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This is the current conditions weather report for Edson. The report was made 42 minutes ago, at 08:34 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 11.1 kilometers per hour / 7 miles per hour from the northeast (050°). The temperature was -17°C / 1°F, with a dew-point at -17°C / 1°F. The temperature felt like -23°C / -9°F. The atmospheric pressure was 1023 hPa / 30.18 inHg. The relative humidity was 85%. The skies were clear with light snow.

Edson is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Yellowhead County, 207 km west of Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead Highway and Highway 47.

Edson is also home to Canada's largest slow pitch tournament.
Activities in Edson include:
Camping
Boating
Fishing
Snowmobiling
Cross Country Skiing
Hiking
Canoeing/Kayaking
Sport Fishing
Hunting

The local geography is very much like that of central Russia: primarily taiga forest with sand hills and muskeg (the Canadian term for low-lying bog).

Edson is connected to the Yellowhead Highway from east to west and to Coal Valley via Highway 47 to the south.

The Yellowhead Route carries some of the heaviest traffic flow in Alberta. The Yellowhead Route has been officially declared as the second Trans-Canada Highway. In the 1970s a revitalized coal industry saw the Cardinal River Coal and Luscar Sterco mines launched in the area. The 1980s saw the development of Pelican Spruce Mills (now Weyerhaeuser Canada) and Sundance Forest Industries - two of Edson's major employers.

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