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Calgary at a glance
Pioneer spirit meets modern enterprise in Canada's newest business capital.
It's rich in cowboy culture and home to the Calgary Stampede; gateway to
the Rocky Mountains and host of the 1988 Winter Olympics; and a magnet for
adventurers the world over.
Calgary history
The city of Calgary has only been incorporated since 1904, but it
is estimated that the Bow River Valley has been inhabited for the
last 10,000 years. At the end of the last Ice Age, the ancestors of
the present-day native tribes made their way across the Bering Sea
from Siberia, traveling down through Alaska before settling in the
Rocky Mountain foothills. There they formed the Blackfoot, Sarcee,
Blood, Stoney and Shaganappi nations, and subsisted on the seasonal
migrations of American buffalo herds. Their way of life remained
relatively unchanged until the late 1870s, when Europeans hunted
the buffalo to near-extinction. With the buffalo gone, the natives
began trapping beaver and other fur-bearing mammals for the
Hudson's Bay and North-West Trading companies, who set up trading
posts in the Bow Valley and at Rocky Mountain House to the
northwest. The local furs were especially prized by designers in
Paris and New York for their richness and quality, and commanded
high prices from the traders.
Calgary local information
Province: Alberta Country: CanadaCalgary by the Numbers:
Population: 922,315 Elevation: 3556 Average Winter Temperature: 19 degrees F Average Summer Temperature: 62 degrees F Quick Facts:
Electricity: 110 volts, 50 cycles, AC Time Zone: GMT-7 Country Dialing Code: 1 Area Code: 403 Did You Know?
Colonel James Maclead named Calgary for a Gaelic word thought to
mean "Clear Running Water." However, during the 1975 centennial
celebration historians discovered the city's namesake actually
means "Cove Garden." Orientation:
Calgary is located at the foothills of the Canadian Rocky
Mountains. The city is located 151 miles north of the U.S./Canadian
Border, 246 miles east of Jasper, and 176 miles south of Edmonton.
Calgary weather
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Rainfall:
12.0" / 30.6 cm
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