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| CanmoreHiking in Canmore, Alberta May 2011. |
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Secret Cave May 12, 2011. ""At the height of the Cold War, a plot surfaced in the Bow Valley. The plan was to build a high-tech ultra-secure storage facility overlooking Lac des Arcs in the heart of Mt. McGillivray. It was an ambitious idea, and, given the paranoia about nuclear war, it probably made good sense. But today, it is simply an oddity." (Excerpt from Highline Magazine). According to Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Rocky Mountain Vaults and Archives obtained two licenses from the Alberta government in 1969 — one for use of the caverns as a vault and the other for access — but it is believed that the tunneling began much earlier, although no firm date has yet been found. Since then, the Canadian government has abandoned it and has made no move to board it up, leaving it to be used by various creatures and humans alike. What remains is a tunnel carved into the grey limestone cliff of Mt. McGillivray with passages opening off it. Two 24-metre by 8-metre caverns exist, along with what might have been a reception lounge. The floor is flat but not smooth, and the sound of water dripping onto stone can be heard somewhere in the blackness. "
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| HousesHouses that I have lived in. |
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