what are the resources of origin of town's
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Resource towns, or "new towns," are the small, isolated communities built around resource-based industries and transportation, such as mining towns, mill towns, railway towns and fishing villages. Examples include: Fort McMurray, Alberta (oil); Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland (pulp and paper); Glace Bay, Nova Scotia (coal); Black's Harbour, New Brunswick (fish packing); Murdochville, Québec (copper); Elliot Lake, Ontario (uranium); Snow Lake, Manitoba (copper, zinc); and Kitimat, British Columbia (aluminum).
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In some respects, Canadian resource towns resemble similar towns throughout the world, i.e., towns based on the extraction or processing of resources such as minerals, forest products and hydroelectric power. Characteristically, the resource town is connected to an industry or business and lacks control over its own economic development. The economic base is controlled by outside corporations or governments that determine the nature and extent of the extractive or processing activity,