On August 3, 2005, petroleum hydrocarbons spilled into Wabamun Lake following the derailment of 43 CN rail cars along the north shore of the lake, near the village of Whitewood Sands. The oil slick spread rapidly into the pelagic portion of the lake, but in the week following the spill, strong westerly winds and resulting wave action ensured that much of the oil drifted to the north, east and south-east shoreline.
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