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No one knew where the man who called himself Albert Johnson came from,

but this was nothing unusual throughout the Canadian Northwest back then.

The year 1931 was during the height of the Great Depression,

and the area often attracted transients looking for work.

A lot of times that work involved fur trapping, as men from all across the states in Canada

came and went from the area, shuffling anonymously in and out like waiters in a restaurant.

So it was as far as anyone knew with the man calling himself Albert Johnson.

He got mostly to himself that warm summer, but local natives who encountered him said he was quiet

and reserved. When he did speak, people noticed that he had a vague accent, Scandinavian perhaps.

It was difficult to pin down, but most likely something from that region.

One day he came floating on a raft on the Peele River in Defort McPherson.

He beached his raft and headed toward the settlement area.

Here, there stood a series of whitewash cabins in a log trading outpost.

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