city rests near the confluence of the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers in northeastern Alberta. In 1870 the community was established as a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post. Learn about the communities that make up this region. 

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Posted in: Alberta Unbound: Stories for Change