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Bitumount, Alberta
November 2025 Bitumount is an abandoned industrial site on the east bank of the Athabasca River about 90 kilometres (60 mi) north of Fort McMurray in northeastern Alberta, Canada. Between 1925 and the 1950s, it was the site of early attempts to extract bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands that contributed to the development of commercially viable extraction processes. The site closed permanently in 1958. Some of the structures at Bitumont were declared Provincial Historic Resources in 1974.
Fort McKay and the Athabasca River
Athabasca River, April 2024
Ice on the Athabasca River and a view of Mac Island, April 2024
