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Tourism Red Deer

Much like Nanaimo bars and butter tarts, puffed wheat squares are Canadian treasure, but did you know that they are thought to be invented in Red Deer? In 1913, Maritimer Alfred James Russell settled in Red Deer and opened a candy store. The store was located on Red Deer’s Ross St., not far from where The Hub now sits. A.J. Russell sold popular local treats such as all-day suckers, coconut “ping-pong” brittle, and the ever famous puffed wheat square.