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The new museum at Fort McMurray’s Legion is ready for visitors once COVID-19 restrictions ease.
The museum showcases historical military artifacts showing the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo region’s military history, including weapons, photographs, uniforms, equipment and a signed letter from King George VI presented to a local soldier taken prisoner during the Second World War.
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Museum coordinator Dale Bendfeld said the region has a lengthy military history. During the Second World War, the United States Air Force built Fort McMurray’s first airport and the United States Army was camped where Keyano College now stands.