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, Alberta|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 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.