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Calgary city hall
New city hall with reflections of original in the windows
As described in the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Brittanica
"CALGARY, the oldest city in the province of Alberta Po (1901) 4091; (1907) 21,112. It is situated on the Bow River, which flows with its crystal water from the pass in the Rocky Mountains, by which the Canadian Pacific railway crosses the Rocky Mountains ... The streets are wide and laid out on a rectangular system. The buildings are largely of stone, the building stone being used is Brown Laramie sandstone found in the valley of the Bow River in the neighbourhood of the city. Calgary is an important point on the Canadian Pacific railway, which has a general superintendent resident here. It is an important centre of of wholesale dealers, and also of industrial establishments. Calgary is near the site of Fort La Jonquiere founded by the french in 1752. Old Bow fort was a trading post for many years though now in ruins. The present city was created by the building of the Canadian Pacific railway about 1883."
The fort is now restored, the Railway has now located its Head office to Calgary and the population is approaching 1,000,000
Calgary city hall
New city hall with reflections of original in the windows
As described in the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Brittanica
"CALGARY, the oldest city in the province of Alberta Po (1901) 4091; (1907) 21,112. It is situated on the Bow River, which flows with its crystal water from the pass in the Rocky Mountains, by which the Canadian Pacific railway crosses the Rocky Mountains ... The streets are wide and laid out on a rectangular system. The buildings are largely of stone, the building stone being used is Brown Laramie sandstone found in the valley of the Bow River in the neighbourhood of the city. Calgary is an important point on the Canadian Pacific railway, which has a general superintendent resident here. It is an important centre of of wholesale dealers, and also of industrial establishments. Calgary is near the site of Fort La Jonquiere founded by the french in 1752. Old Bow fort was a trading post for many years though now in ruins. The present city was created by the building of the Canadian Pacific railway about 1883."
The fort is now restored, the Railway has now located its Head office to Calgary and the population is approaching 1,000,000