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The town of Athabasca is located in northern Alberta, Canada. It lies 145 kilometres north of Edmonton on Highway 2, on the banks of the Athabasca River. It is the center of Athabasca County.

Until 1913 it was known as Athabasca Landing.

The town is home to Athabasca University, a major centre for distance education.

Athabasca is served by one newspaper, the Athabasca Advocate, and one radio station, 850 CKBA, currently known as The Fox. CKBA made headlines in 1998 when it hired Kevin Zahara to be the morning show's announcer. Being only 14 at the time, Zahara was the youngest full-time radio announcer in Canada. Zahara later became one of the youngest Town Councillors, elected to Athabasca Town Council in 2003 at the age of 18.

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