View Single Post
  #221  
Old 10-27-2020, 08:06 AM
NCC NCC is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Leslieville
Posts: 2,483
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Talking moose View Post
I recall hearing the area between Edmonton and grande prairie was basically a prairie.
One old timer that lived north of Rocky said that when his family came to this area, they could drive a team and wagon almost anywhere because most of the country east of town was burned off. I've seen old pictures that showed the same thing.

The old timers around Valleyview said the same thing. They were clearing land with a D4 and a side cutter, or in some cases just plowing in the small trees. When I was clearing land in the late 90's after 60 years of fire suppression, I was cutrting trees that would stop a D9.
__________________
We talk so much about leaving a better planet to our kids, that we forget to leave better kids to our planet.

Gerry Burnie
Reply With Quote