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The long sweep of Calgary is the largest and most accessible beach in North Mull. It is backed by machair, found only on the west coasts of Scotland and Ireland, where calcium rich sandy soils create a unique habitat rich in flower species and grasses. Even on a cold January day it is a beautiful place to be.
While Larry was snowshoeing around the West Bragg Creek area, I was on a photowalk in downtown Calgary, nursing a sore knee. These are some of the interesting buildings I noticed
Calgary Stampede, late 1950's, some weird horse stunt, I'm told the horse goes off ladder and jumps into the water tank below... really... just strange!
[Kodachrome colour slide, taken by my dad]
Calgary skyline early in the morning. The sky was awesome and I had my camera handy. Too bad I didn't have my tripod though.
The picture isn't as sharp as I'd like and the high ISO made it grainy, but the content is good.
Well it's the last day of Stampede, and the final fireworks show was supposed to cap off the night. Nature's fireworks are much more amazing and entertaining though. This isn't doctored either.
HIghest Explore Position: #5 on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
This is facing east from the Cochrane, Alberta area at sunset. The orange glow is from the city lights in Calgary.
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Something a little different from my usual stuff, today. Last stop on our adventure in summer was a short visit in Calgary. As we took our walk in downtown, I snapped a few shots..
From a recent stroll along the Glenmore Reservoir. A golf course used to go right to the water's edge here, but the City reclaimed a small slice so that the public could enjoy this stretch of water as well.
I was recently on a Neil Zeller photo tour of the city. A visit up the Calgary Tower was an upexpected and nice perk! I hadn't been up in many years and the views were pretty good for a cloudy day.
Calgary, CANADÀ 2024
The Calgary City Hall (often called Historic City Hall or Old City Hall) is an iconic government building and one of the city's most significant landmarks in downtown Calgary. Constructed between 1907 and 1911, it is the oldest surviving city hall in Alberta.
The building is a prime example of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style and was built using Calgary's distinctive local Paskapoo sandstone, which gave Calgary its "Sandstone City" nickname. Its most notable feature is the central clock tower.
Although most municipal administration moved to the adjacent, modern Calgary Municipal Building (built in 1985), the historic City Hall building still houses the Office of the Mayor and City Councillors. It has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada for its heritage value.