The first image is of geothermal temperatures at 3500m below the surface. That spot of orange, the hottest at that depth (110-120C), is just SE of Edson Alberta. At 4500m, the hot spot (130-140C) is between Edson and Hinton, not much further west.
The second image is a map of where 20% recoverability is possible, with the colour scale indicating how much energy generating potential is at various locations around Alberta. As you can see, the highest generating potential area that isn't blocked by granite deposits is.... yep, near Edson.
Too bad there wasn't a glut of drillers and so forth in Alberta that could exploit that to get that heat out of the ground to generate power.
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