Legends Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/legends/ Arts, Culture and Lifestyle from Calgary Tue, 14 Jun 2022 03:08:04 +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 Legends Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/legends/ 32 32 The Okotoks Erratic: The Rock That Ran https://calgaryguardian.com/okotoks-erratic-rock-alberta/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:30:46 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=4228 In an otherwise feature-less field, just south of Calgary’s sprawling metropolis, sits an object so out of place from the rest of its surroundings it’s almost as though it was dropped from the sky. The [...]

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]]> The Ghostrider of the Elk Valley https://calgaryguardian.com/ghostrider/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:28:33 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=2696 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 [...]

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]]> Britches on a Branch: Legend of the Underwear Tree https://calgaryguardian.com/britches/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:08:07 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=2594 Sometime around the middle of the twentieth century a new species of tree was found blooming in the vicinity of a mountain resort. This tree was unlike any other plant species previously discovered. It would [...]

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]]> Legend of the White Bison https://calgaryguardian.com/legend-of-the-white-bison/ Sat, 27 Aug 2016 17:57:34 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=1450 Bison were essential to the survival of many First Nation people, especially those of the plains and woodlands in present-day Alberta. Many groups were nomadic, following the enormous bison herds as they grazed their way [...]

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]]> Legendary Cowboy https://calgaryguardian.com/legendary-cowboy/ Thu, 19 May 2016 23:35:00 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=1320 When discussing history it can be challenging to discern fact from fiction; truth from tale. Detailed record keeping was not what it is today and many stories were only passed on orally; their words never [...]

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]]> Exploring in the Land of Ghosts https://calgaryguardian.com/in-the-land-of-ghosts/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:25:04 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=1035 “I have heard (but not believ’d) the spirits of the dead May walk again”         ~Shakespeare The gateway to the Canadian Rockies in southern Alberta has long been the Bow Valley, but [...]

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