city of red deer map Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/city-of-red-deer-map Sat, 17 Dec 2016 18:37:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 RED DEER MAP EDMONTON http://toursmaps.com/red-deer-map-edmonton.html http://toursmaps.com/red-deer-map-edmonton.html#respond Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:33:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=228534 RED DEER MAP EDMONTON Directions: Exit Edmonton on Hwy 2 south. Distance: 157 km, or about 1 hour and 42 minutes, from Edmonton. Info: 403-342-8111; www.reddeer.ab.ca. The Red Deer region is a transition zone between the moister aspen parkland and the drier prairie. Blackfoot, Plains Cree, Sarcee, and Stoney nations lived here before Metis, fur traders, and European settlers came to the area. The countryside teemed with elk, and the Cree named the river Waskasoo Seepee, meaning Elk River. Mistaking the elk for the red deer of Scotland, early fur traders misinterpreted the name to mean Red Deer River. Many

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