Tag: Oldman River

Fort Macleod and the First NWMP Outpost in Southern Alberta

After the 1874 March West, the North-West Mounted Police built the first…

Canada Built the Impossible at Lethbridge in 1909

The Lethbridge Viaduct runs past 1,600 metres rim to rim and about…

The Fort Whoop-Up Archaeological Site and What the Ground Still Holds

The 1870 rebuild of Fort Whoop-Up near Lethbridge carries its own heritage…

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…