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oil well in mustard field, Saskatchewan
Pumping oil from a well in a field of mustard on the Great Plains in western Saskatchewan, near Maidstone.
Prairie Provinces
region, Canada
Prairie Provinces, the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, in the northern Great Plains region of North America. They constitute the great wheat-producing region of Canada and are a major source for petroleum, potash, and natural gas. With British Columbia they form the Western Provinces.
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