Bassano (Alta.)
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- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 50°47ʹ00ʺN 112°28ʹ07ʺW)
- South East Alberta Travel and Convention Association. South-east Alberta street maps : ... town of Bassano ... 1980?
- LC data base, 8/24/88(hdg.: Bassano, Alta.)
- NLC 4/20/88(Bassano (Alta.))
- BGN 8/24/88
Wikipedia description:
Bassano ( bə-SAN-oh) is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) southeast of Calgary and 160 kilometres (99 mi) northwest of Medicine Hat. It is also on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City. A short distance south of the town is the Bassano Dam (originally "Horse Shoe Bend Dam"), serves as a diversion structure which routes water through a canal into Lake Newell Reservoir which supplies water to the majority of the County of Newell for purposes like irrigation, recreation, and the County's drinking water. The Bassano Dam holds the record for highest temperature in Alberta which is 43.3 °C (109.9 °F). The community has the name of Marquis de Bassano, a railroad promoter.
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