Eaglesham is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in northern Alberta

Northern Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 within Birch Hills County

Birch Hills County, Alberta

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, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Highway 49, approximately 89 kilometres (55.3 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie, Alberta

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Eaglesham is a relatively small place, being that it is merely a hamlet, and has a population of approximately 150 . It is primarily a farming community, with farms for hundreds of miles in radius. Eaglesham also has a small K-12 school with 150 students that serves the surrounding rural community and three nearby hamlets as well.