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| Place | Windfall |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 17-60-15-W5 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 54.183333 |
| Longitude | -116.210833 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | T7S |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | IAPKW |
Windfall is a hamlet in 17-60-15-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Windfall is located at 54.1833°N, 116.2108°W.
Windfall occupies a quiet expanse of northern forest where the earth holds the scent of damp peat and cooling spruce needles. It lies 34.6 km west of Whitecourt, AB (from Whitecourt, AB: bearing 278°T), and is situated 45.2 km east-south-east of Fox Creek. The Athabasca River follows its ancient, serpentine path about 6 km away, carving a deep, persistent line through the terrain that defines the local hydrology. When the sun dips low, the light pulls long, thin shadows across the muskeg, turning the horizon into a muted study of grey and bronze. This landscape remains dominated by the presence of the woods, a vast and watchful collection of timber that dwarfs the human footprint. Residents find themselves living in a quiet proximity to Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park, which sits about 39 km away, serving as a reminder of the wilder, managed reaches that border the local industrial activity. Windfall functions primarily as a node of energy production, its character defined by the infrastructure of the oil and gas industry that extracts value from the deep geological layers beneath the brush. The daily lives of those here are calibrated to the low, constant hum of pumps and the movement of equipment across gravel roads that never seem to fully shed their coat of dust. History here is measured in the cycles of extraction and the resilience of work crews who navigate the long, biting winters with a pragmatic endurance. While the pace of Windfall is dictated by the requirements of its industry, there is an underlying stillness that returns whenever the machinery pauses, allowing the true, formidable silence of the northern woods to reclaim the air.
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Explore Windfall, 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: 54.183333, -116.210833. 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 Windfall includes the postal code (T7S), 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 Windfall 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.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |