Doig, Alberta
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Doig is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta
, Canada
. It is located in Clear Hills County
, in a muskeg
and boreal forest landscape.
The Doig Airport
is located here.
It was named after the Doig River
, a tributary of Beatton River
. The middle Triassic
bituminous Doig Formation
was named after this place.
Northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.Its primary industry is oil and gas, with large heavy oil reserves being exploited at the Athabasca Oil Sands and Wabasca Area in the east of the region...
, 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...
. It is located in Clear Hills County
Clear Hills County, Alberta
Clear Hills County is a municipal district in north western Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 17.On Jan 01, 2006, the name was changed from Municipal District of Clear Hills No...
, in a muskeg
Muskeg
Muskeg is an acidic soil type common in Arctic and boreal areas, although it is found in other northern climates as well. Muskeg is approximately synonymous with bogland but muskeg is the standard term in Western Canada and Alaska, while 'bog' is common elsewhere. The term is of Cree origin, maskek...
and boreal forest landscape.
The Doig Airport
Doig Airport
Doig Airport, , is a remote forest fire suppression airfield located in northwestern Alberta, Canada. The name Doig is just the name of the airfield location, named for the Doig River, there is no community with that name....
is located here.
It was named after the Doig River
Doig River
Doig River is a river in Alberta and northern British Columbia, Canada.It originates on the northern fringes of Peace River Country in northern Alberta, south of the Chinchaga Wildland Park, in the Halverson Ridge of the Clear Hills, then flows westwards into British Columbia...
, a tributary of Beatton River
Beatton River
The Beatton River is a tributary of the Peace River, flowing generally east, then south through north-eastern British Columbia, Canada. The river rises at Pink Mountain, about 10 km west of the Alaska Highway hamlet of the same name, and flows 240 km generally east, then south, draining into the...
. The middle Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...
bituminous Doig Formation
Doig Formation
The Doig Formation is a stratigraphical unit of middle Triassic age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.It takes the name from Doig River, a tributary of the Beatton River, and was first described in the Texaco N.F.A. Buick Creek No. 7 well by J.H. Armitage in 1962...
was named after this place.