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Drought Area 
a term applied to the southern regions of the Prairie Provinces, especially during the 1930's.
See also: droughtlands Dust Bowl
- 1955 The Dust Bowl of Southern Alberta, where I spent much of my earlier life, is not really a dust bowl at all. That's just the fancy name given to it by someone who's never been there. It's also known as the Dry Area, the Drought Area and--since the government took notice of it and formed a Board to administer it--The Special Area.
- 1955 The Dust Bowl of Southern Alberta, where I spent much of my earlier life, is not really a dust bowl at all. That's just the fancy name given to it by someone who's never been there. It's also known as the Dry Area, the Drought Area and--since the government took notice of it and formed a Board to administer it--The Special Area.