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Forshee

Category : Point
 

The Lacombe and North Western Railway established a station here in 1919 and named it after a place of the same name in Virginia. The post office operated here from November 1911 through January 1914, then reopened from April 1936 through May 1968.

Approximately 12 km south-east of Rimbey.

Location Name : Rimbey
National Topographic System (NTS) : 83 B/9
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
25-41-2-W5
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
52° 33' N 114° 09' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume III
Central Alberta

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