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| Place | Quatre Fourches |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 21-111-8-W4 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 58.635556 |
| Longitude | -111.313889 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IADRR |
Quatre Fourches is a locality in 21-111-8-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Quatre Fourches is located at 58.6356°N, 111.3139°W.
Quatre Fourches lies nestled in a landscape of broad, sweeping horizons, where the land itself seems to exhale the vastness of the northern sky. It lies 12.6 km south-west of Fort Chipewyan, AB (from Fort Chipewyan, AB: bearing 226°T), and is situated 23.0 km north-north-east of Embarras Portage. Rolling terrain, punctuated by stands of spruce and poplar, stretches out towards the distant, hazy blue of the boreal forest. Creeks, their waters often the colour of weak tea from the peat, meander through the lowlands, feeding into marshy areas that teem with unseen life. The air here carries a peculiar cleanness, a scent of damp earth and pine needles, especially sharp and invigorating after a rain. Even in the long, lingering twilight of summer, a quiet stillness pervades, broken only by the cry of a hawk or the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth. The history of Quatre Fourches is tied to the rhythms of resource extraction and the enduring spirit of those who carved a life from this northern frontier. Once a place of transient camps for trappers and loggers, it has settled into a more permanent character, its economy now largely sustained by agriculture and a scattering of oil and gas services that hum beneath the surface of the land. The soil, though often challenging, yields harvests of grain and hay, a testament to the tenacity of local farmers. The distinctive scent of woodsmoke often drifts through the air in autumn, a comforting signal of hearths being stoked against the encroaching chill. In Quatre Fourches, life unfolds with a deliberate pace, shaped by the seasons and the deep, quiet strength of the land.
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| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |