[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by Rathji

When towns were founded, mostly before there were cars. You had a certain distance that could be traveled by horse in a day, about 20 miles I think, and after that you would need to rest. So towns started popping up at these intervals, since that is where the services were required.

You see this effect travelling south on the #2. Okotoks, High River, Nanton, Claresholm, Fort MacLeod are all evenly spaced, and it shows when you look at the light picture.

I know I am a dork, but that is such a cool factoid