Visit Rustic Fort McMurray Canada and chose from the many Fort McMurray lodging options available. Read the local lodging guide below to find the right room for your needs whether that be luxury accommodations, convenience, or value lodging.

Staying in Canada: Fort McMurray Lodging

Fort McMurray lodging offers some of the most secluded and scenic getaways to anyone seeking an easy and laid-back wind-down from a hard week at the office. Around 270 miles from Edmonton, Alberta, Fort McMurray is the largest community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and it is truly one of the most naturally beautiful areas in the world, not to mention the fact that it is simply steeped in history. If you’re asking ‘why should choose Fort McMurray lodging?’, look no further!

The area has always been known for its oil deposits which, when surfacing prior to the 18th century arrival of European settlers, had been used buy the Cree tribes to waterproof there canoes and dwellings. The Europeans began to prosper in the region as they began to trade with the Cree.

In more recent times, the Fort McMurray community has taken on a significant role in the continually prosperous petroleum industry in Canada. Even as explorers began to discover more of the wealth of oil under the surface of Fort McMurray, the population remained very small with no more than a few hundred people living there as permanent residents. Yet it was not until the early 1930s that the Abasands Oil Company was the first company to successfully refine the oil there by separating the oil from the sand via a process known as hot water extraction.

Following this success, the town gradually grew and was named as a city in 1980, though it has since been amalgamated into the Municipality if Buffalo Wood. The population now numbers above 65,000.

With such an interesting history as an important ‘oil town’ and also an area of outstanding natural beauty, Fort McMurray is a genuinely intriguing travel proposition and the area offers a wide variety of accommodation. Indeed, Fort McMurray lodging includes hotels which cater for all kinds of traveller and a number of homely bed and breakfast establishments.

Central to Fort McMurray lodging is the accommodation in the centre of the town itself which includes the popular Nomad Inn and The Merit Hotel. This area is popular for visitors who still like to have the comforts and conveniences of city life while away from the hustle and bustle of massive cities. There’s shopping and a few restaurants as well as The Boomtown Casino. Fort McMurray lodging is incredibly popular, so you’ll have to book a few month in advance in most cases.

Many still prefer to camp north of the city itself or stay in traditional Fort McMurray lodging located in the forests which are very deep and as vibrant as any on the continent. The recently constructed Advantage West Inns & Suites on Parent Way is a very popular alternative to a downtown Fort McMurray lodging. Advantage West Inns are so popular because they are easy to get to and provide seclusion without being too far away from town.

Fort McMurray lodging caters for a lot of different people and anglers will be impressed by the Mikisew Northern Sport Fishing Cabins about 150miles north of the city itself, near Lake Athabasca. Moreover, the Gypsy Lake Lodge offers fishing trips and tackle services for anglers and hunters. It is one of the most beautifully placid of the Fort McMurray lodgings and is around an hour east from town and includes a spacious 2000 square-foot main lodging and four purpose-built rustic cabins, each promising a real sense of adventure and, perhaps even romance! This is Fort McMurray lodging at its very best!