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Cascade Rapids

Running the Cascades, 1920s (On which of the two rivers was not recorded).

Running the Cascades, 1920s (On which of the two rivers was not recorded).

Category : Rapids
 

These rapids have been known by this name since at least 1888 in which year they appeared in a survey report. Traveller Eden McAdams noted in his diary for May 12, 1889: "Left other side of portage at 12 am and ran down to the head of Cascade Rapids. The portage for these rapids is 1 1/2 miles long and the longest on the Clearwater.

Approximately 69 km east of Fort McMurray in the Clearwater River.

Location Name : Bunting Bay
National Topographic System (NTS) : 74 D/9
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
8-89-2-W4
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
56° 42' 08" N 110° 16' 52" W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV
Northern Alberta

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