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| Place | Northcliffe |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 20-3-26-W5 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.220278 |
| Longitude | -113.458611 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | IAOIM |
Northcliffe is a locality in 20-3-26-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Northcliffe is located at 49.2203°N, 113.4586°W.
Northcliffe rests in a landscape shaped by the slow sculpting of wind and water, where the land unfolds in broad, sweeping plains punctuated by the subtle rise and fall of coulees. It lies 11.5 km west-north-west of Cardston, AB (from Cardston, AB: bearing 281°T), and is situated 14.4 km south-east of Hill Spring. The sky here is a vast, ever-present canvas, often painted with hues of sapphire and molten gold as the sun traverses its arc, casting long, dancing shadows across fields of amber grain and hardy, wind-bent grasses. A profound quiet often settles over Northcliffe, broken only by the distant call of a meadowlark or the low murmur of the wind as it whispers through the sparse shelterbelts that cling to farmsteads. This land, once the domain of ancient herds and Indigenous peoples who understood its rhythms, now hums with the quiet industry of agriculture, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed sustenance from its soil. The economy of Northcliffe is deeply entwined with the golden bounty of wheat and canola, their cultivation a generations-long saga etched into the very contours of the land. Scattered homesteads, their roofs weathered to the colour of the earth, stand as solitary sentinels against the immensity, each a small node in a network of shared experience and quiet resilience. The distant gleam of a grain elevator, a familiar landmark against the horizon, signifies not just storage, but the culmination of a year’s labour and the promise of connection to the wider world.
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Location data for Northcliffe 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 |