Quatre Fourches Alberta Map

About Quatre Fourches, Alberta

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 rests within the vast, quiet expanse of Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada, a location defined by the slow movement of water and the persistence of the northern wild. 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. The low light of late afternoon catches the reeds along the Grouroches Chere, casting long, amber shadows that seem to hold the land in a state of suspended anticipation. While the Prairie River flows through the distance some 15 km away, the immediate surroundings of Quatre Fourches remain shaped by the intricate, shifting hydrology that defines this northern geography. The air here carries a crisp, lingering chill, even in the height of summer, as if the memory of winter never fully departs from the mossy ground. Life in Quatre Fourches mirrors the seasonal shifts of the park, where the local economy and traditional ways of being align with the rhythms of the land and the endurance of Indigenous heritage. The stillness of the environment demands a deliberate way of living, one focused on the cycles of the seasons rather than the haste of the modern world. Residents often find their days marked by the changing call of the wind against the trees and the subtle, shifting colors of the sky as it transitions from the pale blue of noon to the deep, violet hues of dusk. In Quatre Fourches, the preservation of these traditions ensures that the character of the settlement remains as enduring as the protected wilderness that surrounds it.

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Explore Quatre Fourches, 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: 58.635556, -111.313889. 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. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Quatre Fourches includes the postal code (T0P), 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 Quatre Fourches 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.