Here on 2nd April, 1885, rebel Indians under Big Bear massacred Rev. Father Léon Adélard Fafard, O.M.L., Rev. Father Félix Marchand, O.M.L., Indian Agent Thomas Quinn, Farm Instructor John Delaney, John Alexander Gowanlock, William Campbell . . . — — Map (db m315467) HM
This was once the "jumping off point" for the vast northland. Here in 1887 the first steamboat "Athabasca" was built to ply the river between Mirror Landing and Grand Rapids.
Steamboats superceded the canoe, York boat, and scow, and were . . . — — Map (db m8837) HM
A Zoo in Banff?
Between 1904 and 1937, Banff Central Park was home to a world-renowned zoo.
Visitors could see locally captured wildlife, such as bears and cougars, as well as birds and animals foreign to the Park, like 'Buddy' . . . — — Map (db m294229) HM
Banff's first train station was actually located 1.5km east along the line from here. By 1888 it was deemed to be too far from the hot springs and a new log station was built at the site of today's station.
This new location for the train . . . — — Map (db m197062) HM
Opened in 1895, the Banff Park Museum was moved into this building in 1903. Its cross-log motif exemplifies an architectural style common in the town at the time. Norman Bethune Sanson, the museum’s curator from 1896 to 1932, . . . — — Map (db m8836) HM
Banff Springs Hotel
This hotel is among the largest and most renowned of the fashionable resort hotels established along railway and steamship routes in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Constructed by the . . . — — Map (db m100084) HM
Born in Ceylon and educated in Scotland and Germany, Gibbon studied painting before turning to journalism. As publicity agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1913 to 1945 he combined advertising with the promotion of a Canadian identity, . . . — — Map (db m108632) HM
The Man Behind the Collection
Norman Bethune Sanson was the museum's curator as well as Banff's meteorologist for more than 30 years. He energetically expanded the museum's original collection, gathering unique flora and fauna . . . — — Map (db m294230) HM
Located at the top of Sulfur Mountain, the cosmic ray station was completed by the National Research Council in 1956, in preparation for International Geophysical Year (1957–1958) an undertaking involving 66 countries and a dozen scientific . . . — — Map (db m109422) HM
The Cave and Basin Springs were brought to public attention after being located by CPR construction workers in 1883. These and the Upper Hot Springs soon drew private entrepreneurs and tourists. Growing support for public ownership prompted the . . . — — Map (db m108877) HM
Tunnel Mountain - What’s in a name?
The original survey for the railroad provided for a tunnel through this small mountain which appeared to obstruct the Bow Valley. A subsequent survey rerouted the railroad to the north, thus the . . . — — Map (db m293643) HM
End of the Road On the night of July 14, 1915 sixty prisoners were marshalled off a Canadian Pacific train just west of here and escorted to a barbed wire compound at the end of the unfinished Banff–Laggan (now Lake Louise) road. So . . . — — Map (db m109003) HM
During Canada’s first national internment operations in World War One, thousands of immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the majority of Ukrainian origin, some citizens of Canada, were imprisoned as “enemy aliens”. Internment operations . . . — — Map (db m8827) HM
The conditions here are very poor, so that we cannot go on much longer. We are not getting enough to eat — we are hungry as dogs. Censored letter, Prisoner N. Olynik, Castle Internment Camp, 28 October, 1915 First . . . — — Map (db m312498) HM
ENGLISH INSCRIPTION
Mountains create their own weather
As winds swirl around and rise above these massive barriers, clouds build up and bring the rain and snowstorms for which Storm Mountain was named.
Travellers . . . — — Map (db m82917)
Erected in honor of Sir James Hector K. C. M. C. Geologist and explorer to the Palliser Expedition of 1857 - 1860 by his friends in Canada, the United States & England. One of the earliest scientists to explore the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He . . . — — Map (db m70443) HM
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
World Heritage Site
The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks were designated a site of outstanding universal value and placed on the World Heritage List on October 30, 1984.
Among the attributes that . . . — — Map (db m285692) HM
This renowned hotel had its origins in a simple log chalet built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1890. Early guests, including some pioneers of mountaineering in the northern Rockies, followed a packhorse trail from the station below. The advent . . . — — Map (db m109415) HM
Prior to 1913 the Alberta-British Columbia boundary was defined by the divide or watershed of the Rocky Mountains. The discovery of valuable coal deposits and the availability of marketable timber and the incursion of railroads and roads required a . . . — — Map (db m70445) HM
Imagine arriving here in the 1880s…the smell of pine forest, the sound of avalanches from the mountains above, and the wonder of vast unexplored country ahead. Today, the ice-capped peaks, hidden valleys and turquoise lakes are as spectacular as . . . — — Map (db m100116) HM
How many creeks do you know of that split, with each fork reaching a separate ocean, 4500 km apart. Here, Divide Creek forks on the boundary between Pacific and Atlantic watersheds, commonly called the Great Divide. Water in the left . . . — — Map (db m177899) HM
Rumbles of Excitement
Joyful arrivals, tearful departures, trains and telegrams coming and going. This Heritage Railway station was once a hub for locals and visitors alike.
The Station was built in 1910 by Canadian Pacific Railway to . . . — — Map (db m252885) HM
[English] The Bow Valley — Life flows through it The first car arrived in Banff in 1904 - on the railway tracks. The only other roads at the time were for horse-drawn carriages. But soon "motoring" became . . . — — Map (db m212533) HM
[English] 10,000 Years Ago ... The First Campers Small family groups travelled through these mountains and camped in this valley, gathering plant foods and hunting the sheep and giant bison that lived here . . . — — Map (db m312699) HM
Within Still Waters... Pilot Pond fills a dip in the rolling terrain of the Hillsdale Slide — a massive jumble of rock and gravel that slumped from nearby slopes as the last glaciers retreated from the Bow Valley. Due to its isolation . . . — — Map (db m313451) HM
[English] Pieces of a Puzzle Aspen, Elk and Wolves Like the aspen trees in front of you, elk have been part of this landscape for thousands of years. Their numbers, though, have varied over time. 1918 . . . — — Map (db m312695) HM
[English] How the Pieces Fit Together 1940 — 1960s: Boom and Bust Elk flourished in the Bow Valley. There were so many that the aspen trees and other plants began to suffer, as did moose and deer who . . . — — Map (db m313351) HM
[English] Picture a Patchwork Quilt Healthy Rocky Mountain landscapes include meadows and patches of old, middle-aged, and young forests. Several decades of putting out fires has left much of this valley more like . . . — — Map (db m312696) HM
[English] Prescription for a Forest Park wardens use fire to restore ecosystems and reduce the chances of severe, damaging wildfires. Before a prescribed burn is ignited, as this one was in 1993, a stringent . . . — — Map (db m312697) HM
As a gateway to a major pass through the Rocky Mountains, the Bow Valley has been a transportation corridor since the time of the early Aboriginal groups, explorers, and fur traders. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883 and the . . . — — Map (db m203491) HM
A European food that was brought to Western Canada in the early 19th century by the working and poor people. It originated as a boiled dumpling, and later people added whatever they desired inside, and it became a pyrogy – pyrohy, sometimes called . . . — — Map (db m8813) HM
To the imperishable glory
of
the men of this province
who fought and died
for
their king and country
in the Great War
1914 — 1918
Erected by Col. Macleod Chapter
I. O. D. E. — — Map (db m196990) WM
[English] The scale and bold design of the Mewata Armoury exemplify the wave of national pride that greeted Canada's strong performance in the South African War. In western Canada this military enthusiasm led to a dramatic . . . — — Map (db m196993) HM
This school was constructed in 1907-08 of locally quarried sandstone. It was the first purpose-built high school in Calgary. Originally called the Calgary Collegiate Institute it was later known as Central High School. Increasing student enrolment . . . — — Map (db m220897) HM
[English] Born at Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, Bennett moved to Calgary in 1897. A member of the legislature of the North West Territories (1898-1905) and of the Alberta Legislative Assembly (1909-11), he was elected to the Commons . . . — — Map (db m202450) HM
Western Canada College, a private boy's college, was founded on this site in 1903 on land donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The college closed in 1926 and the property was sold to the Calgary Public School system which constructed east and . . . — — Map (db m220896) HM
Annie Gale was a British immigrant to Canada who dove straight into community politics to improve the standard of living in her new home. In a matter of only ten years in Calgary, she accomplished many important social and political changes. . . . — — Map (db m221494) HM
Arthur Smith, OC, AOE, D.F.C, Order of Merit (Hungary), LLD (Hon.) was born in Calgary. In 1940, he enlisted in the military, serving as an RAF Bomber Command Pilot and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. Mr. Smith later held the offices of . . . — — Map (db m221499) HM
This has been the site of municipal administration since 1885. Construction of City Hall began in 1907, and after four years of controversy and escalating costs it finally reached completion in 1911. It was officially opened by Robert L. Borden, a . . . — — Map (db m221429) HM
[English] Completed in 1911, this building reflected the city's urban aspirations during its pre-1914 development boom. Designed by Regina architect William M. Dodd in the Romanesque Revival style often favoured for large municipal . . . — — Map (db m202627) HM
In memory of Lt. Col. R.L. Boyle officers N.C.O.s & men of the Tenth Battn. who fell at the Second Battle of Ypres April 22nd 1915 Erected by surviving members of the Battalion ————— To the honour and glory of God in memory of the . . . — — Map (db m221483) WM
The first Anglican church in Calgary, the Church of the Redeemer opened just to the east of the present site in 1884. The much larger Cathedral Church of the Redeemer opened on July 30, 1905. This Gothic Revival style church is built of local . . . — — Map (db m220900) HM
