Tag: Alberta history

The Lost Lemon Mine and Alberta’s Gold Rush Spirit

The Lost Lemon Mine legend begins around 1870 with a prospector known…

What the Hermit of Inglismaldie Reveals About Alberta Solitude

Billy Carver built his cabin near Johnson Lake around 1910, as the…

Where the Sundance Kid Found Order on the Prairie

Harry Longabaugh worked as a ranch hand at the Bar U Ranch…

If We Forget Who We Are Others Will Gladly Rewrite Alberta For Us

National commentators reduce Alberta to oil country and federal debates frame the…

Rocky Mountain House and the Maps That Built the West

David Thompson worked from Rocky Mountain House on the Clearwater River from…

Lake Minnewanka, Alberta History of Power and Place

People camped along Lake Minnewanka's original shores for more than ten thousand…

Frank Slide and the Strength That Endured in Alberta

More than 100 million tonnes of limestone fell from Turtle Mountain onto…

Preserving Alberta’s Heritage Before It Disappears

Handwritten homesteader letters and faded town photographs sit in small Alberta museums…

AlbertaTV and the Future of Alberta Media

Independent journalists, creators and entrepreneurs are already documenting Alberta, but the work…