Steveville is a
ghost town
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in southeastern
Alberta
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, Canada near
Brooks
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. In 1910, the community had a
general store. Named after Steve Hall, a local
homesteader
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, the community never attracted a large population. The Hall family operated a number of businesses in Steveville, including a
ferry across the Red Deer River, a
boarding house, and the general store and
post office
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.
Steveville lies near the northwest boundary of
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated a two hour drive east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or , about a half-hour drive northeast of Brooks.
The park is situated in the Red Deer River valley, which is noted for its stri ...
at the edge of the
badlands
Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded."Badlands" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 47. They are characterized by steep slopes, m ...
within the
Red Deer River
The Red Deer River is a river in Alberta and a small portion of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan River and is part of the larger Saskatchewan-Nelson system that empties into Hudson Bay.
Red Deer River h ...
valley, and it is most notable as the discovery location for many specimens of
dinosaurs. These come from the
Dinosaur Park Formation
The Dinosaur Park Formation is the uppermost member of the Belly River Group (also known as the Judith River Group), a major geologic unit in southern Alberta. It was deposited during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between about 76. ...
of
Late Cretaceous
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(
Campanian
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) age and include remains of ''
Styracosaurus'', ''
Daspletosaurus
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'',
''
Corythosaurus
''Corythosaurus'' (; ) is a genus of hadrosaurid "duck-billed" dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period, about 77–75.7 million years ago. It lived in what is now North America. Its name means "helmet lizard", derived from Greek κόρυ ...
'', ''
Struthiomimus
''Struthiomimus'' (meaning "ostrich mimic", from the Greek στρούθειος/''stroutheios'' meaning "of the ostrich" and μῖμος/''mimos'' meaning "mimic" or "imitator") is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous of No ...
'',
and others.
References
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Ghost towns in Alberta
Localities in the County of Newell
1910 establishments in Alberta