Turner Valley (Alta.)
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Name (Latin)
Turner Valley (Alta.)
Coordinates
-114.279 -114.279 50.6739 50.6739 (gooearth )
W1141707 W1141707 N0504001 N0504001 (geonames )
Associated country
Canada
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- In the light of the flares, c1979 (subj.)
- NLC 3/11/82
Wikipedia description:
Turner Valley was a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within the Town of Diamond Valley. It is on Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Black Diamond and approximately 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Calgary. It was named after Robert and John Turner who settled in the area in 1886. The town was once the centre of an oil and natural gas boom. For 30 years, the Turner Valley oilfields were a major supplier of oil and gas and the largest producer in the British Empire.
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