The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer was designated a Registered Heritage Site on September 16, 1974, under provisions of the Alberta Heritage Act, 1973. The first Anglican Church in Calgary was a frame building erected just east of this site in . . . — — Map (db m221143) HM
Louis Henry Doll, a successful jeweller, completed what he called "Doll's Diamond Palace" in 1907. Deeply affected by the untimely death of his daughter in that same year, Doll lost interest in his business. In 1910, D.E. Black, a former apprentice . . . — — Map (db m220996) HM
Grant MacEwan, OC, AOE, was born in Manitoba but spent his formative years on his family’s farm near Melfort, Saskatchewan. Following undergraduate and graduate studies in Canada and the United States, he entered university life in 1928 serving as . . . — — Map (db m221496) HM
On this site a sandstone building was constructed by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1891. It was one of the earliest sandstone buildings to be erected in Alberta. The Royal Bank of Canada purchased the property in 1912 and established a branch in . . . — — Map (db m220999) HM
First occupied by the Imperial Bank of Canada around 1910, this structure is one of the few remaining buildings associated with early Calgary commerce. In 1975, in keeping with its historic character, it became the headquarters of the Alberta . . . — — Map (db m221349) HM
James Lougheed (later Sir James) came to Calgary as a young lawyer in 1885 and later became leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate. He built a frame home for his family on this site. In the 1890's, after moving his family to a larger . . . — — Map (db m220862) HM
Maude Keen was born in Ontario, moving to Calgary to teach school in 1903. She married Harold Riley and they had three children. Soon after she joined the Local Council of Women, becoming an activist for dower rights and the right to vote for women . . . — — Map (db m221498) HM
Built to convey an image of stability and permanence and designed in the Beaus-arts architectural style, this Molson Bank was one of four such institutions constructed in Alberta. In recognition of its historical and architectural significance, it . . . — — Map (db m220995) HM
In the boom years before World War I, many eastern companies established manufacturers' agents in the major western cities and employed salesmen to travel the region. The North-West Travellers Building, built in 1913, served as a centre for them. . . . — — Map (db m220992) HM
The City of Calgary has named this place ‘Raoul Wallenberg Corner’. As a Swedish diplomat stationed in Hungary towards the end of World War II, Raoul Wallenberg saved some 100,000 lives. In so doing, he forfeited his freedom forty years ago today. . . . — — Map (db m221447) HM
James Lougheed was born in Ontario in 1854. After achieving a law degree from the University of Toronto, he moved west, settling in Calgary in 1885. There Lougheed started a legal practice in partnership with future Prime Minister R.B. Bennett and . . . — — Map (db m221495) HM
The first building on this site was Calgary's original court house erected in 1888 on 4th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The sandstone building served as a court house until 1915 when a new building in the southwest area of the block was . . . — — Map (db m221000) HM
John Hunter was a noted patriarch of the Chiniki band of the Stoney Tribe in Morley, Alberta. He was recognized for his business and ranching acumen and among other tributes, was commemorated by the Calgary Stampede Board in 1951. Sculptor, . . . — — Map (db m220895) HM
[English] Stephen Avenue is a superb illustration of the central role that retail streets have played and continue to play in the Canadian urban experience. As a well-preserved commercial street the avenue bears eloquent witness to . . . — — Map (db m220699) HM
This building, a typical structure in frontier Calgary, is the only wooden building remaining downtown that predates the great fire of 1886. It was built in 1885 as a general store for the American firm T.C. Power & Bro. and may have been utilized . . . — — Map (db m221264) HM
"16 log shacks, nine Indian tipis, and a Mounted Police fort." That was Calgary before the railway arrived in 1883. Thirty years later, enterprising Calgarians had created a city. English born William Roper Hull was a bold businessman well suited . . . — — Map (db m220858) HM
Office and retail space on Stephen Avenue was in high demand between 1909 and 1912. Calgary was the business centre of an expanding, prosperous region and business was booming. This was reflected in the impressive, modern buildings that appeared . . . — — Map (db m220868) HM
This neo-classical structure was designed by William Dodd, architect of Calgary’s City Hall, and erected in 1900 of machine cut sandstone. Owned by Senator James Lougheed and named after one of his sons, the building once housed the offices of . . . — — Map (db m220809) HM
Calgarians first enjoyed electric street lighting in 1887. The 32 candlepower incandescent lights were a distant improvement over the candles, oil lamps or gas mantles used previously. In 1889 Pete Prince, manager of the Eau Claire and Bow River . . . — — Map (db m221492) HM
