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Share by EmailFox Creek, Alta, incorporated as a town in 1967, population 1969 (2011c), 2278 (2006c). The Town of Fox Creek is located 74 km west of WHITECOURT. The town is named after a creek that flows through the community. Appearing on maps as early as 1928, it refers to a fox mentioned in a Dominion land surveyor's notebook. Up until the 1950s this was one of the most remote parts of Alberta, until significant oil and natural gas reserves were discovered in the area. Fox Creek is now a service centre to the oil, gas, forestry and tourism industries. The opening of the highway between Whitecourt and VALLEYVIEW in 1955 also contributed to the growth of the town. In 1983 the town expanded when the nearby hamlet of losegun Lake was amalgamated with Fox Creek.
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- MLA 8TH EDITION
- Welch, Deborah and Michael Payne. "Fox Creek". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 11 May 2016, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fox-creek. Accessed 18 February 2019.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- Welch, D.,, & Payne, M., Fox Creek (2016). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fox-creek
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Welch, Deborah, and Michael Payne, "Fox Creek". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published April 01, 2008; last modified May 11, 2016. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fox-creek
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- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- Deborah Welch and Michael Payne, The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Fox Creek", last modified May 11, 2016, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fox-creek
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Fox Creek
| Article by | Deborah Welch, Michael Payne |
| Published Online | April 1, 2008 |
| Last Edited | December 15, 2013 |
Fox Creek, Alta, incorporated as a town in 1967, population 1969 (2011c), 2278 (2006c). The Town of Fox Creek is located 74 km west of WHITECOURT. The town is named after a creek that flows through the community.
