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Welcome to Beaver Crossing ...



While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver Crossing, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1951.

A typical abbreviation for Beaver Crossing: Beaver Xing.

Beaver Crossing is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Beaver Crossing lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR), MDT- Heure Avancée des Rocheuses (HAR).

Note: If you travel east from Beaver Crossing (for example, toward Pierceland (SK)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Telephone area codes for Beaver Crossing: (780) & (587)<2>

Communities Also Named Beaver Crossing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Beaver Crossing - they are located in Minnesota, Nebraska, Quebec and South Dakota.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beaver Crossing.

Communities near Beaver Crossing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beaver Crossing.

  • Cold Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pierceland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierceland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceland
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierceland <3>
  • Ardmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fort Kent
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Cherry Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Medley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medley
  • Beaverdam
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdam came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Northern Pine
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Bonnyville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Beacon Hill
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver Crossing ...

Looking for more information about Beaver Crossing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Beaver Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beaver Crossing.

Adding Beaver Crossing to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Beaver Crossing was on a map titled Road Map for Montana & Southern Alberta (from Shell Oil, 1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaver Crossing.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beaver Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>Area code (587) is an overlay for area code (780).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.









 

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