Steveville, Alberta

Steveville is a ghost town in southern Alberta, Canada. The town, located near Brooks, had a general store in 1910. Named after Steve Hall, a local homesteader, the town never attracted a large population. The Hall family operated a number of businesses in Steveville, including the ferry, boarding house, and the general store and post office.^[1]

Steveville is most notable as the discovery location of many specimens of dinosaurs, including fossils of Styracosaurus, Daspletosaurus,^[2] Corythosaurus, Struthiomimus,^[3] and others found around the town.

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^ City of Brooks Alberta: Steveville General Store. City of Brooks, Alberta (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
^ Where in the world can you find Daspletosaurus torosus?. Canadian Museum of Nature (2003). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
^ Struthiomimus altus plaque. Research Casting International (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.

External links

Canadian Museum of Nature, nature.ca (with map locating Steveville)

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