Sylvester Alberta Map

About Sylvester, Alberta

Sylvester is a locality in 19-69-11-W6, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Sylvester is located at 54.9956°N, 119.6811°W.

Sylvester rests within a quiet expanse of Alberta, where the earth stretches toward the horizon in long, hushed swells of boreal forest and cleared land. It lies 59.6 km west-south-west of Grande Prairie, AB (from Grande Prairie, AB: bearing 251°T), and is situated 7.7 km south-south-west of Elmworth. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, especially as the late-day sun pulls long, violet shadows across the fields, turning the stubble of the harvest into rows of burnished copper. Beyond the immediate periphery of the clearings, the Wapiti River winds through the landscape about 7 km away, its presence felt in the cool, damp breath that rises from the low-lying basins when the evening temperature drops. This moisture clings to the low grass, silvering the landscape with a fine, translucent frost before the first true winter snows arrive to settle the land into a deep, crystalline stillness. The history of Sylvester is written in the persistence of those who turned this raw, wooded terrain into productive ground, balancing the demands of industry against the stark requirements of a northern climate. Life in Sylvester moves with the pragmatism of the seasons, as the local economy leans into the extraction and agricultural traditions that have long supported the scattered homesteads and work sites. The silence of the woods is punctuated by the steady, mechanical hum of machinery, a sound that has become as much a part of the local atmosphere as the wind moving through the canopy. There is a particular, solitary beauty to the lights of a remote operation cutting through the dark of a long winter night, signaling a quiet industry that continues regardless of the frost that hardens the soil and stills the Wapiti River.

About This Sylvester Map Page

Explore Sylvester, 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: 54.995556, -119.681111. 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 Sylvester includes the postal code (T8V), 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 Sylvester 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.