Canning Stock Route
pathway, Australia
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The Canning Stock Route is a historic pathway spanning approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) through the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. This arid region is characterized by sand hills and salt marshes, roughly coinciding with the Canning Basin. The route runs northeast from Wiluna, passing through Lake Disappointment, and ends in Halls Creek. The first Europeans to traverse this desert were part of a party led by Maj. Peter Egerton Warburton in 1873.12
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