Fort Macleod, Alberta

Fort Macleod is a town in the southwest of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is named in honour of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Colonel James MacLeod. Its population as of the 2001 census was roughly 3,000 people.

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Province - Alberta - Canada - Royal Canadian Mounted Police - James MacLeod

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It lies west of the larger community of Lethbridge, near the Reserves of the Piegan and Kainah First Nations. It is also located near Waterton Lakes National Park.

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Lethbridge - Reserves - Piegan - Kainah - First Nations - Waterton Lakes National Park

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The town is located 8 kilometres north of the largest wind farm in Canada, the McBride Lake Wind Farm. The wind farm has a capacity of 75 megawatts of electricity.

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Wind farm - Megawatts

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