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Lapworth Point

Category : Point
 

This was named after the British geologist Charles Lapworth (1842-1920), who in 1879 proposed the name Ordovician for a geological period known previously as Cambro-Silurian. Lapworth's name was suggested in 1958 by the Alberta Research Council.

Approximately 264 km north north-east of Fort McMurray.

Location Name : Winnifred Lake
National Topographic System (NTS) : 74 M/1
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
NW-32-116-3-W4
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
59° 07' N 110° 29' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV
Northern Alberta

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