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The Glenmore Reservoir is located on land originally settled by Calgary pioneer Sam Livingston, who gave the area the name Glenmore (Gaelic for "big valley"). The City of Calgary began contemplating the need for a new source of drinking water in the early 1900s.
Heritage Park Historical Village is a living history museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 127 acres (51 ha) of parkland on the banks of the Glenmore Reservoir, in the city's southwestern quadrant. The Historical Village part of the park is open 7 days a week (10-5) from the Canadian May long weekend through to the September Labour Day long ...
Sam Livingston was an important man to Alberta's history. The Glenmore Reservoir gets its name from Sam too; Sam and Jane started a school on their farm that Sam named 'Glenmore School' after a place in Ireland. Glenmore is a village in County Kilkenny and quite close to his birthplace in County Wicklow.
Sternwheelers & Steam Tugs, An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake & River Service. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 0-919203-15-9. Robert Turner (1991). The SS Moyie, Memories of the Oldest Sternwheeler. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 1-55039-013-9. Art Downs (1972). Paddlewheels on the Frontier, Volume Two. Sidney, B.C ...
Peyto Lake from lookout Lake Agnes Amethyst Lakes & ramparts Barrier Lake Bow Lake Cold Lake Fish Lakes (1 of 2) Glacier Lake Glenmore Reservoir Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes Lesser Slave Lake Lake Louise Maligne Lake Lake Minnewanka Moose Lake Ice fishing on Pigeon Lake Vermilion Lakes Waterton Lake. This is a list of lakes of Alberta, Canada.
The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the north shore of the Glenmore Reservoir with the east boundary of range 2, west of the 5th meridian; thence in a general south-easterly and north-easterly direction along the north shore of the Glenmore Reservoir to the centre line of the Glenmore Reservoir Dam; thence ...
The reservoir is one of several operated by DWP across the city, which have a combined capacity of more than 4.1 billion gallons of water. Including aqueduct reservoirs, the city can store more ...
The community was founded in 1962, six years after the city of Calgary annexed the land it was built on. The name Lakeview was chosen because of the view of Glenmore Reservoir its location afforded. Many of the original homes were built by Engineered Homes Ltd. of Calgary.