Seba Beach, Alberta
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Seba 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....
located 85 km (52.8 mi) west of Edmonton 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
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...
. The main employer to those within the village and surrounding area is the Sundance Generating Plant, a coal-fired power plant located on the south side of the lake, owned and operated by TransAlta Utilities.
A large cabin-going community exists during the summer, although the village is populated year round. Local sites include Wabamun Lake
Wabamun Lake
Wabamun Lake is one of the most heavily used lakes in Alberta, Canada. It lies west of Edmonton, Alberta. It is long and narrow, covers and is 11 meters deep at its deepest, with somewhat clear water....
, the village marina and pier, a public library, and several businesses including Smoky's Grill, Derby's Lakeview General Store, Trickle Creek MiniGolf, Pineridge Golf Resort and several RV parks including Kokanee Springs RV Park.
Seba Beach is one of the few summer villages in Alberta that employs community peace officers. The duties of its two peace officers include traffic and liquor enforcement as well as emergency response.
August long weekend is the annual Regatta at Seba Beach, which features a parade, dance, foot races, fireworks, beach volleyball tournament, and cribbage tournament, among other events. During the summer and fall, there is a weekly farmers market on Saturdays.
The lake itself has a large population of northern pike
Northern Pike
The northern pike , is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox...
along with whitefish
Coregonus
Coregonus is a diverse genus of fish in the salmon family . The type species is the common whitefish . The Coregonus species are known as whitefishes...
and yellow perch
Yellow perch
The yellow perch is a species of perch found in the United States and Canada, where it is often referred to by the shortform perch. Yellow perch look similar to the European perch, but are paler and more yellowish, with less red in the fins. They have six to eight dark, vertical bars on their sides...
.
The main sailing club of the Seba Beach is Edmonton Yacht Club, and is located at 1st Avenue and 2nd Street West within Seba Beach.
Demographics
In 2006, Seba Beach had a population of 203 living in 224 dwellingsHouse
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, a 86.2% increase from 2001. The summer village has a land area of 0.66 km² (0.254827424671073 sq mi) and 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 305.6 /km2.
Oil spill
On August 3, 2005, 45 cars of a CN Rail train derailed on the shores of Wabamun LakeWabamun Lake
Wabamun Lake is one of the most heavily used lakes in Alberta, Canada. It lies west of Edmonton, Alberta. It is long and narrow, covers and is 11 meters deep at its deepest, with somewhat clear water....
, near Wabamun
Wabamun, Alberta
Wabamun is a village located west of Edmonton in central Alberta, Canada.- Demographics :The population of the Village of Wabamun according to its 2009 municipal census is 662....
, 14 miles (22.5 km) east of the village, spilling their contents of more than 700,000 litres (154,000 Imp gal) of a variety of fuel oils and pole treating oils into the lake. Much effort has been made to reverse the environmental effects of the spill. It is expected that there will be no adverse long term effects resulting from this spill.