High Level, Alberta, town, pop 3444 (2001c), 3093 (1996c), 2849 (1991c), 3004 (1986c), area 31.99 km², inc 1965, is located 300 km north of the town of PEACE RIVER. It began as a stopping point on the MACKENZIE HIGHWAY and later the Great Slave Lake Railway (1963). It is a shipping centre for timber and grain and serves the oil and natural gas industry to the west and northwest of the town. A sawmill also provides employment. The town is named for its location at the height of land separating the Hay River system from the PEACE RIVER. The weekly newspaper is the High Level Echo.