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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 […]

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 […]