Leduc, Alberta was named after the "first person to walk in" their first government telegraph office. That person was Father Hippolyte Leduc.

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The French name “la grande prairie” first appears on an early geological survey map referring to the large open prairie in the area.

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Fort Saskatchewan is named after a North-West Mounted Police established on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River.

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PinQuest visits Edmonton, which takes its name from a Hudson's Bay Company fort.

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PinQuest goes to Cold Lake, Alberta which has an unsurprisingly simple name origin.

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