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1973-1974 (Creation)
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- Big Country News
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- Drumheller (Alta.)
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1973-1974 (Contribution)
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- City of Drumheller
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- Drumheller (Alta.)
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1 illustrated travel guide [20.5x13.5cm] with light green cardstock covers. 84pp. Stapled binding. Front cover shows outline of the province of Alberta surrounding monochrome reproductions of photographs of dinosaur bones and statues, and locations in Drumheller (Alta.) [various sizes]. Contains approximately 70 black and white [B&W] photographs or illustrations.
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"The City of Drumheller recommends the following Tourist Attractions in Drumheller and District - The Badlands: Canada's Greatest Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Field - Most Unique Geological Formations on Continent."
An informative illustrated travel guide advertising the Canadian Badlands and the town of Drumheller (Alta.). Includes lists of things to do and see in the area, information about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, and a Drumheller Business Directory for 1973-1974. Also includes images or illustrations showing locations and buildings in Drumheller, dinosaurs and dinosaur bones, sculptures and fossils, landscapes, and rocks, plants and flowers.
Contents:
"This is the Big Country" [T. W. Dowson]; "In the Footsteps of the Dinosaurs" and "Visit the Big Country First" [each page lists various things to do in Drumheller and the Badlands]; an untitled map of the Badlands and Red Deer River Valley area; "Badlands of the Red Deer River Valley" [Grandeur by Erosion; Six Hundred Million Years Ago; What Are Fossils?; Ancient Seas; Teeming Life Formed Oil; Age of Reptiles - Edmonton Formation; The Record of the Rocks; Alberta - 70 Million Years Ago; An Age of Dinosaurs; Edmontosaurus; The Duck-Billed Dinosaur; A Prehistoric Bone-head; 'The Egghead'; An Important Discovery; The Bone Hunters; Excavating a Fossil; an untitled illustrated timeline showing approximately 40 species of dinosaurs and reptiles and in which period they lived [Carboniferous; Permian; Triassic; Jurassic; Cretaceous; Tertiary; Quaternary]; Pachyrhinosaurus; Skull of Pachyrhinosaurus on display at Drumheller Museum; An Impressive Mystery; a chart titled "Time Scales of North America - Geologic / Evolutionary"; Hunting & Fishing from Drumheller [Big Game; Waterfowl & Upland Game Birds; Pike, Pickerel, Goldeye, Trout]; Our Little Church; an untitled map of the city of Drumheller showing various Points of Interest listed in the guide; Take a Closer Look; Flower Power for Flower People; Newcastle Coal Mine Museum [Tropic Vegetation; Peak Production; End of an Era; The Museum]; The Homestead - House of Memories; Dinosaur Trail Campgrounds Ltd.; King Coal; Golfing; Boating - Sailing - Water-Skiing; Prehistoric Parks - Unique Canyons of the Past; The Last of the Dinosaurs; Contributions to Science; The Ghost Town of Wayne; Drumheller Dinosaur and Fossil Museum [Mounted Skeleton of Duck-Billed Dinosaur; Bone and Fossil Displays; Bison Occidentalis]; The Hidden Beauty of the Rocks; Drumheller Business Directory; Hanna Pioneer Village and Museum.
Additionally includes several print advertisements for various local businesses.
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Some staining and discoloration. Some text is beginning to fade. Particularly, much of the text on pages 82-83 has faded significantly to the point of illegibility. Otherwise very good.
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- Drumheller Dinosaur and Fossil Museum (Subject)
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