The motto of the village of Nampa, Alberta is A Place close to the Heart, a reference to the river flowing through the community.

[2] The Heart River originates in Northern Sunrise County in Alberta, at an elevation of 745 meters (2,444 ft).

It flows north through an unnamed lake, then turns westwards as it heads through Harmon Valley Park.

Heart River then receives Myrtle Creek, which is flowing north just east of the village of Nampa.

It is crossed by Highway 2, then continues westwards by the hamlet of Marie-Reine, then turns north and flows through a 150 meters (490 ft) deep canyon through the Greene Valley Provincial Park.