The Place We Call Home A History of Fort McMurray, as its people remember 1778-1980 by Irwin Huberman
8vo. pp. xi, 284. maps & numerous illustrations. hardcover. dw. (near fine - some damp staining to bottom edge of rear dw. & covers, dw. bit cockled along top edge). Fort McMurray: Historical Book Society of Fort McMurray, [2004].
Second Printing.
ISBN-10: 0968933904 / ISBN-13: 9780968933909
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The Place We Call Home begins with the great flood that created the Clearwater and Athabasca River valleys and goes on to record the early explorers, early residents and gives a history of the early days of oil sands pioneers and the development of the first oil sands plants. The growth of the small town, 100 residents in 1900, to one of Alberta's major cities is recorded with the dreams and struggles of its residents. Irwin Huberman tells his story well, and helps us understand the community that now is the economic engine of Canada.