Sawdy Alberta Map

About Sawdy, Alberta

Sawdy is a former post office in 2-68-23-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Sawdy is located at 54.8500°N, 113.3964°W.

Sawdy occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises to meet the wide, northern sky, defined by the steady presence of the Athabasca River. It lies 16.5 km north-north-west of Athabasca, AB (from Athabasca, AB: bearing 334°T), and is situated 7.9 km west-south-west of Big Coulee. The terrain around Sawdy holds the scent of damp earth and cooling poplar, a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate work of water and wind. To the west, the hidden depression of Mud Lake gathers the shadows of evening, while the Réserve nationale de faune de Meanook waits twenty-seven kilometers away as a sanctuary for the winged and the wild. Sunlight here has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the frost on the tall grasses at dusk until the fields seem to hold their own pale fire. Life in Sawdy persists through a cycle of seasonal labor, where the heavy machinery of agriculture and resource management hums against the backdrop of the boreal transition. The inhabitants carry on with a stoic attention to the land, their days marked by the shifting demands of harvest and the arrival of the first hard freeze. Even as the modern world pushes against the edges of the woods, the spirit of Sawdy remains anchored to the rhythms of the Athabasca River, which continues its long, dark journey toward the north. There is a profound stillness in the air here, a clarity that settles over the homesteads when the wind dies down and the silence of the wilderness presses in close.

About This Sawdy Map Page

Explore Sawdy, 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: 54.85, -113.396389. 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 Sawdy includes the postal code (T9S), 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 Sawdy 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.