All /out/ in America is artificial.
Lets say you are standing in the centre of the largest national park in america.
look north- you would eventually hit civilization
look east- you would eventually hit civilization
look south- you would eventually hit civilization
look west- you would eventually hit civilization

here in northern Ontario the only thing to the north is forest,ice,arctic.
traveling west thousands of miles of forest, then barren tundra and prairie followed by an impassible mountain range.
Eastern Canada is a barren green time machine to 1979
and the south... well... thats you america. civilization.
sorry for you loss.