Edson

Edson is a town in west-focal Alberta, Canada. It is situated in Yellowhead County, 192 kilometers 119 mi west of Edmonton along the Yellowhead Highway and 10 kilometers 6.2 mi east of the crossing point with Highway 47. The Town of Edson had a populace of 8,475 living in 3,386 of its 3,701 aggregate abodes, a 4.7% change from its 2006 populace of 8,098. With a land region of 29.58 km2 11.42 sq mi, it had a populace thickness of 286.5/km2 742.1/sq mi in 2011.

Edson lies in the McLeod River valley, instantly east of the Canadian Rockies lower regions. The encompassing scene comprises of fundamentally taiga woodland with sand slopes and muskeg. The town is situated at an elevation of 925 meters 3,035 ft. Two common parks are found west of Edson: Sundance Provincial Park along Sundance Creek and Obed Lake Provincial Park encompassing the three Obed Lakes. The principle businesses that drive the neighborhood economy are asset based – coal, oil, gaseous petrol and ranger service items.