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Brooks

Town in southeastern Alberta, Canada, in Newell County, 185 km/115 mi southeast of Calgary; population (1996 est) 9,400. It is situated in an area of irrigated farm and ranch land. Agricultural products are traded and processed here, as is natural gas. Local tourism is based partly on hunting.

Settlement began when the Canadian Pacific Railway built an irrigation dam nearby in 1914. There are several horticultural and wildlife research centres, including a pheasant hatchery. Also nearby are Kinbrook Island Provincial Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Brooks and District Historical Museum, and Brooks Aqueduct (1914), which is a national historic site.



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