Fort McMurray

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Fort McMurray, colloquially referred to as Fort Mac, is a boom town area in the northeastern part of Canada's western province of Alberta, in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Although it is commonly referred to and thought of as being a city, Fort McMurray is now an area within Wood Buffalo and is no longer incorporated. Thus, Fort McMurray has the status of being the largest unincorporated "city" in Alberta.

The "city" was held siege by a massive wildfire in early May 2016 that was caused by unusual warm, dry conditions.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McMurray
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Coordinates:   56°42'24"N   111°23'28"W

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  • If u wanna make big $$$ this is the place to be.
  • not when oil is below $100 a barrel.
  • During frequent lightning storms that occur here corposants are quite rife and rampant in Fort McMurray. The old Japanese genro would have liked this booming town because of its riches.
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