Little Smoky

{{About||the river|Little Smoky River|the Central Nevada Desert Basins|Little Smoky Valley}}

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Little Smoky is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.{{Cite web|url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |title=Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities |author=Alberta Municipal Affairs |author-link=Alberta Municipal Affairs |date=2010-04-01 |access-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229060335/http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-29 }} It is located on Highway 43, approximately {{convert|39|km|mi}} south of Valleyview and {{convert|47|km|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.

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.

See also

{{Commons category|Little Smoky, Alberta}}

References

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{{Geographic location

| Centre = Little Smoky

| North = Valleyview

| Northeast = High Prairie

| East = Swan Hills

| Southeast = Fox Creek

| South = Hinton

| Southwest = Grande Cache

| West = Musreau Lake

| Northwest = Grande Prairie

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Category:Municipal District of Greenview No. 16

Category:Hamlets in Alberta

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