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Buffalo Bay

Category : Bay
 

For centuries buffalo roamed the area around Lesser Slave Lake and in the marshy meadows by the shore. They were an important source of food for the fur brigades and aboriginal groups passing that way.

Approximately 22 km north-east of High Prairie, on Lesser Slave Lake.

Location Name : Grouard
National Topographic System (NTS) : 83 N/9
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
1-76-14-W5
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
55° 34' N 116° 10' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV
Northern Alberta

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