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Alberta Gas Boom From Medicine Hat Discovery
A Western Story Magazine piece recalls the 1885 portable well near Allison Alberta that yielded natural gas instead of water. It traces the rise of Alberta gas fields Bow Island Foremost and Pincher Creek, the 1908 pipeline, and the growth of the industry guiding Medicine Hat to supply gas citywide. It notes drilling risks and the value of this resource for Alberta’s future.
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Medicine Bat
Second Street
Canadian Pacific
Ananda Pen Toe
Canadian Pacific Railway
Allison
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Peace River
International Boundary
Rocky Mountains
Alberta- Saskatchewan Line
Pincher Creek
Bow Island
South Saskatchewan River
Crow’s Nest
Canada
Etzikom Coulee
Western Story Magazine