Built by James Stuart Mackie a pioneer businessman, who came from England in 1882 and was Calgary’s Mayor in 1901. Designed by James Teaque the Edwardian skyscraper was one of Calgary’s first major office buildings. Completion however was delayed . . . — — Map (db m222195) HM
The clanging bell and rumbling wheels of the orange streetcar were welcome sounds to people headed for Stephen Avenue. This was Calgary's thriving commercial centre and a natural "meeting place." The trip to "town" became easier and the street even . . . — — Map (db m220894) HM
[English] Boasting an elegant facade and luxurious interior, this Neoclassical building is one of the last surviving examples of the “palace” style of cinema in western Canada. Owned by the Allen chain, a pioneer of film . . . — — Map (db m220807) HM
On this site The T. Eaton Co. Limited opened its first Calgary department store on February 28, 1929 ————— Demolished in 1988 portions of the building’s facade have been incorporated into the Calgary Eaton Centre which opened on August 8, . . . — — Map (db m221493) HM
Early Calgary developed in the flat, triangular shaped area bounded by the railway tracks and the two rivers. It was a compact community where homes and commercial enterprises were close together, as can be seen in this 1906 picture. On the . . . — — Map (db m221490) HM
1578 The first Anglican Communion service held near Frobisher Bay by the Reverend Robert Woolfal 1878 The arrival of the Reverend George McKay at Fort Macleod as the first Anglican missionary in southern Alberta . . . — — Map (db m220997) HM
This imposing structure reflects the commercial success of two of Calgary’s pioneer merchants, James Arthur Thomson and Melville Patrick Thomson. In recognition of its historical and architectural significance and the important role it has played . . . — — Map (db m220998) HM
William Ormond Mitchell was one of Canada's best loved storytellers. Who Has Seen the Wind (1947) has become the classic Canadian prairie novel selling almost a million copies since its publication, and Jake and the Kid became one of . . . — — Map (db m221497) HM
Mewata Armouries were built in 1916-1918 as a training and recruitment centre for the volunteer militia. Frederick Dewis (right) joined the R.C.A.F. as a navigator in 1942. He went missing in action over Germany in 1944. Photo Credit: . . . — — Map (db m222472) HM
First proposed before 1911, the Calgary Armoury was promoted by R.B. Bennett and Colonel Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia. In 1916 the city donated Mewata Park as a site for the armoury and construction began the same year. Completed in 1917, Mewata . . . — — Map (db m222137) HM
Families and friends gather to remember their loved ones killed in military service. As of 2016, annual services are held at the Jubilee Auditorium, the Cenotaph in Memorial Park, and other locations around Calgary. Photo Credit: Glenbow . . . — — Map (db m222468) HM
Dedicated to the Soldiers of the 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles), 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion (C.E.F.) and The Calgary Highlanders Who Have Served Canada in War and Peace — — Map (db m222177) WM
F Troop, under the leadership of Inspector Ephrem Brisebois, travelled to the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers to establish an outpost part way between Fort Macleod and Fort Edmonton. The I. G. Baker and Company was hired to supply materials . . . — — Map (db m221791) HM
Calgary’s progress from police outpost to modern city has required difficult choices about our vision of success as a community. The development of our city can be traced through what we did with Fort Calgary and our river valleys. The railway . . . — — Map (db m222037) HM
While planning Calgary's 1975 Centennial Celebrations, Alderman John Ayer led a committee of citizens in a successful attempt to recover the City's birthplace — Fort Calgary. The City acquired the land, excavated the archaeological remains of Fort . . . — — Map (db m222014) HM
Names of Calgary streets, parks, buildings and landmarks honour and recall people and places from our fascinating history. George C. King Apartments and Footbridge George C. King was the first NWMP to set foot on the site where Fort Calgary . . . — — Map (db m221648) HM
The North West and Hudson's Bay fur trading companies sent traders and explorers into unknown territories to find new Aboriginal trading partners. David Thompson, often accompanied by his Métis wife Charlotte Small and their children, travelled . . . — — Map (db m221687) HM
A real estate boom from 1907-1913 brought big opportunities for business and transportation. The NWMP Barracks were in a prime location and the Federal Government sold Fort Calgary to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The first tracks were built in . . . — — Map (db m222036) HM
The Fort that would have been a freeway In the late 1960s Fort Calgary was occupied by the Canadian National Railway and a number of businesses, including MacCosham's Van Lines. A 1966 redevelopment plan for downtown called for . . . — — Map (db m222035) HM
