Guy Weadick - High River, Alberta
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N 50° 35.085 W 113° 51.393
12U E 297789 N 5607544
The Guy Weadick dedicated bench is within the High River Cemetery located on 5th Street SE. The cemetery is also known as Highwood Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMPA2A
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 07/27/2015
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The High River Cemetery is a large cemetery with approximately 5,700 interments. There are several well-known persons interred here. Included is: Guy Weadick, the originator of the world famous Calgary Stampede. The first Calgary Stampede was held from September 2nd - 7th, 1912. There were over 1.3 million attendees in 2014 and those numbers continue to increase annually.
Also interred is world renowned opera singer Odette de Foras.