Ma-Me-O Beach
Ma-Me-O Beach, Alberta, is a summer village on the southeast shore of Pigeon Lake, in Alberta, Canada. It is located approximately southwest of Edmonton.
Ma-Me-O derives from the Cree word for "pigeon", omîmîw . It was founded in 1924.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach had a population of 128 living in 64 of its 254 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 110. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach had a population of 110 living in 63 of its 259 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 113. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
Arts and culture
During a tour of western Canada, English recording artist Joan Armatrading, who recorded for A&M Records saw the road sign for Ma-Me-O Beach and liked the name so much that she later used it as a song title. The song was included on her 1980 album Me Myself I.Later, in 2012 Edmonton musician Christian Hansen released a song and music video which also utilized the village's name on his album C'mon Arizona.