view gallery |  Ponoka Community Rest Room - Ponoka, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Not a bank, not a grocery store, not a dry goods store nor even a one time hotel, this building was something completely different. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/21/2020 |
view gallery |  Peace River N.A.R. Station - Peace River, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage The Peace River Northern Alberta Railway Station was formally recognized as an Alberta Provincial Historic Resource on April 29, 1988. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/21/2020 |
view gallery |  St Boniface Cathedral - Winnipeg, MB
in Western Canadian Heritage There is no parking on site. posted by: elyob location: Manitoba, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  McNaught Homestead - Beaverlodge Valley, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage The McNaught Homestead was designated a Provincial Historic Resource on July 23, 2003, in part because it was the site of the studio of renowned Alberta artist Euphemia (Betty) Mcnaught. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/21/2020 |
view gallery |  Jasper Park Information Centre - Jasper, Alberta
in Western Canadian Heritage One of the earliest rustic style buildings to grace a Canadian National Park, the then Jasper Park Administration Building, now Jasper Park Information Centre, set the tone for parks buildings which followed it in this and other national parks. posted by: ScroogieII location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 7/11/2020 |
view gallery |  St. Mary & St. George Anglican Church - Jasper, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Modeled after a 14th Century English church, ST. Mary and St. George is a parish church of the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/21/2020 |
view gallery |  Shaw and Cooper Block - Nanton, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Built by two of Nanton's heaviest hitters at the time, this old bank building has again become a bank, though this time a different bank. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/21/2020 |
view gallery |  Keen (Nanton) Hospital - Nanton, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in 1927 by Dr. Keen, this building operated as a Hospital until 1932. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/21/2020 |
view gallery |  Milnes Block - Claresholm, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Realtor, business owner, builder and member of the Provincial Legislative Assembly, Thomas Charles Milnes, after whom this block is named, became one of the principal movers and shakers in Claresholm upon his arrival in 1907. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Rowley Grain Elevator Row - Rowley, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Rowley Grain Elevator Row once consisted of four elevators - now there are three remaining, a Searle, a Wheat Pool and a UGG elevator. All have been recently restored to fairly good condition. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/23/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Coastal Church - Vancouver, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage on West Georgia between Bute and Thurlow posted by: elyob location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Canadian Pacific Railway Station - High River, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage This railway station has more than one quite rare characteristic, none of which may be obvious to the casual observer. It is at 406 - 1st Street Southwest, just east of the downtown core of High River. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Canadian Pacific Railway Station - Claresholm, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Just like its twin sister in nearby High River, this railway station has more than one quite rare characteristic, none of which may be obvious to the casual observer. posted by: ScroogieII location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Fort Macleod Courthouse (Town Hall) - Fort Macleod, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Older than Alberta itself, his courthouse was built in 1904 as a Territorial Court House when Alberta was still a part of the Northwest Territories. Alberta became a province the next year. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Empress Theatre - Fort Macleod, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Well over a century old now, The Empress Theatre has survived to become the oldest continuously operating theatre in Alberta. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  C.O. Card House - Cardston, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage The old log C. O. Card house was built in 1887 by Charles Ora Card, the leader of the initial group of Latter Day Saints to arrive in Canada. It is the oldest building standing in Cardston and one of the oldest in Alberta. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  The Clark Residence - High River, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Standing on the corner of MacLeod Trail and 8th Street in High River, this unassuming little brick and wood house was the boyhood home of Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, who served as the sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Lebel Mansion (St. Vincent’s Hospital) - Pincher Creek, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Today home to the Allied Arts Council, the Lebel Mansion has been owned by the town of Pincher Creek since 1985. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Cobblestone Manor - Cardston, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage This could almost be considered to be two houses, given the manner in which it/they was/were built. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Cardston Courthouse - Cardston, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Alberta became a province in 1905 and immediately implemented a much needed Public Works Program. The first courthouse built under this program was this one, in the City of Cardston. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/20/2020 |
view gallery |  St Andrew's United Church - Nanaimo, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage The heritage structure is at the southeast corner of Fitzwilliam and Wesley. posted by: elyob location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Park Avenue Chapel - Raymond, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Not far south of the centre of the Town of Raymond, the second LDS Chapel in Raymond has become the Raymond Town Hall. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/19/2020 |
view gallery |  Raymond Buddhist Church - Raymond, Alberta
in Western Canadian Heritage Not far south of the centre of the Town of Raymond, this building was originally a four room schoolhouse which was also used as a place of worship by the Church of Latter Day Saints, the Mormons. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/19/2020 |
view gallery |  Andreas Michelsen Farmstead - Stirling, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Near the northwest corner of Stirling is the Andreas Michelsen Farmstead, an Alberta Provincial Historic Resource, recognized by the province on November 15, 2001. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/19/2020 |
view gallery |  Writing-on-Stone, Glyphs - Milk River, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Writing-on-Stone is an area of sandstone formations and hoodoos on the north side of the Milk River Valley in southern Alberta. Natives gathered here for centuries and left pictographs and petroglyphs as witness to their presence. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/19/2020 |
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