Lafarge Exshaw Geodesic Dome -- Jasper National Park, Banff AB CAN
N 51° 03.631 W 115° 10.501
11U E 627886 N 5658139
A large geodesic dome at the Lafarge Exshaw Plant, a limestone quarry, across Lac Des Arcs in Jasper National Park, AB CAN.
Waymark Code: WM15PD2
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 02/03/2022
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Blasterz are not used to seeing such heavy industry operating in a National Park, but every place is different.
A large geodesic dome is part of the limestone quarrying process at the Lafarge Exshaw operation on the north shore of beautiful Lac des Arcs, in Jasper National Park near Banff, Alberta, Canada. Blasterz are not experts, but we are thinking that the geodesic dome holds materials of some kind, since there is a feeder attached to the top of the dome. What kind of materials, we have no clue.
Lafarge is a French company that manufactures cement and concrete products at plants around the world. See: (
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The Lafarge Plant has some environmental issues to work on in this beautiful place - maybe the grodesic dome is part of rhe dust mitigation: (
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"Since our last community update, Lafarge’s Exshaw Cement Plant continues to look for ways to do better—environmentally, economically, and in the community. We are focused on improving emissions, manufacturing excellence, managing dust, and partnering with our neighbours. This Spring 2019 Newsletter is just a glimpse of the work being done.
The Fugitive Dust Plan has been updated. The strategy explores additional options for dust mitigation during long, dry winter stretches. One of the options under consideration is a snow cannon. A Raw Materials Bunker and Feeder Breaker have also been installed to help minimize fugitive dust."