Foremost

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Foremost

Elevation889 m

Land area2.16 km²

Coordinates49.48°, -111.45°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Foremost is a village in Alberta, Canada. It is located 106 km (66 mi) southwest of Medicine Hat, along the Red Coat Trail, in the County of Forty Mile No. 8.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Alberta

• Baker Hutterite Colony
  9.9 mi away
• Starbrite Hutterite Colony
  10.1 mi away
• Kings Lake Hutterite Colony
  10.5 mi away
• Shamrock Hutterite Colony
  13 mi away
• Sunrise Hutterite Colony
  14.3 mi away
• Ponderosa Hutterite Colony
  15.6 mi away
• Rosedale Hutterite Colony
  18.2 mi away
• Gold Spring Hutterite Colony
  20.3 mi away
• Mayfield Hutterite Colony
  20.5 mi away
• Fairlane Hutterite Colony
  20.8 mi away
• Miltow Hutterite Colony
  22.2 mi away
• Prairie Home Hutterite Colony
  23.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Foremost

Foremost, Alberta

Foremost-Skiff area, Alberta : preliminary report

Hydrogeology of the Foremost area, Alberta

D. Borneuf · 1976

Geology of Foremost, West of Fourth Meridian, Alberta

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1967

Surficial Geology of the Foremost-Cypress Hills Area, Alberta

Research Council of Alberta. · 1968

30 cemeteries in the Taber, Bow Island, Foremost area

Alberta Genealogical Society · 1996

Surficial geology of the Foremost-Cypress Hills area, Alberta

J. A. Westgate · 1968

The surficial geology of the Foremost - Cypress Hills area, Alberta, Canada

John Arthur Westgate · 1964

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Middle Coulee, Chouteau, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 122 mi
• Wildfire Camp Creek, Powell, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 161 mi
• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 169 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 189 mi
• Wildfire Ant Park, Meagher, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-31 · 193 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 238 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 243 mi
• Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 245 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Pronghorn

Antilocapra americana

Seen 2026-06-11

Rocky Mountain Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus hemionus

Seen 2026-05-08

American Coot

Fulica americana

Seen 2026-03-31

summer-cypress

Bassia scoparia

Seen 2026-03-02

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Seen 2025-10-24

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

Seen 2025-10-24

Tundra Swan

Cygnus columbianus

Seen 2025-10-24

Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer

Seen 2025-10-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers