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Alness

Category : Locality
 

This former Canadian National Railway station takes its name from a place in Ross and Cromarty (now Highland), Scotland of the same name. It may derive from the Gaelic term, ailean, "green plain" or ath 'n-innis, "ford of the island."

Approximately 17 km east of Hanna.

Location Name : Hanna
National Topographic System (NTS) : 72 M/12
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
13-31-13-W4
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
51° 39' N 111° 44' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume III
Central Alberta

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