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[[Image:SlaveLake.JPG|thumb|400px|left|Aerial view of the southern portion of the Slave Lake graticule]]
 
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The {{PAGENAME}} [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=55&long=-114&zoom=9&abs=-1 55, -114]. There's Slave Lake, which has a small airport, and a highway. And there's part of Lesser Slave Lake. And mosquitoes. And bears. Also there is better Google Maps imagery for Ulaanbaator, Mongolia than for Slave Lake. Compare for yourself.
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The {{PAGENAME}} [[graticule]] is at [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=55&long=-114&zoom=9&abs=-1 55, -114]. There's Slave Lake, which has a small airport, and a highway. And there's part of Lesser Slave Lake. And mosquitoes. And bears. Also there is better Google Maps imagery for Ulaanbaator, Mongolia than for Slave Lake. Compare for yourself.
  
 
== Activities ==
 
== Activities ==

Revision as of 20:37, 7 March 2012

Red Earth Creek Trout Lake Chipewyan Lake
Utikuma Lake Slave Lake Calling Lake
Whitecourt Barrhead Athabasca

Today's location: not yet announced

Aerial view of the southern portion of the Slave Lake graticule

The Slave Lake, Alberta graticule is at 55, -114. There's Slave Lake, which has a small airport, and a highway. And there's part of Lesser Slave Lake. And mosquitoes. And bears. Also there is better Google Maps imagery for Ulaanbaator, Mongolia than for Slave Lake. Compare for yourself.

Activities

If you are lucky enough to be in this graticule in mid-July, you can attend the Alberta Open Sandsculpture Championships.

Expeditions

Notable Events

  • 2008-08-19 - The hash is right on a road but it's 75 km away.
  • 2008-08-21 - First successful geohash in the graticule.
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The Slave Lake, Alberta graticule (55 -114) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of August 2008 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 4 successful expeditions.

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Local Geohashers

  • Robyn was here for the month of August 2008.
  • ICWB remains here, but will not geohash again.