Curlew Alberta Map

About Curlew, Alberta

Curlew is a locality in 2-33-25-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Curlew is located at 51.8081°N, 113.4536°W.

Curlew rests in a broad, open embrace of the Alberta prairies, where the land rolls in soft, sun-baked waves towards a horizon that seems to stretch into forever. It lies 42.0 km south-east of Innisfail, AB (from Innisfail, AB: bearing 125°T), and is situated 11.7 km east-south-east of Wimborne. The sky here is a boundless canvas, often painted with the pale blues of morning or the fiery golds and bruised purples of sunset, a spectacle that can hold a person captive for hours. Sparse stands of aspen and poplar cling to the shallow coulees, their leaves a vibrant, almost defiant green against the endless expanse of golden grasses and the rich, dark earth. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the subtle fragrance of wild sage and the promise of distant rain. Life in Curlew moves with a quiet, steady persistence, a reflection of the land that birthed it, where the wind whispers secrets through the swaying grasses and the silence is broken only by the call of a soaring hawk or the distant rumble of machinery. The history of Curlew is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heartland of Alberta, a place where hardy pioneers carved their livelihoods from the soil. For generations, the land has yielded wheat and barley, the golden grain a testament to the enduring spirit of those who settled this place. Ranching, too, plays a vital role, with herds of cattle dotting the landscape like scattered pebbles, their presence a reminder of the vastness of the grasslands. While the days of the homesteaders are etched into the local memory, the economy of Curlew has adapted, embracing the energy sector that now threads through the surrounding countryside, a hum beneath the surface of rural tranquility. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling marketplaces, but rather a quiet dignity in the everyday lives of its residents, a shared understanding born of facing the elements and building a life on this generous, demanding earth.

About This Curlew Map Page

Explore Curlew, 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: 51.808056, -113.453611. 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 Curlew includes the postal code (T4G), 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 Curlew 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.