Bluesky 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

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, Canada

Canada

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 within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136

Fairview No. 136, Alberta

The Municipal District of Fairview No. 136 is a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 19.The district stretches along the northwestern leg of Highway 2.- Demographics :...

. It is located along Highway 2, east of Fairview in northern Alberta

Northern Alberta

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Heavy oil was discovered in a well east of the hamlet in 1952, in a geological formation named after the community, Bluesky Formation

Bluesky Formation

The Bluesky Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.It takes the name from the hamlet of Bluesky, and was first described in Shell's Bluesky No. 1 well by Badgley in 1952..-Lithology:...

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Demographics

As of 2006, Bluesky had a total population of 258 living in 84 dwellings. With a land area of 0.38 km² (0.146718820265163 sq mi), it has a population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

of 680.7 /km2.