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Hamlet
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	13
Municipal district	Thorhild County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Population (2009)
• Total	27
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area codes	780, 587, 825

Abee is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located on the Canadian National Railway and Highway 63, approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northeast of Thorhild and 49 kilometres (30 mi) south of Boyle. It has an elevation of 665 metres (2,182 ft).

History

The only mass recovered from the Abee meteorite, a brecciated enstatite chondrite now on display at the American Museum of Natural History

The hamlet was named for A.B. Donley, lumber company manager. Harry Buryn found the Abee meteorite, which is only example in the world of an EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite, in June 1952 in his wheat field.

Demographics

The population of Abee according to the 2009 municipal census conducted by Thorhild County is 27.

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