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Old 08-18-2016, 08:55 PM
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When you drive west of Leduc about 17 miles highway 39 dips into a creek valley, in and out.

This creek was known as Atcheskapesekwa Seepee in 1847 when George Simpson crossed the creek on his travels to the pacific ocean.

Translated...Smoking Weed Creek. Now the creek is simply known as Weed creek.

Thought some might like that one.

The rim of the creek was a common camping ground that still has stone tools being unearthed in the fields. It's been determined that many of the stone tools date back a few thousand years. In a very close valley there was a whole 6000 year old bison found in the bank in the 1960's too.
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