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| Fort McMurray |
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| town (1991 pop. 34,706), NE Alta., Canada, on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers. Since the beginning of the mining of Albertas oil sands in 1964, the towns population has grown from 1,200. It is an important river port and transshipment point for the Northwest Territories. |
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