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 Sweeper Parts Cold Lake - The city of Cold Lake, named after the nearby lake, is located within the northeastern part of Alberta. The city of Cold Lake is located about 300 kilometres northeast of Edmonton within Alberta's "Lakeland" district, that is near the Alberta-Saskatchewan provincial border. The region surrounding the city of Cold Lake is sparsely populated, and comprises mostly of farmland. The Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, located towards the north of the city, is the Canadian equivalent to the US Air Force's Nellis Air Force Range.
Cold Lake was first recorded on a 1790 map, by the name of Coldwater Lake. Originally three communities, the city of Cold Lake was formed by combining the Town of Grand Centre, the Town of Cold Lake, and Medley (Canadian Forces Base 4 Wing) on the 1st of October, 1996. The original Cold Lake is known as Cold Lake North and Grand Centre was renamed Cold Lake South. Due to its origins, the region is also called the Tri-Town.
The economy of the city is greatly dependent upon the military and its base referred to as CFB Cold Lake. In addition, the area has an emerging gas and oil exploration sector. The Athabasca Oil Sands project within Fort McMurray is having a growing influence in the region as well. The Cold Lake oil sands can become a major contributor to the local economy.
Cold Lake holds an annual event for military forces from all-around the world known as Exercise Maple Flag. It is a training exercise where NATO pilots and support staff can use the Air Weapons Range and relatively open rural air space. Running from 4 to 6 weeks and beginning in the month of May of each year, commercial accommodations in the entire region are left with little to no vacancy. This yearly exercise contributes a considerable amount of capital into these industries and various hospitality-related industries.
CFB Cold Lake or also called Canadian forces Base Cold Lake is an air force base situated in the city of Cold Lake. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases within the country making use of the CF-18 Hornet fighter/interceptor. Its primary lodger unit is 4 Wing.
On the periphery of the air base, there was a civilian passenger service that was available through the Medley passenger terminal. The regular air service from the Medley terminal and Calgary was canceled officially during June 2011. Civilian air traffic that is unscheduled is usually directed to the Cold Lake Regional Airport. Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W McNair Airport is the name of the facility. It is amongst just three military aerodromes within the nation to be named after a person, Valcartier Heliport and Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport being the others.
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