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Mining company houses set up on clear-cut land. Lovett, Alberta, ca. 1915. From the Godby Family fonds, PR2009.0441/15.

Owner: Provincial Archives of Alberta
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Swordscookie
- 25/Feb/2014 11:43:15
You wouldn't want to go out wandering in the dark, with all those tree stumps you'd break your neck!
Provincial Archives of Alberta
- 26/Feb/2014 16:10:55
Good point! These communities were literally cut out of the wilderness and most of them have since gone back to the wilderness.