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lookout tower 
a high tower from which a trained forestry employee watches for forest fires and reports the position so that action may be taken to fight them.
See also: fire tower lookout
- 1958 In the Slave Lake division, three lumber roads . . . are closed, along with the . . . Flattop trail leading from Highway 2 south to Flattop lookout tower. . . .
- 1962 It's a lonely life for a man confined to a glass dome atop a lookout tower.
- 1958 In the Slave Lake division, three lumber roads . . . are closed, along with the . . . Flattop trail leading from Highway 2 south to Flattop lookout tower. . . .