Bellis,_Alberta
Bellis, Alberta
Hamlet in Alberta, Canada
Bellis is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Smoky Lake County.[2] Previously an incorporated municipality, Bellis dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946 to become part of the Municipal District of Vilna No. 575.[3]
Bellis is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Highway 36, approximately 111 kilometres (69 mi) northeast of Edmonton. The hamlet's name derives from the Ukrainian: Bel lis "white woods", referring to the local birch and poplars. The first settlers arrived in 1898.[4]