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Old 07-24-2024, 03:10 PM   #61
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I worked on a dept of highway survey crew there in 1968. The 4 of us, all in our early 20’s, rented an apartment above the liquor store in Coleman - good times.
For the new highway alignment? That road ended up being built right through my uncle's backyard in Blairmore.
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Old 07-24-2024, 03:21 PM   #62
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For the new highway alignment? That road ended up being built right through my uncle's backyard in Blairmore.
Our mission was to locate several possible routes so the brains in Edmonton could choose the one most likely to cost less.
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Old 07-24-2024, 03:53 PM   #63
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For the new highway alignment? That road ended up being built right through my uncle's backyard in Blairmore.
My uncle lives by the highway in Frank. It's such an awesome place, but it will probably get demolished when they finally start twinning there.
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Old 07-25-2024, 11:15 PM   #64
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A friend at Folk Fest said the locals are called Pass-Holes?
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If you haven't stumbled out of the Grand Union after last call have you really been to the Pass?
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