fort Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/fort/ Arts, Culture and Lifestyle from Calgary Thu, 19 May 2022 21:48:19 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calgaryguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-CalgaryGuardian_Logo_FaviconApp-32x32.jpg fort Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/fort/ 32 32 Historic Photos from Fort MacLeod https://calgaryguardian.com/historic-photos-fort-macleod/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:00:49 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=15208 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 [...]

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]]> Vintage Photographs from Rocky Mountain House https://calgaryguardian.com/vintage-photos-rocky-mountain-house/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:30:41 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=12933 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 [...]

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]]> Historic Photos of Fort Edmonton https://calgaryguardian.com/historic-photos-fort-edmonton/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:04:48 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=10658 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 [...]

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]]> Curated Collection of Vintage Photographs from Fort Calgary https://calgaryguardian.com/vintage-fort-calgary/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:20:16 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=3740 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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]]> Lethbridge Lineage: Southern Alberta’s Historic Fort Whoop-Up https://calgaryguardian.com/fort-whoop-up/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:30:34 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=3440 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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