Head down any secondary highway in southern Alberta and chances are you'll run into a ghost town. While the province is best known today for it's booming energy industry, there was a time when much of western Canada relied on Alberta coal, not crude. plaque where the town used to stand is the sole reminder of a town that once existed. Source. Alexo was built as a coal mining town, the Alexo mine operated from 1920 to 1955. Alexo was home to a hotel, a cookhouse, a bunkhouse, a store, and 30 cottages.
A shape is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture, or material composition. Psychologists have theorized that humans mentally break down images into simple geometric shapes called geons.
-form-, root. 1  the outside appearance of a clearly defined area[countable]a triangular form. 2  the shape of a thing or person[countable]He could make out a dim form in the distance wearing a raincoat. 3  Anatomy a body, esp. that of a human being[countable]That suit really fits your form.