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	Calgary, Canada
		Calgary's economy is largely centred on the petroleum industry (see oilpatch), with agriculture, tourism, and the high-tech industries contributing to the city's rapid economic growth.
		Calgary receives an average of 400mm (15.7in) of precipitation annually, with 301mm (11.8in) of that as rain, and the remainder as snow.
		Calgary was also the home of the Milton Wiliams School for Education Through the Arts, a national centre of excellence in arts immersion education for children between the fifth and ninth grades; however, in early 2005, the aging school was demolished.
	www.creekin.net /c2436-n33-calgary-canada.html (3803 words)

	Fort Calgary
		Fort Calgary, located at the junction of the Bow and Elbow rivers on the site of the present-day city of Calgary, was established in 1875 as a North-West Mounted Police post by Ephrem-A. Brisebois, one of the original officers of the force.
		As one of the most active police posts in southern Alberta, Fort Calgary became a district headquarters; but the arrival of the railway in 1883 and the subsequent rapid growth and expansion of Calgary destroyed the post's reason for existing.
		Fort Calgary is now securely buried under city concrete.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002926 (114 words)

	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
		Calgary is home to the world-famous "Calgary Exhibition and Stampede," and is ideally situated in the province for use as a "base" to explore the natural, cultural, and historic wonders of Alberta.
		Calgary is subject to periodic "chinook winds" of warm air from the mountains during the winter which can cause the temperature to rise by more than 15C in just a few hours.
		By the early 1880's the railway reached Fort Calgary, and the town-site that was to become known as Calgary was established shortly thereafter.
	www.cuug.ab.ca /VT/calgary.html (961 words)

	Calgary Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		Calgary, believed to be derived from the Gaelic phrase meaning "bay farm," was founded in 1875 at the junction of the Bow and Elbow rivers as a North West Mounted Police post.
		Calgary supports professional football and hockey teams, and in July the rodeo events of the Calgary Stampede attract visitors from around the world.
		Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics, and the downhill slopes and miles of cross-country ski trails are at Kananaskis, less than 90 minutes west of town.
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=calgary@42&... (437 words)

	RCMP Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Also, Wally was instrumental in an arrangement where Calgary Division is allowed to hold their meetings at Fort Calgary, free of charge, in return for the many hours volunteered to Fort Calgary by Calgary Division members.
		The volunteer at Fort Calgary, who is responsible for cataloging artifacts at the Fort, underwent heart surgery so Wally is filling his position until he is back on his feet.
		The Fort Calgary Preservation Society had been formed, and an interpretive centre was being constructed with the official opening taking place on May 18 '1978.
	www.members.shaw.ca /rcmpvets.calgary/rcmp_awards.htm (1554 words)

	CTCC - Experience Calgary - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In 1884, Calgary became a town and only ten years later was granted the title of the first city in the Northwest Territories.
		Our claim to fame - the world-renowned Calgary Stampede - was held a year later and became so popular it was made an annual attraction by 1923.
		Calgary is home to the highest per capita concentration of engineers and scientists in the country - 44 out of every 1,000 in the labour force - twice the national average.
	www.calgary-convention.com /public_html/experience_history.asp (496 words)

	Fort Calgary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Calgary Division members are also involved at many of the Fort Calgary special events such as Canada Day.
		In addition Calgary Division members take a lead role in providing the help required to run their annual casino.
		It is also the role of the veteran to act as an ambassador for the RCMP and Fort Calgary.
	members.shaw.ca /rcmpvets.calgary/fort_calgary.htm (274 words)

	Col. James Macleod
		The name of Col. James Macleod is literally synonymous with the city of Calgary and it is fitting that he rest at the highest point of Union Cemetery, overlooking the city that he named and the major thoroughfare which bears his name.
		The Macleod family legacy is honoured by the inclusion of the bull in the crest of The University of Calgary.
		His grand daughter, Mary Dover, became one of the first two women elected to Calgary City council and continued to be a key member of the community until her death in the early 1990's.
	www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~dsucha/mountie/macleod.html (1370 words)

	HISTORY, Calgary Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		Modern Calgary is one of the West's largest and youngest cities, its close to 850,000-strong population having grown from almost nothing in barely 125 years.
		Soon after, in 1875, a second fort was built further north to curb the lawlessness of the whiskey traders.
		The word calgary is Gaelic for "clear running water", and it was felt that the ice-clear waters of the Bow and Elbow rivers were reminiscent of the "old country".
	www.infohub.com /Destinations/North-America/Canada/Calgary/72896.htm (725 words)

