Westlock

Key facts

Settlement.name: Westlock
Settlement.official_name: Town of Westlock
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_flag: New_flag_of_the_city_of_Westlock.jpg
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Westlocl-logo.png
Settlement.image_map: 0345 Town Westlock, Alberta Locator.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Westlock County
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Alberta
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Westlock in Alberta
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1

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Westlock is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1913, the town is primarily an agricultural, business, and government administration centre serving communities and rural areas within surrounding Westlock County.

== Geography == Westlock is located approximately north of Edmonton, Alberta's provincial capital and Canada's sixth largest census metropolitan area. Westlock sits at the junction of Highway 44 and Highway 18. It is surrounded by Westlock County within Census Division 13.