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Originally Posted by NCC
I remember an old timer telling us 25 years ago that when he was a kid they could take a team and wagon just about anywhere NE of Rocky Mountain House as it was mostly bald or and scrub brush.
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Yup, forest fires burned unchecked throughout much of western Alberta prior to 1900. Guess one has to question the relevance of this project since fires have been aggressively dealt with since the original pictures were taken.
Grizz
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"Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal."
John E. Pfeiffer The Emergence of Man
written in 1969
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