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Pecten

Category : Point
 

Named for the genus of shell fish which contains the scallop species that provided the basis for the Shell Oil Company logo. The station is located on a Canadian Pacific Railway spur-line which served a Shell Oil Company plant.

Approximately 93 km south-west of Lethbridge.

Location Name : Pincher Creek
National Topographic System (NTS) : 82 H/5
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
21-4-30-W4
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
49° 18' N 113° 59' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume II
Southern Alberta

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