Mordor found in Northern Alberta

Sat, 2012-06-02 06:56Kevin Grandia

Mordor found in Northern Alberta

Following up on an article I wrote last week for Huffington Post Canada, a commenter suggested that the Alberta tar sands looked like a real-life version of Mordor, the home of the evil Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings.

I agree. So does that make Stephen Harper Gollum?

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Yes, it's Mordor

Sat, 2012-06-02 15:35 — FatherTheo

Yes, it's Mordor. I' ve thought so for some time myself. But the master of Mordor is Sauron. Don't know who this Sauran is.

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Mordor found in Northern Alberta