In response to the lawlessness that was being reported in its western territories, the Canadian government created the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) to protect its sovereignty. The force was dispatched west to combat the […]
The Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company, competing fur-trade entities, both established trading posts in 1799 near the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Clearwater Rivers, in what became known as Rocky Mountain […]
The Hudson’s Bay Company originally established Fort Edmonton back in 1795 along the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The fortified trading post was strategically built next to their rivals, the North West Company’s Fort […]
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 […]
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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