northwest of Fort McKay, Fort Hills north of Fort McKay, and Thickwood Hills west of Fort McMurray. A portion of the Peace-Athabasca Delta is also within the RM of Wood Buffalo. Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo: Cities none Towns none Villages none Summer villages none The following hamlets are located within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo: Hamlets Anzac Conklin Fort Chipewyan Fort McKay Fort McMurray (urban service area) Gregoire Lake Estates Janvier South Saprae Creek The following localities are located within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo: Almac Subdivision Beaver Lake-Young's Beach Bechtel Syncrude Camp Berdinskies Berny Big Eddy Billos Bitumount Brièreville Chard Charron Cheecham Christina Crossing Corbetts Devenish Dog Head Draper Egg Lake Portage Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 196 Fitzgerald Settlement Fort Smith Settlement Gourin Grandin Improvement District No.143 Kenny Woods Kinosis Le Goff Leismer Lenarthur Lynton Maloy Mariana Lake Mildred Lake Old Fort Pelican Settlement Pingle Point Brule Quigley Rossian Sandy Rapids Tar Island Waterways Willow Trail Wolyn The following settlements are within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo: Chipewyan Fitzgerald (Smith Landing) Janvier South Mariana McKay St. Bruno Farm (also partially within Improvement District No. 24) First Nations have the following Indian reserves within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo: Allison Bay 219 Charles Lake 225 Chipewyan 201 Chipewyan 201A Chipewyan 201B Chipewyan 201C Chipewyan 201D Chipewyan 201E Chipewyan 201F Chipewyan 201G Clearwater 175 Collin Lake 223 Cornwall Lake 224 Cowper Lake 194A Devil's Gate 220 Dog Head 218 Fort McKay 174 Fort McKay 174C Fort McKay 174D Gregoire Lake 176 Hokedhe Tue 196E House River Indian Cemetery 178 Janvier 194 K'i Tue 196D Li Deze 196C Namur Lake 174B Namur River 174A Old Fort 217 Sandy Point 221 Thabacha Nare 196A Thebathi 196 Tsu K'adhe Tue 196F Tsu Tue 196G Winefred Lake 194B Hydrology The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is in the lower basin of the Athabasca River watershed and Fort McMurray is the largest community on the banks of the river. Local rivers include the Hangingstone River, Clearwater River and Christina River, a tributary of the Clearwater River. The Hangingstone River drains an area of , which is dominated by muskeg, and flows into the Clearwater River just upstream of the Athabasca River at Fort McMurray. The river often experiences high flows in the spring during snow melt, during heavy rainfall events and