Retlaw Alberta Map

About Retlaw, Alberta

Retlaw is a locality in 9-13-17-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Retlaw is located at 50.0689°N, 112.2633°W.

Retlaw sits low upon the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the southern Alberta plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled against the sky. It lies 32.6 km north-north-west of Taber, AB (from Taber, AB: bearing 346°T), and is situated 16.0 km south-east of Enchant. The air here possesses a singular, dry clarity, sharpening the edges of the grasses until they shimmer with an almost metallic intensity under the long, amber light of late afternoon. While the Oldman River flows with a deep, persistent gravity some 15 km away, the local terrain remains defined by the quiet, inland presence of Lost Lake, which sits about 9 km from the heart of the settlement. The earth here holds the heat of the day long after the sun dips, releasing it slowly into the cooling evening as if the soil itself were exhaling. Retlaw grew from the sturdy ambitions of early settlers who looked at the wide, arid reach of the prairie and saw the promise of grain and sustenance. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue between the persistent, industrious cycle of agriculture and the unpredictable moods of the wind. Grain elevators once stood as the sentinels of this trade, their silhouettes marking the passage of seasons and the collective labor of those who worked the surrounding fields. Today, the pace of Retlaw follows the movement of the clouds and the needs of the harvest, maintaining an existence that values the weight of silence and the integrity of a well-tended furrow.

About This Retlaw Map Page

Explore Retlaw, 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: 50.068889, -112.263333. 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 Retlaw includes the postal code (T1G), 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 Retlaw 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.