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Originally Posted by Talking moose
I recall hearing the area between Edmonton and grande prairie was basically a prairie.
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I heard there were open areas which settlers often call prairies throughout central and southern Alberta. There was even a few in the Peace River area.
The only one I know anything about was called Keg River prairie and it was just south of what we now call Keg River.
From dad's and others description of that "Prairie" it was several hundred acres of grassland surrounded by Boreal forest. Not at all what the word Prairie would conjure up in one's mind today.
Ever hear of the Wisp Fire? Also known as the Chinchaga Fire.
It was the largest fire in Alberta's history and it happened in 1950.
That's 70 years ago.
Clearly there was a lot of forest north of Edmonton back then or there would have never been a Chinchaga fire.