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Old 08-23-2016, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mac1983 View Post
The Smokey River got it's name from the Cree who named it because of the smoke coming from smoldering coal seams.
I've heard there is a place somewhere near Cadomin where a coal seam has been burning for at least the past couple of centuries too.
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