Pocahontas Alberta Map

About Pocahontas, Alberta

Pocahontas is a locality in 6-49-27-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Pocahontas is located at 53.2050°N, 117.9261°W.

Pocahontas rests where the land begins its slow, deliberate swell towards the distant Rockies, a place where spruce and pine trees cluster on the flanks of gently rising hills, their dark green a constant against the vast, pale sky. It lies 33.3 km south-west of Hinton, AB (from Hinton, AB: bearing 227°T), and is situated 9.5 km south-south-west of Brûlé. The air here carries a clean, crisp scent, a mixture of damp earth and resin, and in the late afternoon, the sun casts long, honey-coloured shadows that stretch and deepen across the meadows, illuminating the hardy grasses and wildflowers that claim this terrain. A quietude presides, broken only by the rustle of wind through the branches or the distant call of a bird, imbuing the landscape with a sense of patient permanence, as if the very soil exhales a slow, steady breath. The history of Pocahontas is deeply entwined with the exploitation of the earth's bounty, a legacy etched not in grand monuments but in the practical spirit of those who have worked its resources. For decades, the rhythms of life here have been dictated by the demands of mining, a robust economy built on the extraction of coal that once pulsed through the veins of this region, leaving behind a landscape subtly reshaped by its passage. While the immediate boom times may have softened, the echoes of that industrious past linger in the pragmatic outlook of the people and the enduring infrastructure that supports their lives, a testament to resilience and a quiet pride in the labour that has sustained Pocahontas.

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Explore Pocahontas, 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: 53.205, -117.926111. 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 Pocahontas includes the postal code (T7V), 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 Pocahontas 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.