The Fertile Crecent

Canada / Alberta / Vulcan /
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This is some of the most sumptuous farmland in the entire Paliser Triangle. Local legend has it that ongoing land conflicts amongst local farmers, native bands and Monsanto date back to the early nineteenth century when the Canadian Pacific Railroad first surveyed the region.
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Coordinates:   50°8'50"N   113°4'41"W

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  • My family has been farming in this area for years, but I'd always assumed the "fertile crescent" was somewhere between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers...not in my own backyard! This is incredible. Thank-you wikimapia.org!
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