Bitumount
| Bitumount | |
|---|---|
Bitumount in 2017 | |
| Type | Provincial Historic Resource |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Nearest city | Fort McMurray |
| Coordinates | 57°23′10.41″N 111°38′41.57″W / 57.3862250°N 111.6448806°W |
| Founder | R.C. Fitzsimmons |
| Built | 1930s, 1940s |
| Built for | Oil sands development |
| Current use | Abandoned |
| Owner | Province of Alberta |
Bitumount is an abandoned industrial site on the east bank of the Athabasca River about 90 kilometres (60 mi) north of Fort McMurray in northeastern Alberta, Canada. Between 1925 and the 1950s, it was the site of early attempts to extract bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands that contributed to the development of commercially viable extraction processes. The site closed permanently in 1958. Some of the structures at Bitumont were declared Provincial Historic Resources in 1974. As of 2017, the buildings are deteriorating.