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July 28, 1874
Most of the officers and men, who had time, visited the Roche Percée. There is a good vein of coal here, we tried some in the forge and it burned well; it has, however, more the appearance of lignite than of true coal.
-G.A. French, Commissioner NWMP
Now near: Roche Percee, Saskatchewan
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