	Calgary travel guide - Wikitravel
		Calgary is divied into its quadrants at Centre Ave and Centre St. Being north of Centre Ave means you are in the northern quadrants and being east of Centre St means you are in the eastern quadrants.
		Although Calgary is generally a very safe place, walking at night should be avoided in the East Village and Victoria Park areas of downtown (generally speaking, this is the area adjacent to the Stampede Grounds and north to the Bow River).
		Calgary's 2005 murder rate of 2 murders per 100,000 inhabitants was, for example, less than one-tenth the murder rate of Chicago and one-twentieth that of Baltimore.
	wikitravel.org /en/Calgary (5775 words)

	Calgary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism with a number of major mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan area.
		Calgary receives an average of 413 mm (16.2 in) of precipitation annually, with 301 mm (11.8 in) of that occurring in the form of rain, and the remainder as snow.
		Calgary's rail system, known as the CTrain was one of the first such systems in North America and consists of three lines (two routes) on 42.1 km of track (mostly at grade with a dedicated right-of-way).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calgary,_Alberta (6147 words)

	Calgary Alberta Travel and Visitors Guide - Canadian Rockies - Calgary - Banff - Jasper - Lake Louise
		Calgary is a vibrant city of 900,000 set in the Western Canadian province of Alberta.
		Calgary International Airport is located only 20 minutes north of downtown Calgary.
		The Calgary Science Centre, a playground for the whole family feauring a multi-media theatre.
	www.bctravel.com /alberta/calgary (310 words)

	Calgary: Think of Where we've Been...Imagine Where We Are Going.
		When the fort was finished 'Ephem started calling the fort "Fort Brisebois".
		The old Fort Calgary was forgotten for 50 years.
		In 1997 archaeologists tried to rebuild Fort Calgary as it was back in the 1800s.
	projects.cbe.ab.ca /riverbend/calgary/fortcalgary.html (152 words)

	Calgary & Airdrie Real Estate - Jon Angevine Century 21 the Professionals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A Fort was built but it was not until the following year that the Fort was renamed Fort Calgary and the settlement received its current name.
		With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883, Calgary started to grow at a steady pace and it was incorporated into a town in 1884.
		A big jump in population was seen when the opening of the new agricultural frontier occurred and by 1911 the population rose to nearly 44,000.
	calgaryhouselistings.com /localinfo.cfm (239 words)

	Fort Calgary Resources Ltd. \| About FCR
		Fort Calgary Resources Ltd. is a private oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.
		Fort Calgary’s assets are split between Alberta and Saskatchewan with the major assets located in Worsley Alberta and the Wapella and Marengo areas in Saskatchewan.
		Fort Calgary is also a stakeholder in wind energy projects in Manitoba and British Columbia through its affiliate BowArk Energy Ltd.
	www.fortcal.com (131 words)

	Alberta Forts
		These were illegal traders from Fort Benton, Montana, trading guns and whiskey to the Blackfoot Indians for buffalo hides and furs.
		Most of the original fort was torn down in 1882 and replaced by newer structures.
		His cousin Sir Alexander Mackenzie departed from this fort on an expedition which led to the discovery of the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories in 1789.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/ab.html (659 words)

	Car Rental Calgary with Auto Europe
		Calgary (known by the locals as Cow Town) was not much more than that until the 1970's when oil money flooded the town and a city was born, seemingly overnight.
		Between 1974 and 1980, Calgary's population doubled to 650,000 as a consequence of the oil boom and the resulting construction frenzy has practically rendered any building pre-dating 1974 eligible for heritage status.
		The Glenbow Museum and Fort Calgary Historic Park have exhibits on the natural history of the area, Native Americans and the development of the city.
	www.autoeurope.com /car-rental/Calgary-rental-guide.cfm (479 words)

	Twin Gables Fort Calgary
		Calgary's past is full of colourful characters, exciting events and fascinating facts.
		There were booms and busts, heroes, moments of glory and times of tragedy.
		But one common thread tied them all together: the men and women who settled Calgary lived their lives with a spirit of tremendous optimism.
	www.twingables.ca /fort_calgary/index.htm (88 words)

	Fort Calgary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Calgary was established in 1875 as Fort Brisebois by the North West Mounted Police, located at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in what is now Calgary, Alberta.
		The construction of the fort was initiated in April 10, 1875 by a federal order to force out whiskey traders from the area.
		Captain Brisebois originally named the fort after himself, but due to his unpopularity, it was renamed Fort Calgary in 1876 by James MacLeod, after Calgary House, a castle at Calgary Bay on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Calgary (514 words)

	Calgary's oldest link to the past is a fading storage shed
		An employee of Fort Calgary heard about the photo and tracked it down to an amateur historian in the community of Monarch about a year ago.
		Fort Calgary staff suspected its origins dated back to the Hudson's Bay Company, but couldn't confirm it until finding the photo.
		A University of Calgary researcher says a warmer climate could be a boost for Alberta's ski hills, while causing problems for those in B.C. and Quebec.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/calgary/story/2006/08/11/hunt-house.html?ref=rss (1304 words)

	Calgary & Area Local Attractions: Local Attractions in Calgary & Area, Alberta (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		After careful deliberation, Fort Calgary was officially christened and paid tribute to Colonel Macleod’s family estate in Scotland.
		Fort Calgary represents the beginning of one of Canada’s most distinctive symbols—the Mountie.
		As one of the first forts built by this fledgling force, it is one site we should all take the time to visit.
	www.discovercalgary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /FeaturesReviews/LocalAttractions/8-53.html (683 words)

	Calgary Plus.ca - Home - Fort Calgary Historic Park
		Fort Calgary is located on the banks of the Bow River between downtown and Inglewood.
		Fort Calgary stands exactly where it was built in 1875.
		This is a 1906 house built for Captain Richard Deane who was the superintendent of Fort Calgary.
	www.calgaryplus.ca /home/fort_calgary_historic_park/1005456 (362 words)

	Fort Calgary, Canada
		The foundations of the original fort can still be seen.
		The history of the city of Calgary is illustrated in the Visitors' Center.
		On the other side of the bridge stands Deane House, built in 1906 for the commandant of the outpost, which is now a tea-room.
	www.planetware.com /calgary/fort-calgary-cdn-ab-abcf.htm (121 words)

	Fort Calgary Historic Park Hotels - Calgary (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-1.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Calgary City Hotel Service offers the lowest rates on hotels near the Fort Calgary Historic Park.
		Fort Calgary lies on 40 acres of riverside park.
		The interpretive centre reconstructs the original 1875 fort, a facility Mounties built after being dispatched from the settled East to establish law and order among pioneers, and to stop the culturally devastating whiskey trade.
	calgary.cityhotelservice.com.cob-web.org:8888 /fort_calgary_historic_park_hotel.html (109 words)

	Calgary & Southern Alberta - Fort Calgary: 1875-1894
		In the fall of 1875, Inspector Brisebois and fifty members of the "F" Troop of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) established a NWMP fort on the banks of the Elbow and Bow Rivers.
		In 1884, Calgary was incorporated as a town.
		While many local factors contributed to Calgary's growth, Calgary and southern Alberta owed their development, in large part, to the three pillars of the federal government's national policy – Treaty 7, the North-West Mounted Police, and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/calgary/Ft1875.html (423 words)

	Fort Calgary Historic Park- Calgary, Canada - VirtualTourist.com
		Fort Calgary is closed to downtown 9 Avenue SE and is the original site of a North West Mounted Police post built in 1875.
		The outline of the ruined fort is traced by stumps and a modern interpretive centre recounts the history of Calgary and the region...
		Fort Calgary is where the settlement of Calgary began.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Alberta/Calgary-910636/Things_To_Do-Calgary-Fort_Calgary_Historic_Park-BR-1.html (702 words)

	North-West Mounted Police - A Tradition in Scarlet - History of Major Posts
		The men built the fort themselves: "In trenches three feet deep we set upright 12-foot pine logs side by side to form the stockade and the outer walls of the buildings, which faced inward.
		The fort changed in size over the years, responding to changes in the west.
		The old fort was torn down in 1883 and new stables, a carriage shed, workshops, a storehouse and barracks were built.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Police/eng_html/4.2_historyofmajor_calgary.html (510 words)

	George Clift King
		In 1885, he was appointed Calgary’s Postmaster and, in 1886, built a new building on Stephen Avenue to accommodate the post office and his growing operation: the first real post office in Calgary.
		The election of Calgary’s second town council had been declared invalid by judge Jeremiah Travis (a supporter of one of the two rivals for the position of Mayor).
		However, a project is under way to provide markers for both Goerge Clift King and James Colvin to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of Fort Calgary.
	www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~dsucha/mountie/king.html (778 words)

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