Fox Creek

History

On June 6, 1952, the townsite for a future community was selected by Ryan Krause and Victor Heath. It was named Fox Creek after the watercourse adjacent to the western edge of the townsite, which drains towards Iosegun Lake to the north. The original survey of the townsite occurred over three days in late October, 1955. At the same time, a townsite for another future community was surveyed to the north of Fox Creek on Iosegun Lake's eastern shore. This townsite turned out to be too wet, resulting in no development interest. The provincial government subsequently abandoned plans to develop a community at this location. Over the following five years, Fox Creek grew to 187 residents according to the 1966 Census of Canada. Under the signature of Premier Ernest Manning on July 19, 1967, the Province of Alberta incorporated the community as the New Town of Fox Creek.

Geography

The town is within of three lakes – Smoke Lake to the southwest, Iosegun Lake to the north, and Raspberry Lake to the northeast. The Fox Creek flows through the community, which empties into Iosegun Lake. The Fox Creek area was subject to three earthquakes in 2015. The first occurred on January 14, 2015 approximately west of Fox Creek, measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale, while the second, measuring 4.4, occurred on January 22, 2015 approximately west of the town. No damages were reported on the former, while the latter was "lightly felt" within Fox Creek and has been reported as potentially being related to hydraulic fracturing within the Duvernay Formation. A third earthquake, measuring 4.4, occurred approximately east of the community on June 13, 2015.

Most-observed species

• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  69
• White-throated Sparrow

  Zonotrichia albicollis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  40
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  38
• Chipping Sparrow

  Spizella passerina (Bechstein, 1798) · Aves
  27
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  27
• Northern Red Belt

  Fomitopsis mounceae Haight & Nakasone · Agaricomycetes
  26
• Yellow Warbler

  Setophaga petechia (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  26
• Tennessee Warbler

  Leiothlypis peregrina (A.Wilson, 1811) · Aves
  24

Most recent

• M 4 — 2026-02-01
  40 km NW of Swan Hills, Canada
• M 4.2 — 2024-08-24
  32 km WNW of Fox Creek, Canada
• M 4 — 2019-12-25
  67 km SSE of Grande Prairie, Canada
• M 4.4 — 2016-01-12
  15 km WNW of Fox Creek, Canada
• M 4.6 — 2015-06-13
  34 km SSW of Fox Creek, Canada
• M 4.4 — 2015-01-23
  32 km W of Fox Creek, Canada