Abee is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 within the County of Thorhild No. 7

Thorhild County No. 7, Alberta

The County of Thorhild No. 7, Alberta is a municipal district located in the central part of northern Alberta, Canada in Census Division 13. It was incorporated as a county in 1955....

. It is located on the Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

 and Highway 63, approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northeast of Thorhild

Thorhild, Alberta

Thorhild is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Thorhild No. 7. It is located at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 827, approximately north of the City of Edmonton....

 and 49 kilometres (30.4 mi) south of Boyle

Boyle, Alberta

Boyle is a village in northern Alberta, Canada within Athabasca County. It is located on Highway 63, approximately north of Edmonton.Boyle is named after former Alberta Minister of Education Justice John R...

. It has an elevation of 665 metres (2,181.8 ft).

History

The hamlet was named for A.B. Donley, lumber company manager. Harry Buryn found the Abee meteorite

Abee (meteorite)

Abee is a enstatite chondrite meteorite fell on 9 June 1952 in Alberta, Canada.It is the only example in the world of a EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite.-History:The Abee meteorite fell at 11:05 p.m. on 9 June 1952...

, which is only example in the world of a EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite, in June 1952 in his wheat field.