Big Slough Alberta Map

About Big Slough, Alberta

Big Slough is a locality in 113-19,20-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Big Slough is located at 58.8272°N, 113.1500°W.

Big Slough lies a silent sentinel under a sky that can shift from bruised twilight to a piercing, crystalline blue in the span of an afternoon. It lies 89.7 km east-north-east of Fox Lake, AB (from Fox Lake, AB: bearing 63°T), and is situated 23.5 km south-west of Jackfish River. The land here is a study in muted greens and browns, a sprawling canvas of muskeg and boreal forest, punctuated by the dark, still waters of its namesake slough and a scattering of smaller, unnamed ponds that mirror the vastness above. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of wind and rain, give way to flatter expanses where sparse stands of spruce and jack pine cling to the earth, their branches often weighted with the damp breath of the north. The air, especially as dusk deepens, carries a clean, sharp scent of pine needles and damp earth, a fragrance that seems to distill the very essence of this wilder corner of Alberta. The history of Big Slough is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of those who have called it home, their lives intertwined with the ebb and flow of the land's bounty. For generations, Indigenous peoples have navigated these waterways, their ancestral trails now softened by the passage of time and the whisper of winds. Later, the lure of the north brought trappers and resource extractors, their endeavors leaving faint scars on the landscape, now gradually reclaimed by tenacious mosses and low-lying shrubs. The local economy, a hardy creature, has always been tethered to the natural world, with trapping, logging, and a modest but persistent agricultural presence forming the backbone of daily life. Evenings in Big Slough are often accompanied by the distant rumble of ATVs or the low hum of a generator, sounds that are as much a part of the local character as the haunting call of a loon across the water.

About This Big Slough Map Page

Explore Big Slough, 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: 58.827222, -113.15. 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 Slough includes the postal code (T0V), 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 Slough 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.