Anzac, Alberta
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Anzac is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. It is located on Highway 881 along the east shore of Gregoire Lake, approximately 36 kilometres southeas
Anzac welcome sign
Cafe in Anzac, 1960s
Northern Alberta Railways
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Northern Alberta Railways was a Canadian railway which served northern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. Jointly owned by both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, NAR exis
Anzac, Alberta
…approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Fort McMurray. Anzac was named for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I, when the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway was being built from Carbondale to Waterways. Originally named after Willow Lake, the previous name of Gregoire Lake, the community were mostly non-status…
View of the Waterways station, about 1920.
Preserved NAR baggage car.