view gallery |  Black Residence, No. 9 - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Black Residence, No. 9 is located in a residential area of Dawson city. This attractive, two-storey home is of wood-frame construction and has a steeply pitched, hip roof with indented hip dormers. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Dawson Daily News - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Dawson Daily News is an example of a warehouse structure of the Gold Rush period from 1897-1906. Its good functional design is evidenced in its successful adaptation into a publishing, printing and jobbing business. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Queen’s Hotel - Fort Macleod, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Established in 1886, this, the second Queen’s Hotel, was built in 1903. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: 10/4/2020 |
view gallery |  Renwick Building - Fort Macleod, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage This sandstone building was built to house Renwick's Hardware on the main floor and apartment units on the upper floor. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: 10/1/2020 |
view gallery |  Ruby's Place - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage Ruby’s Place is closely associated with the Klondike Gold Rush and the development of Dawson as a supply service and distribution centre for the mining community. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: 8/11/2018 |
view gallery |  Post Office - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage Designed by architect Thomas Fuller, the Post Office has always had a strong visual impact in the community. It is also one of the most substantial, distinctive, and well-designed buildings in Dawson. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Grier Block - Fort MacLeod, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Highly distinctive, the Grier Block was the first and largest commercial building in Fort MacLeod. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: 9/29/2020 |
view gallery |  Mme Tremblay's Store - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage N 64 3.780, W 139 25.825 posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Union Bank Building - Fort MacLeod, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in 1899, the bank was occupied by the Union Bank of Canada in 1900, three years after its establishment in Fort MacLeod. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: 9/28/2020 |
view gallery |  Knox Presbyterian Church - Carstairs, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage This, the first church in Carstairs, was built in 1901, one year after the town was laid out. The design and the construction were all carried out by local craftsmen. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: 9/27/2020 |
view gallery |  Commanding Officer’s Residence - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Commanding Officer’s Residence is one of the best examples of a building associated with the North West Mounted Police, in their role in the establishment of law and order and the exercise of Canadian sovereignty in the northern territories. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Commissioner's Residence - Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage Once called Government House, the Commissioner's Residence was built and used as the official residence of the chief executive of the Yukon Territory. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  North West Mounted Police Stables - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The N.W.M.P. Stables is valued for its good, simple aesthetic. It is a timber frame building designed to accommodate horses in sub-arctic frontier conditions. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  North West Mounted Police Jail - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The N.W.M.P. Jail is one of the best examples of a building closely associated with the North West Mounted Police, and their role in the rapid, early development of Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Robert Service Cabin - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Robert Service Cabin is one of the best examples of a building associated with the larger impact of the gold rush on Canada. Also, it maintains an unchanged relationship to its site. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Old Territorial Administration Building - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The heritage value of the Old Territorial Administration Building lies in its associations with the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896, and the subsequent growth of the northern territories and the rest of Canada. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Dawson City Telegraph Office - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Telegraph Office was the first and only architecturally designed telegraph office in the Yukon. Constructed in 1899, this building illustrates the presence of the Canadian government and its confidence in the continuing prosperity of Dawson City. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Arctic Brotherhood Hall - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage At its opening in 1901, the Arctic Brotherhood Lodge was touted as the largest and grandest building not only in Dawson but in the entire northwest. After the Arctic Brotherhood ceased to exist, the building served as a community hall. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Yukon Sawmill Company Office - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Yukon Sawmill Company was one of the first sawmills to cut timber in the Klondike, registering its first timber lease in March 1898. It was the most extensive and longest operating sawmill in the Yukon during the early twentieth century. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Former Territorial Court House - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage Purpose built to replace the original, inadequately sized log courthouse, the Former Territorial Court House was designed with two court chambers in order to accommodate the large volume of court business. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Canadian Pacific Railroad Bridge - Red Deer, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Spanning the Red Deer River at 58th Street is the old C.P.R. Train Bridge, opened in 1909. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: 9/27/2020 |
view gallery |  Innisfail Town Hall - Innisfail, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage First a bank, then another bank, then town hall, this building is now home to Money Mart. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: 9/27/2020 |
view gallery |  Red Deer Armoury / Fire Hall #1 - Red Deer, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Opened in 1914 as an armoury, in 1961, following a fire, this building, ironically, became a fire hall. In the 1990s the building made another about face to become the children's section of the Red Deer Public Library. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: 9/26/2020 |
view gallery |  Leitch (Passburg) Collieries - Burmis, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Leitch Collieries was an overly ambitious coal mining project that met with more than its share of ill fortune. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: 9/25/2020 |
view gallery |  Canadian Bank of Commerce - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Dawson Canadian Bank of Commerce was designed and built by W.P. Skillings and Robert Moncrief in 1901. This Renaissance Revival building is one of Canada’s finest surviving structures clad in decorative pressed metal. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/26/2020 last visited: never |
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