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|  Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump - Fort MacLeod, Alberta
in Alberta Heritage Markers This site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1968, a Provincial Historic Resource on June 26, 1976, and a World Heritage Site in 1981. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 2/10/2013 last visited: 7/1/2014 |
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|  Queen’s Hotel - Fort Macleod, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Established in 1886, this, the second Queen’s Hotel, was built in 1903. Though a wood frame building, it is faced with sandstone walls, which allowed it to survive the devastating fire of 1906 that removed Macleod’s main street from the map. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/24/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Empress Theatre - Fort Macleod, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Just over a century old now, The Empress Theatre was built in 1912 and underwent substantial renovations in 1937. Still a movie theatre today, it was purchased by the Fort Macleod Provincial Historic Area Society in 1982 and renovated one more time. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/24/2015 last visited: 6/25/2018 |
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|  Grier Block - Fort MacLeod, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Highly distinctive, the Grier Block was the first and largest commercial building in Fort MacLeod. It retains its pressed tin façade, possibly the only one remaining in Southern Alberta. It is also Fort MacLeod's oldest brick building. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/24/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Union Bank Building - Fort MacLeod, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Built in 1899, the bank was occupied by the Union Bank of Canada in 1900, three years after its establishment in Fort MacLeod. With its distinctive mansard roof, added in 1902, this is one of the very few pre 1900 bank buildings remaining in Alberta. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/24/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Court House - Town of Fort Macleod, Alberta
in Alberta Heritage Markers This building served as a court house until 1971. Now the town hall it was once the former territorial court house from 1904-1907, becoming the Provincial court house in 1907. It is located in Fort Macleod, Alberta. posted by: wildwoodke location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/18/2012 last visited: never |
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|  The York Boat - Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
in Alberta Heritage Markers This heritage sign reminds Albertans of the past in which the Hudson Bay Company and the early fur traders played a role in shaping our province. This marker was placed by a local historic committee here in Rock Mountain House, Alberta. posted by: wildwoodke location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 12/28/2011 last visited: 5/19/2013 |
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|  A. Urquhart & Co. - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Unique in Lacombe, the Urquhart & Co. Block, AKA the Kanngiesser Building, is the only building in the town with two identical storefronts. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Merchants Bank of Canada - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers One of two flatirons in Lacombe, the old Merchants Bank building is also the most visible and best known building in the town. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Union Bank of Canada - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers One of three banks at Lacombe's "Bankers' Corner", this was chronologically the middle of the three. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Denike Block - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers On the north side of 50th Avenue and just west of "Bankers' Corner", this small two storey brick building was constructed to house an expanding a jewellery and watchmaking business. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  McLear Block and Annex - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Built in 1911-1912, this business block was first owned by an American baseball player, Frank McLear. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Nelson School Bell Cairn - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers In Lest We Forget Park in downtown Lacombe is a cairn which marks the location of the old Nelson School, built in 1907 and demolished in 1957. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Post Office Building - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Built either in 1915 or 1920, half of this building was home to Lacombe's post office only until 1928. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Corner Business Block - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers One of two flatirons on Lacombe's 50th Avenue, the one on this has been, at various times, both the older and the newer one. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  The Leading Store - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers The Leading Store is one of the oldest and one of the largest buildings in the business section of Lacombe. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Royal Bank of Canada - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Built by the Royal Bank, this is very mush recognizable as a bank building. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  M & J Hardware - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Home to Lacombe's longest running family business, this was the second building to be occupied by the M & J partnership. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Evil Spirits - Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
in Alberta Heritage Markers This heritage sign tells about David Thompson an explorer and his issue with alcohol being amongst his men. This marker was placed by a local historic committee here in Rock Mountain House, Alberta posted by: wildwoodke location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 12/28/2011 last visited: 5/19/2013 |
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|  Pioneer Cairn - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Along the north side of Highway 12 on the eastern edge of the City of Lacombe is a cairn marking the site of the district's first school. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Blacksmith Shop Museum - Lacombe, Alberta
in Alberta Heritage Markers The Blacksmith Shop Museum, constructed in 1902 is an Alberta Heritage Site. It is located on 51st Street in Lacombe, Alberta.
posted by: wildwoodke location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 12/6/2009 last visited: 7/17/2010 |
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|  Michener House - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Now the home of the Michener House Museum & Archives, this unassuming little wood frame house was the birthplace of Roland Michener, 20th Governor-General of Canada. This posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/28/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Roland Michener House - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Now the home of the Michener House Museum & Archives, this unassuming little wood frame house was the birthplace of Roland Michener, 20th Governor-General of Canada. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church - Lacombe, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Built by the Presbyterians in 1908-09, St. Andrew's was dedicated on January 31, 1909. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/25/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Miner's Path - Coleman, Alberta
in Alberta Heritage Markers Describes the Miners Path, which is now a short hiking trail posted by: Bon Echo location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 10/18/2018 last visited: never |
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