Southwest Calgary in Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta — Canadas Prairie Region (North America)
Scollen Bridge
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2022
1. Scollen Bridge Marker
Before the Mission District became part of Calgary in 1907, it was the village of Rouleauville. The streets had names instead of numbers. Twenty-fifth Avenue was called Scollen Street in honour of a man who tried to bridge the divide between Native peoples and European settlers.
Father Constantine Scollen was born in Ireland in 1841, where he was ordained as an Oblate priest. He came to Canada at the age of 21 and later worked with Father Albert Lacombe, the founder of Rouleauville. In 1873 Scollen established a mission among the Kainai (Blood) Nation south of Calgary. He played a key role in the signing of Treaties 6 and 7 as an interpreter and intermediary, and spent his last years ministering to and advocating for the Kainai.
Erected by Cliff Bungalow-Mission Community Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.
Location. 51° 1.819′ N, 114° 3.837′ W. Marker is in Calgary, Alberta, in Calgary Metropolitan
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Regionally, this marker is in Alberta’s Calgary Area. It is also in the Prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony and also Ruperts Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Western Canada High School (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Rt. Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Calgary World War I Memorial (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Curtis Block (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); T.C. Power & Bro. (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); The Buildings (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Doll Block (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); The Palace Theatre / Le Thιβtre Palace (approx. 1.7 kilometers away).
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2022
2. Scollen Bridge Marker
Also see . . .
1. Constantine Scollen.
An Irish Catholic Missionary priest who lived among and evangelized the Blackfoot, Cree and Mιtis peoples on the Canadian Prairies and in northern Montana in the United States. He is particularly remembered for having the first building erected in what is now Calgary, Alberta, in 1872. In 1876 he was an unofficial interpreter for some of the Plains Cree Chiefs and witness to Treaty 6 between the Cree and the Canadian government. He was an unpaid consultant to the Canadian government prior to the signing of Treaty 7 with the Blackfoot Confederacy, in 1877 and was again an unofficial interpreter and witness.(Submitted on April 25, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Kainai Nation.
The Kainai Nation (or Kανnawa, or Blood Tribe) is a First Nations band government in southern Alberta, Canada, with a population of 12,800 members in 2015. At the time treaties such as Treaty 7 were signed, the Kainai were situated on the Oldman, Belly, and St. Mary rivers west of Lethbridge, Alberta. The Kainai reserve Blood(Submitted on April 25, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)148 is currently the largest in Canada with 4,570 inhabitants.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 20223. Scollen Bridge(looking east along 25 Avenue Southwest • Elbow River on right)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 514 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 24, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2, 3. submitted on April 25, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
