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Vintage Photographs From Writing-On-Stone (Áísínai’pi)

March 21, 2019 Tyler Dixon

Writing-On-Stone is a provincial park in the southeast corner of Alberta near the Montana border. Vast open prairies meet endless sky before giving way to an otherworldly landscape in the Milk River Valley. The area […]

Historic individuals that Calgary's major roads and trails are named after
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Historic Individuals that Calgary’s Major Roads and Trails are Named After

March 14, 2019 Tyler Dixon

Calgary is a unique city in many ways. One of the biggest things that distinguishes us from other metropolitan areas is how we name our major thoroughfares. The word “trail” is used across our city […]

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Curated Collection of Vintage Photographs from Fort Calgary

March 7, 2019 Tyler Dixon

Calgary can trace its roots back to the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers, known as Moh’Kinsstis to the people of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The junction of these two rivers lies at the heart of […]

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Vintage Photographs of Kananaskis Through The Years

February 21, 2019 Tyler Dixon

2018 marked the 40th Anniversary of Kananaskis Country, one of the province’s flagship outdoor destinations. Although Premier Lougheed introduced Kananaskis to Albertans as a provincial park back in 1978 this mountain paradise was around a […]

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Alberta Travel

Lethbridge Lineage: Southern Alberta’s Historic Fort Whoop-Up

February 14, 2019 Tyler Dixon

Before there was an Alberta, before there were Mounties, there was a Whoop-Up! In 1869 two Montana fur traders, John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamilton, traveled north to British/Canadian territory (formerly Rupert’s Land owned […]

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Red Deer’s Roots: Alberta’s Historical Site Fort Normandeau

January 10, 2019 Tyler Dixon

“The detachment of the 65th Rifles took Robert McClellan’s ‘hotel’, built in 1884, and fortified it. They cut loopholes in the walls, built a palisade of 10-foot logs set in a 2-foot trench, erected a […]

History

The Ghostrider of the Elk Valley

February 1, 2018 Tyler Dixon

If you believe in legends you’ll want to know about the shadowy figure that lurks in the Elk Valley near the mountain town of Fernie, British Columbia. According to local lore William Fernie, the man […]

Outdoors

The River Runs Red

September 28, 2017 Tyler Dixon

“Salmon are themselves a proud race. They are happy to come ashore each year and give their rich flesh to feed the people, but they must be treated with respect.”           […]

History

From Police Outpost To Modern City

May 25, 2017 Tyler Dixon

What was it like to stand in the middle of a wide open prairie and imagine a city?                ~Inscription on Mountie statue overlooking Fort Calgary. The confluence of […]

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Rediscover Nose Hill

April 24, 2017 Tyler Dixon

“A Blackfoot woman, caught in the act of adultery, was condemned at this site to have her nose cut off as a penalty for her actions. We do not know her story. The tribe cast […]

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