Waterways, Alberta

Waterways is a locality within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo[1] in northern Alberta, Canada.

[3][4][5] In 1930, Karl Clark shipped a plant designed to separate bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands to Waterways and set it up nearby across the Clearwater River.

[6] Since that time, the rail line to Waterways has played an important role in transporting heavy equipment and supplies needed for the development of the oil sands and the accompanying growth of the surrounding communities.

The plant operated until 1950, producing 207,000 tonnes (228,000 short tons) of salt.

[9] Waterways was an important, transfer point for pitchblende ore during the Second World War.