Red Earth Creek

Red Earth Creek is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal [District of Opportunity No. 17]. It is located east of Highway 88, between the town of Slave Lake and the hamlet of Fort Vermilion, and has an elevation of.
This hamlet is in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon River First Nation reserve

History

Originally the site was known as “Osseepeem”.
The hamlet was subjected by Treaty No. 5 by the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree on September 20, 1875.

Demographics

In the 2021 [Canadian census|2021 Census of Population] conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Earth Creek had a population of 315 living in 113 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 353. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Earth Creek had a population of 294 living in 111 of its 200 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 337. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.