Village Squire, 1975-07, Page 21Tri
Calgary celebrates its centennial in
a big
BY MARION MORRISON
The people of Calgary love parties. And, as
anyone who has ever attended the famous
Way Calgary Stampede can verify, they know how
to throw them.
With a centennial as an excuse and a full 12
months to celebrate, 1975 should be quite a
year.
It was in 1875 that a North West Mounted
Police detachment set up camp at the junction
of the Bow and Elbow rivers in what is now
the province of Alberta. Until the group of 50
new recruits arrived at the flat piece of
ground in the foothills of the Canadian
Rockies, it had been used by Cree, Stoney,
Sarcee and Blackfoot Indians as a camping
ground.
Those were troubled times in western
Canada. Native tribes were dwindling as a
result of wars. Buffalo herds were vanishing
as more and more settlers moved west. The
police had come to bring law and order to an
untamed land.
Now, 100 years later, Calgary has a
population of close to 425,000 mostly law
abiding citizens, and is the second largest city
in Alberta. Thanks largely to a thriving
petroleum industry it is also one of Canada's
richest cities.
Year long centennial celebrations and
projects are now under way and will continue
unabated until December 31. An official
calendar of events has been published and
it's packed --sports, music, theatre, competi-
tions of various kinds, teas, festivals,
bazaars, picnics, exhibitions and dances.
In addition, a number of centennial projects
ffi
l.
Shopping ,goes better with an attractive, no -car mall, like that provided in the city of Ca gary,
Alberta. Among tourist attractions in the city are the pioneer townsite of Heritage Park, the
Horseman's Hall of Fame, the Calgary Zoo, and, of course, the famous Calgary Stampede.
[Canadian Government Office of Tourism Photo.]
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VILLAGE SQUIRE/JULY 1975, 1'