There's obviously a way to design another small townsite at Castle Junction while still maintaining a corridor for wildlife, but good luck at getting that past the enviro-nutjobs. These are the same people who think that hosting a two week ski race at Lake Louise in the middle of winter is going to be some ecological tragedy.
I think it's important for us as a province to develop tourism extensively as it's one of the few lucrative counter-cyclical (ie. when oil is weak tourism is strong) industries that are viable here. With the new Castle Wilderness parks opening up, maybe the Crownest Pass area is the place to focus on.
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