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Fort Calgary was a North-West Mounted Police outpost at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in present-day Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally named Fort Brisebois , after the outpost's first commander, the outpost was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876.
Azrieli Foundation: $1 billion [2] (2014) British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation: $362 million (2015) Calgary Foundation: $750 million Canada Foundation for Innovation: Canadian Race Relations Foundation: Claridge Foundation: $45 million (2014) Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta: $26 million (2016) [3]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) As of March 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites in the province of Alberta, 16 of which are owned or administered by Parks Canada. The first three sites in Alberta were designated in 1923: the site of rival trading posts Fort Augustus and Fort ...
The Society was incorporated on December 10, 1963. The land that Heritage Park is located on is owned by the City of Calgary. The Heritage Park Foundation Board, incorporated on March 17, 1976, is responsible for the stewardship of the Park's endowment funds and is elected by up to 200 members of the Heritage Park Foundation.
All of the agencies were combined in 1991 when the Foundation began to provide grants. [2] AFA's art collection was also established in 1972 and via the agency's travelling exhibit program, which was created in tandem with Alberta's 75th anniversary, [1] it brings the collection to communities throughout the province.
By the early 19th century, several companies established strings of fur trading posts and forts across North America. As well, the North-West Mounted Police established local headquarters at various points such as Calgary where the HBC soon set up a store.
1875 – Originally named Fort Brisebois, after NWMP officer Éphrem-A. Brisebois, it was renamed Fort Calgary by Colonel James Macleod. 1877 – Treaty 7 is signed, and title to the Fort Calgary area is ceded to the Crown. 1882 - First sawmill on the Bow River. [2] 1883 – The Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area and a rail station was ...
Hillary Clinton in front of the Star Spangled Banner, one of the first Save America's Treasures Projects, 1998. Save America's Treasures is a United States federal government initiative to preserve and protect historic buildings, arts, and published works.