The Boian Church Was Designated In 1974 And Burned Anyway
Boian church fire destroyed a 118-year-old Alberta building on 6 June 2023.…
Fort Calgary and How a Mounted Police Post Became the City of Calgary
F Troop rode in from Fort Macleod in August 1875 under Inspector…
Bar U Ranch and the Brand That Built Cattle Country
The Bar U began in 1882 as the North West Cattle Company…
Fort Macleod and the First NWMP Outpost in Southern Alberta
After the 1874 March West, the North-West Mounted Police built the first…
The Concrete Aqueduct That Once Turned Dry Alberta Prairie Into Farmland
A line of pale concrete arches east of Brooks carried irrigation water…
Fort Whoop-Up and the Whisky Trade That Brought the Mounties to Alberta
Hamilton and Healy opened Fort Whoop-Up in 1869 where the St. Mary…
The Victoria Settlement and How One Spot on the North Saskatchewan Held Four Cultures at Once
Most Alberta heritage sites tell one story. Victoria District tells four at…
The Banff Cave Where Canada’s National Parks Were Born
Three CPR workers went looking for warm water on the slopes above…
Jasper House and the Mountain Pass That Decided the Western Trade
Jasper House provisioned brigades crossing the Athabasca Pass for fifty-four years and…
How Fort Assiniboine Became Alberta’s First Multimodal Freight Hub
Built in 1823 on the Athabasca River, Fort Assiniboine was where brigades…
