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Avalon

Category : Locality
 

A post office operated here from 1 August 1911 through 25 April 1956 and was named after a peninsula in Somerset, England, where it is reputed that King Arthur was buried.

Approximately 100 km south-west of Medicine Hat.

Location Name : Aden
National Topographic System (NTS) : 72 E/3
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
23-3-9-W4
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
49° 13' N 111° 07' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume II
Southern Alberta

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