Fort McMurray

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Fort McMurray is a northern Alberta community best known as the center of Canada’s oil sands industry and a hub for energy-related development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf community ⓘ
urban service area ⓘ
administrativeStatus urban service area within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceFromCalgary approximately 750 km by road ⓘ
distanceFromEdmonton approximately 435 km by road ⓘ
economicDependenceOn oil price cycles ⓘ
economicRole major center of Canada’s oil sands industry ⓘ
service hub for surrounding work camps ⓘ
formerStatus city ⓘ
governingBody Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Council ⓘ
hasAirport Fort McMurray International Airport ⓘ
hasIndustry construction ⓘ
retail and services for oil sands workers ⓘ
transportation services ⓘ
hasPostSecondaryInstitution Keyano College ⓘ
healthcareFacility Northern Lights Regional Health Centre ⓘ
historicalName McMurray ⓘ
knownFor energy-related development ⓘ
oil sands industry ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Athabasca River ⓘ
Clearwater River ⓘ
locatedIn Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo ⓘ
locatedOn Athabasca River ⓘ
majorEmployer Canadian Natural Resources Limited ⓘ
Cenovus Energy ⓘ
Suncor Energy ⓘ
Syncrude Canada ⓘ
namedAfter William McMurray ⓘ
nearResource Athabasca oil sands ⓘ
populationTrend declines or stagnation during oil downturns ⓘ
strong growth during oil booms ⓘ
primaryIndustry bitumen extraction ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
oil sands mining ⓘ
province Alberta ⓘ
recreationFacility MacDonald Island Park ⓘ
region Northern Alberta ⓘ
linked to: northern Alberta
sportsFacility Centerfire Place ⓘ
sportsTeam Fort McMurray Oil Barons ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
transportationLink Highway 63 ⓘ
Highway 881 NERFINISHED ⓘ
wildfireEvacuation large-scale evacuation in May 2016 ⓘ
wildfireEvent 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire ⓘ

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Alberta → hasCity → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Athabasca River → flowsThrough → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Northern Alberta → contains → Fort McMurray ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Alberta
McMurray → formerNameOf → Fort McMurray ⓘ
McMurray → replacedByName → Fort McMurray ⓘ
2016 Fort McMurray wildfire → locatedIn → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Athabasca oil sands → cityNearby → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Keyano College → locatedIn → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Keyano College → serves → Fort McMurray region ⓘ
linked to: Fort McMurray
Centerfire Place → location → Fort McMurray ⓘ
MacDonald Island Park → locatedIn → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Syncrude Canada → operatesInRegion → Fort McMurray area ⓘ
linked to: Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray Oil Barons → location → Fort McMurray, Alberta ⓘ
linked to: Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray Oil Barons → basedIn → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Fort McMurray Oil Barons → homeCity → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Tantoo Cardinal → birthPlace → Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Fort McMurray
William McMurray → hasPlaceNamedAfter → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Alberta provincial highway network → connects → City of Fort McMurray ⓘ
linked to: Fort McMurray
Alta Flights → focusCity → Fort McMurray ⓘ
Clearwater River (Alberta) → mouthLocation → Fort McMurray ⓘ
subject linked to: Clearwater River
Clearwater River (Alberta) → flowsThrough → Fort McMurray ⓘ
subject linked to: Clearwater River
Highway 63 (Alberta) → primaryAccessTo → Fort McMurray ⓘ
subject linked to: Highway 63
Highway 63 (Alberta) → regionServed → Fort McMurray area ⓘ
subject linked to: Highway 63
linked to: Fort McMurray
Highway 63 (Alberta) → passesThrough → Fort McMurray ⓘ
subject linked to: Highway 63