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ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game
nova20194:
Provost, AB
Provost is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the junction of Highway 13 and Highway 899. It is situated 19 km (12 mi) west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. In 2006, Provost had a population of 2,072.
There are two schools in Provost: Provost public and St. Thomas Aquinas.
The economic bases of Provost are agricultural and oilfield.
MaineWriter:
Troy, TX
Nothing is left of the town. Not even a cemetery is shown on the TxDoT county map for Freestone County.
Troy, was also known as Pine Bluff. There is currently another Troy, Texas off Interstate 35 between Temple and Waco. The Troy discussed here was on the Trinity River and near what is presently Fairfield Lake.
The town started around 1847 with a dozen families who thought the location on the river ideal for a town. A man named Bateman is said to be the town's founder. Troy was granted a post office in 1850 and it closed 16 years later.
Troy enjoyed a short period of prosperity when its location as a shipping point on the river made it the most important town in Freestone County. The rival port of Magnolia (Anderson County) stole the promise of greatness from Troy. Troy was soon dropped from many maps and by 1936 it was just a memory.
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Meryl:
Quinif, TX
nova20194:
Fort McMurray, AB
Fort McMurray, is a community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, in the northeastern part of Alberta, Canada. Although it is commonly referred to and thought of as being a city, Fort McMurray is not incorporated. Thus, Fort McMurray has the status of being the largest unincorporated "city" in Alberta.
Fort McMurray is 435 kilometres (270 mi) northeast of Edmonton, Alberta on Highway 63, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of the Saskatchewan border, nestled in the boreal forest at the confluence of the Athabasca River and the Clearwater River.
Fort McMurray is a multicultural community, attracting people from all corners of Canada and the world. Albertans make up almost half the number of migrants to Fort McMurray, followed by 17% of people originating from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Were it a city, it would be the fifth largest in Alberta (after Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Lethbridge).
Fort McMurray is considered the heart of one of Alberta's (and Canada's) major hubs of oil production, located near the Athabasca Oil Sands. Besides the oil sands, the economy also relies on natural gas and oil pipelines, forestry and tourism. The two largest oil sand mining companies are Syncrude and Suncor Energy.
Fort McMurray's growth is characteristic of a boomtown; one of the area's unofficial nicknames is "Fort McMoney." Housing prices and rents are far higher in Fort McMurray than one would expect in such a remote area. In 2006, Fort McMurray had the highest prices in Alberta.
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MaineWriter:
Jamaica Beach, TX
The town (which is said to be a former Karankawa cemetery) was only developed in 1957. Intended as a resort/ marina, the plot was divided into 2,000 lots. It was incorporated in 1975 when there were 141 people residing there. The population was 624 in 1990 which increased to 1,075 for the 2000 Census.
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