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Indian Rodeo: a long history in Alberta

October 16, 2024 Sarah Stupar

A popular accusation levied against Calgary is that we are engaged in “cowboy cosplay’: over-representing our Wild West roots. Calgary, after all, is a cosmopolitan city with skyscrapers, where people are more likely to work […]

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Old Photographs from the Mount Assiniboine Area (1903-1942)

October 3, 2024 Tyler Dixon

Mount Assiniboine, with its massive pyramidal shape, is one of the most recognizable peaks in western Canada. Due to its uncanny resemblance to the famous peak in the Alps, it is often referred to as […]

Old Photos of Grand Railway Hotels from Western Canada
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Old Photos of Grand Railway Hotels from Western Canada

August 29, 2024 Tyler Dixon

Once the tracks were laid, Canada was connected from east to west. These railway companies (Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Grand Trunk to name a few) competed for travellers and businesses to use their railway […]

Old Photographs of the Banff Wildlife Paddock (1895-1940)
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Old Photographs of the Banff Wildlife Paddock (1895-1940)

August 1, 2024 Tyler Dixon

Along with the rest of North America, wild bison were once plentiful within Canada’s Rocky Mountains. Bison numbers at their peak are estimated to be between 30-60 million animals. After being hunted to almost extinction, […]

Vintage Photos of Coleman, Alberta
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Vintage Photos of Coleman, Alberta

July 4, 2024 Tyler Dixon

If there was one word to describe the community of Coleman, it might just be ‘perseverance’. The town has persisted through worker strikes and natural disasters, only to emerge as the largest of the five […]

Historic Photos from Frog Lake, Alberta
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Old Photographs from Frog Lake, Alberta (1885-1967)

May 30, 2024 Tyler Dixon

Food shortages, broken promises, rising tensions, and desperate people all came to a head on April 2, 1885 when nine settlers were murdered. This incident became known as the Frog Lake Massacre. Frog Lake is […]

Historic Photos of Mountain Park, Alberta
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Historic Photos of Mountain Park, Alberta

May 2, 2024 Tyler Dixon

The town of Mountain Park was founded in 1911 with the creation of the Mountain Park Coal Company. The town was built at an elevation of 1890 metres (6200 feet), making it the highest permanently […]

Vintage Photos of the Hamlet of Lac La Biche
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Vintage Photos of the Hamlet of Lac La Biche

April 4, 2024 Tyler Dixon

The name “Lac La Biche” is actually a French translation from a Cree phrase that means “Lake of the Elk.” The hamlet of Lac La Biche is the second-oldest permanent settlement in Alberta. The Hudson’s […]

Historic Photographs of the Oldest Buildings in Alberta
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Historic Photographs of the Oldest Buildings in Alberta

February 29, 2024 Tyler Dixon

For this month’s history feature, we’re sharing ten of the oldest buildings in Alberta and where you can see them. Father Lacombe Chapel (1861) In 1861 Father Albert Lacombe and Bishop Tache established a Roman […]

Historic Photographs of Fort Chipewyan
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Historic Photographs of Fort Chipewyan

February 1, 2024 Tyler Dixon

The North West Trading Company established a trading post on the southwest corner of Lake Athabasca in 1788. This post, named Fort Chipewyan after the Chipewyan people who were first living there, is the oldest […]

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