Big Coulee Alberta Map

About Big Coulee, Alberta

Big Coulee is a locality in 10-68-22-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Big Coulee is located at 54.8789°N, 113.2833°W.

Big Coulee lies cradled within the wide embrace of Alberta's parkland, a landscape where the earth rolls with a quiet, persistent grace. It lies 18.0 km north of Athabasca, AB (from Athabasca, AB: bearing 0°T), and is situated 9.8 km south-south-west of Deep Creek. Here, the sky seems to stretch on forever, a vast canvas painted with hues that shift from the pale robin's egg blue of morning to the deep indigo of a star-dusted night. The land itself is a study in subtle contours, a series of gentle swells and hollows that give way to the wide, shallow basins characteristic of this region. Sparse stands of trembling aspen, their leaves a whisper in the slightest breeze, punctuate the open pastures, and the air often carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked grasses, a fragrance that clings to the very fabric of the place. In the distance, the land seems to blur into the horizon, a place where the earth meets the immeasurable dome of the sky. The story of Big Coulee is deeply entwined with the agricultural pulse of the land, a history of hardy settlers who coaxed sustenance from the rich, dark soil. For generations, this has been a place where grain elevators stood as silent sentinels against the horizon, their silhouettes a familiar marker of prairie life, and where the rhythm of the seasons dictated the flow of work and existence. While the agricultural roots remain strong, the economy has diversified, with pockets of oil and gas exploration adding a different hum to the quietude, a modern counterpoint to the enduring legacy of farming. You might hear the distant rumble of a tractor in the morning, a sound that has echoed here for decades, or catch the glint of machinery working the fields, a testament to the ongoing relationship between the people and the land they cultivate.

About This Big Coulee Map Page

Explore Big Coulee, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.878889, -113.283333. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Big Coulee includes the postal code (T9S), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Big Coulee is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.