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History. View of the Clearwater River valley from Highway 63. Before the arrival of Europeans in the late 18th century, the Cree were the dominant First Nations people in the Fort McMurray area. The Athabasca oil sands were known to the locals and the surface deposits were used to waterproof their canoes.
Fort McMurray acquired its reputation as a boom and bust town early in its history. While potential oil reserves had been identified as early as 1891, the first oil sands project didn’t begin until 1964.
13 paź 2024 · Fort McMurray, city, northeastern Alberta, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers. In the early 21st century, Fort McMurray became the capital of Canada’s burgeoning tar sands industry.
Fort McMurray – miejscowość (urban service area) w Kanadzie, w prowincji Alberta, stanowiąca część gminy Wood Buffalo, położona w pobliżu ujścia rzeki Clearwater do Athabaski. W 2006 roku miejscowość liczyła 47 705 mieszkańców.
1 lut 2015 · This report presents archival information, primary oral history interviews, secondary historical scholarship, and primary government sources that demonstrate Fort McMurray is a historic...
We have a collection of buildings, some dating back a century, each one inviting visitors to experience a different aspect of Fort McMurray’s past. Walk through history and explore the stories of those who came before.
15 lut 2016 · The Athabasca River basin around Fort McMurray was originally inhabited by Métis and aboriginal people — chiefly Cree, Chipewyan and Dene, according to a historical overview of the area ...
