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Postcards from Alberta. No 4. Bassano’s 100th Birthday.

Posted on July 5, 2011 by tudorbarlow

Happy Birthday Bassano Alberta. Celebrating 100 years of incorporation as a Town in 1911, Bassano owes its existence to the Canadian Pacific Railway. As the transcontinental line pushed west across the prairies it reached the area in 1883 and a … Continue reading →