Outpost of the North-West Mounted Police located near the meeting of the Bow & Elbow rivers.
Calgary, Alberta
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Fort Calgary's original 1875 palisade was reportedly reinforced each winter with sacks of buffalo tallow, which the North-West Mounted Police claimed made the walls "slightly fireproof" and, on warm days, noticeably fragrant.
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Fort Calgary was briefly used in the 1890s as a winter telegraph relay station, where operators would string temporary lines along the Bow River ice to keep messages moving when overland routes were cut off by snow.
Fort Calgary once maintained a small rooftop heliograph station, and for three years in the 1890s it held the unofficial record for the fastest long-distance message relay in the Canadian West, beating the telegraph by a few minutes on clear days.
Artifacts recovered from the Fort Calgary site include buttons, tools, pottery, and personal items — everyday traces of the NWMP that built the region.
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Spent the afternoon at @confluence_yyc helping to take some pictures and videos of their opening today. They were formerly “Fort Calgary” now renamed to the Confluence as they’re at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers. Garret Smith from Piikani performed the tipi raising.
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"Pretty cheesy": Calgarians react to Fort #Calgary name change 🧀🙊
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#LISTEN: Fort Calgary has a new name, and Calgary fire crews sprang into action dousing a house fire in Marlborough. Nadia Moharib has these and more with CityNews 660 this Sunday. calgary.citynews.ca/audio/
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"Fort Calgary, no longer. In an act of reconciliation and rebranding, the museum and event centre that sits at the birthplace of modern-day Calgary will henceforth be known as Confluence Historic Site and Parkland."
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'More stories of history': Fort Calgary rebrands as the Confluence Historic Site and Parkland #yyc calgaryherald.com/news/local…
Fort Calgary had a lively history. In 1875, only months after its construction, the Fort was attacked by members of the infamous Dubois Gang.
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Fort Calgary has revealed its new name and brand identity: “The Confluence: Historic Site & Parkland.”
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When the RCMP established Fort Calgary in 1875, he relocated the post across the Elbow River and eventually became Manager of the post in 1878.
