East Village in Calgary in Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)

The Mounties Sell Calgary Barracks

Captain Deane is last Commanding Officer on this site

— 1914 —

The Mounties Sell Calgary Barracks Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2022

1. The Mounties Sell Calgary Barracks Marker

Inscription.
When he arrived in Calgary to take over as Commanding Officer, Captain Richard Burton Deane refused to live in the dilapidated Officers Quarters that he found at Calgary Barracks. He received permission from Ottawa to construct a new home that was completed by Christmas 1906.

The RNWMP decided to sell the Calgary Barracks site to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914. All the buildings were torn down except the Deane House and that was used as the Stationmaster's home. The house was sold again in 1929 and Charles L. Jacques moved it across the river to its present location. Fort Calgary currently operates the Deane House as a restaurant.

New Mounted Police headquarters were established in the Court House downtown.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Law Enforcement • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 51° 2.692′ N, 114° 2.679′ W. Marker is in Calgary, Alberta, in Calgary Metropolitan Region. It is in East Village. Marker can be reached from 9 Avenue Southeast, 0.3 kilometers east of 6 Street Southeast, on the left when traveling east. Marker is located along the interpretive trail at Fort Calgary National Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 750 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary AB T2G 5E1, Canada. Touch for directions.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Frontier Community Disappears (here, next to this marker); The Train Arrives in Calgary (here, next to this marker); The NWMP Build Calgary Barracks (here, next to this marker); The City of Calgary (here, next to this marker); An Outpost on the Bow River (here, next to this marker); The North West Mounted Police March West (here, next to this marker); Wars, Depression and Oil (here, next to this marker); The North West Territories (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Calgary.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Fort Calgary National Historic Site

Also see . . .
1. History of Fort Calgary.

Between 1875 and 1914, the Fort grew into Calgary Barracks and became the centre of a flourishing community. Fort Calgary was a police administration centre, a hospital, a refuge, a social centre, and a focal point for settlers, ranchers and business. In 1914, Fort Calgary was sold to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway who later sold the site to the Canadian National Railway. For the next 61 years, Calgary’s origins were hidden under a railway yard and storage area.

(Submitted on May 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Fort Calgary.

From 1882 to 1902,
Glenbow Archives NA 2939-1

2. Marker detail: Captain Richard Burton Deane
a number of changes were made to the site, with buildings being torn down and built to address contemporary needs. Police operations at the fort ended in 1914, after Grand Trunk Pacific Railway bought the site for C$250,000. All the fort's remaining buildings were demolished by Grand Truck Pacific Railway to make way for a rail terminal.

(Submitted on May 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Captain Richard Burton Deane.

Captain Deane was commissioned in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1866. He served during the Ashanti war and retired in 1882. He came to Canada and became Inspector with the NWMP at Regina in 1883. He was at Lethbridge from 1888 until 1902, at Calgary from 1906 to 1914. He retired when Fort Calgary was closed in 1914.

(Submitted on May 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

4. Richard Burton Deane.

With his drooping moustache, tall and lean frame, pale complexion, cold eyes, and acerbic tongue, R. Burton Deane was a strong, vaguely threatening presence. As a mounted policeman for 31 years, he participated in the transformation of the southern Canadian prairies from the open plains of 1883 to the populated farming country of 1914.

(Submitted on May 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2022

3. The Mounties Sell Calgary Barracks Marker

(rightmost of related markers at this location • Fort Calgary National Historic Site in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 75 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.