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Belloy is a ghost town in Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County.

Belloy
Unincorporated community
Belloy
Location of Belloy in Alberta
Coordinates: 55.7539°N 118.2333°W / 55.7539; -118.2333
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 19
Municipal districtBirch Hills County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodyBirch Hills County council
Elevation
570 m (1,870 ft)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)

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


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



References


  1. Statistics Canada. "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 1996". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  2. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 18.
  3. Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Belloy Formation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2009-02-12.




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