The Lac La Biche

The Lac La Biche region has a long and colourful history. Famous explorer and mapmaker David Thompson travelled through the region in 1798 on his way to find the elusive Northwest Passage. The Hudson’s Bay Company established a fort at Lac La Biche in 1799 and Oblate Catholic priests officially established Lac La Biche Mission in 1853. The mission is now a popular National Historic Site, located 16 kilometres northwest of present day Lac La Biche.

The County is famous for its many lakes, most notably Lac La Biche Lake, which is a French translation of a Cree phrase, meaning 'Lake of the Elk'. In addition to lakes, rivers and streams, the County's topography features forests, farmland, muskeg, and dozens of recreation areas and trails.

Lac La Biche is the second-oldest established community in Alberta and has one of the oldest Metis settlements in Alberta, along with Lac St. Anne, St. Albert and St. Paul De Metis. The region was an ideal place to develop trade and communities because of its strategic access to the Churchill and Mackenzie drainage basins, abundant wildlife, fertile soil, pristine environment and good transportation routes - first by water and then by rail and roads.

Home to Aboriginal people for thousands of years, settlement in Lac La Biche brought together a multicultural mixture of ethnic groups, anchored by Cree, English, French, Italian, Lebanese, Metis, Russian and Ukrainian populations. While much of Lac La Biche County has French Canadian origins, the hamlets of Venice and Hylo were established as Italian agricultural colonies. The region has one of the largest Muslim populations per capita in Canada. When the
Al Kareem Mosque was constructed in 1958, it was only the second one in Canada.

PLASTIC
• Rigid plastics #1 to #7 grade
• Household bottles and containers and their lids: vinegar, shampoo,
detergent, pop/water, milk, yogurt, etc.
• Clean plastic bags: grocery and retail
• Wine corks, cd cases, cassettes with magnetic tape removed
HOUSEHOLD METAL
• Cans and lids (food, beverage, soup), rinsed and dry
• Clean aluminum foil
PAPER AND CARDBOARD
• Writing and computer paper, sticky notes, shredded paper (blue-
bagged before going into the container, to prevent wind-blown litter)
• Paper bags
• Magazines and books
• Gift wrap (non-metallic)
• Paper coffee/drink cups (clean, rinsed, dried)
• Box board (cereal boxes, etc)
REDEEMABLE ITEMS
The following should be saved and redeemed for deposit at the
local bottle depot. However, you may also put these items in blue
containers for curbside pickup:
• Milk jugs & cartons
• Tetra-paks
• Pop/beverage bottles, both glass and plastic
• Pop/beverage cans
BROWN CONTAINERS (SOLID WASTE)
ite.
Fees will apply for loads brought in by industrial, commercial and
institutional customers.
PLASTIC
• Plastic bags contaminated with food, records
METAL
• Aluminum foil contaminated with food
PAPER AND CARDBOARD
• Soiled paper or cardboard (take-out containers, pizza boxes)
• Tissue, paper towels, dryer sheets, laminated paper items
FOOD WASTE
• Table scraps, spoiled food, cooking oil/grease (cooled)
• Meat remains/bones/shells (wrapped in newspaper; no carcasses)
GLASS / CERAMICS
• Plate glass, mirrors, broken glass (wrapped in paper)
• Incandescent light bulbs
STYROFOAM
ORGANICS
• Grass, plants, sawdust
• Pet feces/kitty litter (bagged)
• Cigarette/wood ashes (bagged); no coals among ashes

HOUSEKEEPING
• Bathroom garbage
• Wax (crayons, candles)
• Filters (air, furnace, water, vacuum),
• Vacuum bags, dusters, steel wool
• Water softener products