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| Place | Poe |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 30-49-16-W4 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 53.259444 |
| Longitude | -112.333333 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IABWY |
Poe is a locality in 30-49-16-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Poe is located at 53.2594°N, 112.3333°W.
Poe is a quiet settlement cradled in Alberta's rolling parkland, where the land itself seems to exhale a gentle sigh. It lies 32.2 km south-west of Vegreville, AB (from Vegreville, AB: bearing 216°T), and is situated 7.2 km west-north-west of Holden. The horizon stretches wide, a canvas brushed with the gold of ripening grain and the deep green of summer pastures, interrupted only by the occasional cluster of trees that stand like sentinels against the vast sky. In the late afternoon, the sunlight slants low, casting long, languid shadows that stretch and distort the familiar contours of the fields, imbuing the landscape with a transient, almost ethereal beauty. The air here carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and wild grasses, a perfume unique to this part of the province. The lifeblood of Poe has long been tied to the fertile soil, a legacy inherited from the pioneering spirit that carved homesteads from this land. Agriculture remains the dominant force, with wheat fields and cattle ranches defining the economic landscape, their productivity dictated by the generous, if sometimes harsh, dictates of the prairie climate. While no grand monuments mark its history, the enduring spirit of self-reliance and neighbourly cooperation is a quiet but potent tradition. The occasional weathered barn, standing stoically against the elements, whispers tales of generations who worked this ground, their stories etched not in stone, but in the very character of the place.
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| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |