Dewey Soper's Mammals of Alberta (1964) cites a remarkable record of a male racoon
trapped on the west side of Lake Clair in December 1930. He also mentions an historical
record of one being killed in the Peace River country in 1888 and at that time no one knew what it was. So they are not new to our province. There has been the odd one roaming around Alberta for quite some time.
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