Pine Lake is an unincorporated community in the province of 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...

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Name

Pine Lake got its name from the adjacent lake, the lake used to be known as Ghost Pine Lake

Pine Lake (Alberta)

Pine Lake is a lake in Alberta. Pine lake is drained by ghostpine creek which eventually empties out into the Red Deer River. The lake is very rich in plantlife which gives it fish. Some of the fish in this lake are northern pike, walleye, yellow perch and burbot. It is located 25 kilometers...

 from a native legend.

History

The Pine Lake post office opened in 1895. On July 14, 2000 it was hit by the Pine Lake Tornado, a killer F3

Fujita scale

The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...

 tornado

Tornado

A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...

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Attractions

Pine Lake is home to a number of campgrounds and cottages, including Camp BB - Riback

Camp BB - Riback

Camp BB - Riback is a non-denominational, Jewish residential summer camp located in Pine Lake, Alberta.-History:Camp BB - Riback was founded in 1955 on the shores of Pine Lake, just outside of Red Deer, Alberta, making it the oldest Jewish overnight camp in Western Canada...

 and Salvation Army

Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....

 Pine Lake Camp

Pine Lake Camp

-History:The Salvation Army commenced its camping ministry at Pine Lake in 1958. PLC shares the shoreline of Pine Lake with a number of other camps and campgrounds; including Pine Lake Christian Camp, Camp BB - Riback and Green Acres Campground...

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