What would you do if you founded a city, and no one remembered where it began? In 1875, the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) established Fort Calgary at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers, laying the foundation for the city of . . . — — Map (db m221500) HM
The Métis, descendants of European fur traders and Aboriginal women, moved into this area in the late 1800s. They held large organized buffalo hunts to obtain hides and meat that they sold to the Hudson's Bay Company, settlers and Mounted Police. . . . — — Map (db m221699) HM
The Real People include the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani tribes of the Blackfoot Nation. The nomadic Nitsitapi who lived in this area hunted the buffalo and gathered the prairie vegetation for food, clothing, shelter, tools, medicines and . . . — — Map (db m221698) HM
One year after the train arrived, Calgary was incorporated as a town and in 1894 it became the first city of the North West Territories. Sandstone buildings replaced wooden stores and homes and Calgary became known as the Sandstone City. — — Map (db m221700) HM
Calgary began to change from a small community whose economy was based in ranching and agriculture. Entrepreneurs opened businesses like a brewery, sandstone quarries, and a steam tractor dealership. Calgarians enjoyed a zoo, city parks, schools, . . . — — Map (db m221802) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m221801) HM
In 1873, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald passed legislation that created the North West Mounted Police. This Police Force guaranteed Canadian sovereignty and prepared for the settlement of the land. — — Map (db m221750) HM
Officers led 300 enlisted men, Métis Guides, wagons and carts loaded with supplies, two nine pound field guns, beef cattle and haying equipment out of Dufferin, Manitoba in early July 1874 on their historic trek to the western prairies. By late . . . — — Map (db m221784) HM
In 1869, Canada bought Rupert's Land but failed to provide the area with any government presence. The illegal whiskey trade, the need to build a national railway, fear of American settlers laying claim to the land and the massacre of several . . . — — Map (db m221775) HM
The old fort was demolished and new log buildings with shingled roofs were constructed. Without the fort the name changed to Calgary Barracks. As headquarters for 'E' Division, Calgary was responsible for all the land north to Red Deer, south to . . . — — Map (db m221800) HM
A promise to connect British Columbia with the eastern provinces forced the government to build a national railroad. The Canadian Pacific Railway located its station west of the Fort in 1883 and sold the surrounding lots to eager Calgarians. The . . . — — Map (db m221799) HM
In the first half of the twentieth century, Calgarians struggled through two World Wars and the Great Depression. The construction of the CPR railcar repair shops and creation of the Glenmore Dam on the Elbow River employed many people when jobs . . . — — Map (db m221970) HM
Briefly called the Bowness Bridge during its construction in 1910-11, this structure has been known for many years as the Shouldice Bridge. Since its construction, the bridge has provided an invaluable transportation link between Bowness and . . . — — Map (db m196995) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m220899) HM
The three buildings which originally occupied this location were developed by J.H. Curtis beginning in 1909. By 1914 two additional structures had been added with the entire complex being referred to as the Curtis Block. They made a significant . . . — — Map (db m222208) HM
The Meeting Creek depot was built by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1913 to a “Standard Third Class” plan issued by the company. It is typical of many “combination” railway depots used throughout North America – providing facilities for passenger . . . — — Map (db m197015) HM
Coal mining in Canmore offered rare high quality coal and extremely dangerous mining conditions.
Anthracite coal, as found in Canmore, accounts for only one percent of the coal in the world. It is renowned for its purity and the heat it . . . — — Map (db m250743) HM
In 1884 Canmore was just a whistle-stop on the newly built Canadian Pacific Railway when two prospectors unearthed black coal on the west side of the Bow River. Two years later, Queen Victoria granted a Charter to mine coal in the Canmore area . . . — — Map (db m197082) HM
In 1879, it was assumed by many that the Canadian Pacific Railway would be built north-west across the prairies and pass Fort Edmonton on its way through the Yellowhead Pass. A small land rush took place about the fort, and the Edmonton Settlement . . . — — Map (db m214848) HM
The first building on this site was John West's Clothing store. It was destroyed by a fire on June 23, 1903, and the Bank of Nova Scotia located here the following year. In 1906, the bank was taken over by the Canadian Bank of Commerce who built . . . — — Map (db m315400) HM
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