Fifth Meridian Alberta Map

About Fifth Meridian, Alberta

Fifth Meridian is a locality in 24-111-1-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Fifth Meridian is located at 58.6508°N, 114.0039°W.

Fifth Meridian lies cradled by a vast expense of boreal forest, a verdant sea stretching to horizons that shimmer with the promise of distant lakes. It lies 37.0 km east-north-east of Fox Lake, AB (from Fox Lake, AB: bearing 56°T), and is situated 9.1 km south-west of Garden Creek. The land here is a mosaic of peat bogs, their dark, damp earth a rich carpet for mosses and hardy wildflowers, interspersed with stands of trembling aspen and spruce, their needles a deep, somber green against the often-pale northern sky. Clear, cold streams, born from unseen springs, carve narrow channels through the terrain, their waters reflecting the fleeting moods of the heavens above, and a profound stillness often settles, broken only by the whisper of wind through the trees or the sudden call of a raven. The history of Fifth Meridian is inextricably linked to the ancient paths of Indigenous peoples who traversed these lands for millennia, their presence a quiet echo in the landscape. Later, prospectors and trappers, drawn by the allure of natural resources, established a foothold, their rough-hewn cabins gradually giving way to a more settled existence. Today, the economy of Fifth Meridian is largely sustained by the bounty of the surrounding wilderness, with forestry and a nascent tourism sector offering livelihoods, and the occasional rumble of heavy equipment hints at the careful extraction of valuable minerals beneath the surface. The very air here seems to carry a unique crispness, a testament to the remoteness and the unyielding beauty of this northern frontier.

About This Fifth Meridian Map Page

Explore Fifth Meridian, 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: 58.650833, -114.003889. 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 Fifth Meridian includes the postal code (T0P), 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 Fifth Meridian 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.