Itaska Beach is a summer village

Summer village

Summer villages in Alberta are incorporated communities that have permanent populations generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal inhabitants....

 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

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. It is located on the northwest shore of Pigeon Lake

Pigeon Lake (Alberta)

Pigeon Lake is a large lake in central Alberta, Canada. It is a popular recreation lake, with some shores having sandy beaches and others having steeper banks that are less suitable to "beach activities". Pigeon Lake is located close to large communities such as Edmonton, Leduc and Wetaskiwin...

, west of Wetaskiwin

Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Wetaskiwin is a small city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word wītaskīwin-ispatinaw , meaning "the hills where peace was made"....

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The name derives from ispâskweyâw (ᐃᐢᐹᐢᑫᐧᔮᐤ), the Cree

Cree language

Cree is an Algonquian language spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador, making it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. It is also spoken in the U.S. state of Montana...

 words for "high trees on the edge of woods".

Demographics

In 2006, Itaska Beach had a population of 35 living in 70 dwellings

House

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, a 250.0% increase from 2001. The summer village has a land area of 0.28 km² (0.10810860440591 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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of 124 /km2.