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Alberta

Place Type
province
Description
Borders Saskatchewan to E, Montana to S & British Columbia to W; under control of Hudson's Bay Company until 1870; oil was discovered here in 1947; products include wheat, barley, sugar beets, petroleum, natural gas, coal and gypsum.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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