Phoenix, Alberta

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Approximate location of Phoenix, Alberta

Phoenix is a former coal mining community between Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House in west-central Alberta, Canada. [1]

A sawmill operated along the North Saskatchewan River near Phoenix in the 1920s to produce railway ties for the Burrows Lumber Company. [2]

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References

  1. "Google Books search result for "Phoenix, Alberta"" . Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  2. "The Lumber History of Manitoba" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-06-30.

Coordinates: 52°23′N115°25′W / 52.383°N 115.417°W / 52.383; -115.417 (Phoenix)