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| Place | Leicester |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 3-78-16-W5 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 55.723333 |
| Longitude | -116.406389 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IACVD |
Leicester is a locality in 3-78-16-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Leicester is located at 55.7233°N, 116.4064°W.
Leicester rests in a broad, shallow valley, a place where the land seems to exhale a quiet contentment under the immense Alberta sky. It lies 32.8 km north of High Prairie, AB (from High Prairie, AB: bearing 10°T), and is situated 13.2 km north of Prairie Echo. Rolling hills, cloaked in a patchwork of golden grasses and deep green spruce, cup the settlement, their slopes softened by the long, slanted light of late afternoon. A network of creeks, their water cool and clear, meanders through the terrain, feeding the occasional marshy hollow where willows cluster, their slender branches catching the breeze. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a subtle perfume that speaks of open spaces and a life lived close to the land. Though not marked by grand edifices, Leicester carries the quiet dignity of a place shaped by generations of hard work and shared resilience. Its roots are entwined with the agricultural pulse of the region, the land itself providing a living through cattle ranching and grain farming, a tradition that has sustained families for decades. The echoes of earlier pioneers, their hopes and struggles etched into the very grain of the soil, linger in the sturdy, unpretentious buildings that line the main thoroughfare. In the stillness of the evenings, when the stars begin to prick the darkening canvas above, one can almost hear the distant hum of tractors and the murmur of conversations carried on the wind, a testament to the enduring spirit of Leicester.
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Explore Leicester, Alberta, Canada, with interactive street, satellite and terrain maps, complete with integrated Google Street View imagery. 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. Visitors can also search Google alongside Wikipedia and editorial summaries for additional local information and context.
Location data for Leicester 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.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |