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, in late autumn of 1969, lay nestled amongst the rolling foothills, a place where the boreal forest began to assert its dominion. 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 land here was a mosaic of aspen groves, their leaves a fading tapestry of gold and rust, interspersed with dark, brooding stands of spruce and pine that held the coming winter's chill even under the pale, watery sun. Beneath the feet, the ground was a yielding mix of damp earth and fallen needles, the air carrying the clean, sharp scent of pine resin and the lingering, sweet decay of leaves. A faint, persistent wind whispered through the branches, a sound that seemed to carry the vastness of the northern plains beyond. The story of Sylvester was etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they worked. The economy here had long been tied to the bounty of the forest and the earth, with logging operations and small-scale farming forming the backbone of life, a rhythm dictated by the seasons. The faint, metallic tang of logging equipment sometimes mingled with the woodsmoke from homestead chimneys, a testament to the dual forces shaping this locality. For generations, Indigenous peoples had traversed these lands, their presence a deep, unspoken history woven into the very contours of the landscape. In the evenings, the sky over Sylvester often bled into hues of bruised purple and soft rose, a fleeting beauty that hinted at the long, silent nights to come.

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. Wikipedia and 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.