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Loon Lake / Steele Narrows

Loon Lake / Steele Narrows - derives from makwa, Cree for "loon" and named for Sir Samuel Steele who's North West Mounted Police force clashed with retreating Cree in 1885. [click images to enlarge]


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Sod roof house at Loon Lake, c. 1930. [123]
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Seeding near Loon Lake, 1939. [124]

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