Donnelly Alberta Map

About Donnelly, Alberta

Donnelly is a village in 78-20,21-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Donnelly is located at 55.7289°N, 117.1047°W.

Donnelly rests in a vast embrace of boreal forest, its landscape a subtle symphony of rolling terrain and the deep, hushed greens of spruce and pine. It lies 50.6 km north-west of High Prairie, AB (from High Prairie, AB: bearing 311°T), and is situated 14.9 km east of Girouxville. Here, the air, especially in the liminal hours of dawn and dusk, carries the crisp, clean scent of woodsmoke and damp earth, a fragrance that speaks of the wildness just beyond the cleared fields. The land itself, a mosaic of meadows and thickets, is punctuated by the quiet glint of small, unnamed water bodies, reflecting the immense, often pale blue sky that stretches endlessly overhead. It is a place where the silence is more profound than any sound, broken only by the rustle of leaves or the distant call of a bird, a gentle stillness that seeps into the bones. The story of Donnelly is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who settled this rich, fertile land, transforming it from untamed wilderness into a breadbasket for the north. Its economy, long rooted in the bounty of agriculture, still sees fields of grain shimmer under the summer sun, a testament to generations of hard work and a deep understanding of the soil. Echoes of a past tied to resource extraction, particularly forestry, can still be felt in the sturdy timber constructions and the very character of the place, a resilience forged in the challenging, yet rewarding, northern climate. Donnelly holds a quiet pride in its heritage, a place where community bonds are as strong as the ancient trees that ring its edges, and where the pace of life unfolds with the steady rhythm of the changing seasons.

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Explore Donnelly, 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: 55.728889, -117.104722. 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 Donnelly includes the postal code (T8S), 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 Donnelly 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.