- List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Alberta
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This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in the province of Alberta. There are 59 National Historic Sites designated in Alberta, of which 14 are administered by Parks Canada.[1][2] The first three sites in Alberta were designated in 1923 and are as follows: the site of rival trading posts Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, the site of the Frog Lake Massacre and the site of the first outpost of the North-West Mounted Police in Western Canada at Fort MacLeod.[3]
This list uses names designated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, which may differ from other names for these sites.
National Historic Sites
Media related to National Historic Sites of Canada in Alberta at Wikimedia CommonsSite Date(s) Designated Location Description Image Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin [4][5] 1922 (completed) 1992 Abbot Pass
51°21′50.598″N 116°17′24.7488″W / 51.364055°N 116.290208°WAn alpine hut located at an elevation of 2925 metres in the Alberta Rockies, near the continental divide in Banff National Park, near its boundary with Yoho National Park in British Columbia 
Áísínai'pi [6][7] 2004 Milk River
49°4′55″N 111°37′1″W / 49.08194°N 111.61694°WAlso known as Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, it serves as both a nature preserve and protection for a large number of aboriginal rock carvings and paintings 
Athabasca Pass [8][9] 1811 (first documented by non-Aboriginal people) 1971 Jasper National Park
52°22′35″N 118°11′00″W / 52.37639°N 118.1833333°WA major point on the fur trade route between Rupert's Land and the Columbia District, used by the York Factory Express Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine [10][11] 1936 (opened) 2001 Drumheller
51°19′43″N 112°28′57″W / 51.32863°N 112.48251°WAn exceptionally well-preserved coal-mining landscape 
Banff Park Museum [12][13] 1903 (completed) 1985 Banff National Park
51°10′25.57″N 115°34′17.9″W / 51.1737694°N 115.571639°WA rustic log-faced building set prominently within a landscaped park in the Banff townsite, containing early botanical and zoological exhibits from Banff National Park in early twentieth-century glass cases 
Banff Springs Hotel [14][15] 1928 (completed) 1988 Banff National Park
51°09′52.2″N 115°33′47.7″W / 51.1645°N 115.56325°WA former railway hotel constructed in Scottish Baronial style at the base of Sulphur Mountain, built to replace a wooden 1888 hotel which burned down in 1926 
Bar U Ranch [16][17] 1882 (established) 1989 Longview
50°25′11″N 114°14′0″W / 50.41972°N 114.233333°WA historic ranch in the Alberta foothills 
Beaulieu [18][19] 1891 (completed) 1992 Calgary
51°02′26″N 114°04′42″W / 51.04043°N 114.07835°WKnown as Lougheed House, a mansion in Calgary's Beltline district originally built for Senator James Alexander Lougheed 
Blackfoot Crossing [20] 1925 Traditional meeting place on Blackfoot reserve 
British Block Cairn [21][22] 1400 CE (ca.) 1973 Canadian Forces Base Suffield A large boulder cairn surrounded by a ring of stones, an important example of Niitsitapi cultural heritage Brooks Aqueduct [23][24] 1914 (completed) 1983 Brooks
50°31′44″N 111°51′18″W / 50.5289°N 111.8550°WA landmark irrigation project built by the Canadian Pacific Railway, spanning a 3.2 kilometer valley and irrigating a section of south-eastern Alberta 
Calgary City Hall [25][26] 1911 (completed) 1984 Calgary A four-storey sandstone building with central clock tower, designed in the Romanesque Revival style and serving as the focal point of Calgary's city hall complex 
Cave and Basin [27] 1859 (first documented by non-Aboriginal people) 1981 Banff National Park
51°10′12″N 115°35′21″W / 51.1700°N 115.5891°WThe site of natural thermal mineral springs around which Canada's first national park, Banff National Park, was established 
Coleman [28] 1903 (establishment of townsite) 2001 Crowsnest Pass (municipality) A preserved coal-mining landscape in one of the most important coal producing centres in the Crowsnest Pass, the greatest coalfield in Alberta and southeastern British Columbia 
Earthlodge Village[29] 1972 Gleichen Remains of an Aboriginal village First Oil Well in Western Canada [30] 1902 1965 Waterton Lakes National Park
49°04′16″N 113°59′12″W / 49.070980°N 113.986770°WFirst commercially productive oil well in Western Canada 
Fort Assiniboine [31] 1823 (fort established) 1935 Woodlands County A trading post established by the Hudson's Bay Company which served as a stopping point along the Klondike Trail 
Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton [32] 1795 (Fort Augustus built), 1796 (first Fort Edmonton built) 1923 Fort Saskatchewan The site of rival trading posts established by the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, described as being a "musket-shot" apart Fort Calgary [33] 1875 (established) 1925 Calgary A fort established by the North-West Mounted Police, located at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in what is now Calgary 
Fort Chipewyan [34] 1788 (established) 1930 Wood Buffalo
58°42′44″N 111°08′54″W / 58.71222°N 111.14833°WOne of the oldest European settlements in Alberta, established by the North West Company when it built a trading post there in 1788 Fort Dunvegan [35] 1805 (established) 1947 Dunvegan Site of a trading post established by the North-West Mounted Police Fort Edmonton III [36] 1830 (established) 1959 Edmonton
53°32′01″N 113°30′24″W / 53.533714°N 113.506531°WThe final Hudson's Bay Company fort to bear the "Fort Edmonton" name, evolved into present-day Edmonton; reconstructed commencing in 1969 
Fort Fork [37] 1928 Peace River Starting point of Alexander MacKenzie's route to Pacific, 1793 Fort Macleod [38] 1874 (established) 1923 Fort Macleod
49°43′32.1″N 113°23′51.1″W / 49.725583°N 113.397528°WA fort established in 1874 on an island on the Oldman River, it was the first outpost of the North-West Mounted Police in Western Canada, and served as NWMP headquarters between 1874 and 1878 
Fort Vermilion [39] 1788 (first fort established), 1828 (fort moved), 1908 (Old Bay House completed) 1968 Fort Vermilion The "Old Bay House" is the only Hudson’s Bay Company factor’s house on its original location in Alberta, the last remaining structure of the fort that evolved into the present-day hamlet of Fort Vermilion 
Fort Whoop-Up [40][41] 1869 (established) 1963 Lethbridge Originally named Fort Hamilton, the Fort Whoop-Up trading post became the centre of the illegal whisky trade in the region, contributing to the formation of the North-West Mounted Police in 1874 to police Canada's western territories 
Frog Lake [42] 1885 (uprising) 1923 Frog Lake
53°49′52″N 110°21′31″W / 53.831186°N 110.358696°WSite of the Frog Lake Massacre, a Cree uprising during the North-West Rebellion prompted by what seemed to be unfair treaties by the Canadian government and the dwindling buffalo population Galt Irrigation Canal [43] 1900 (completed) 1983 Magrath First major irrigation project in Canada Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump [44] 3500 BCE (ca.) (usage began), 1880s (first documented by non-Aboriginal people) 1968 Willow Creek A buffalo jump located where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie, used for 5,500 years by the indigenous peoples of the plains to kill buffalo by driving them off the 11 metre high cliff (A UNESCO World Heritage Site) 
Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology [45] 1922 (completed) 1987 Calgary
51°03′43″N 114°05′29″W / 51.06194°N 114.09139°WA three-storey educational building prominently situated on the brow of the Bow River valley, constructed in the Collegiate Gothic style, representative of the growth of post-secondary educational institutions in Canada in the early twentieth century 
Howse Pass [46] 1807 (explored by Europeans) 1978 Banff National Park and
Blaeberry River, BC
51°48′54″N 116°46′20″W / 51.814869°N 116.772308°WAn early nineteenth-century trans-mountain transportation route across the Canadian Rockies Jasper House [47] 1830 (completed) 1924 Jasper National Park
53°08′49″N 117°59′03″W / 53.146807°N 117.984195°WArchaeological remains of a fur trade post that served as a major destination for travellers using the Athabasca and the Yellowhead passes and the First Nations route through the Smoky River Pass. 
Jasper Park Information Centre [48] 1914 (completed) 1992 Jasper National Park
52°52′38″N 118°04′51″W / 52.877310°N 118.080835°WA rustic fieldstone park building, symbolic of early architecture within Canada's national parks 
Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage [49] 1889 (established) 1984 Lac Ste. Anne County
53°42′40″N 114°23′49″W / 53.71111°N 114.39694°WFirst Roman Catholic mission to be established by the renowned priest, Albert Lacombe Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield [50] 1946 (established) 1990 Leduc
53°19′46″N 113°43′31″W / 53.32957°N 113.72528°WSite of a major crude oil discovery in Alberta, which led to the post-World War II boom in petroleum exploration and development in Western Canada 
Medalta Potteries [51] 1912 (established) 1985 Medicine Hat Early twentieth century beehive kilns and manufacturing buildings; the first western Canadian manufacturer to ship goods east of the Great Lakes 
Medicine Hat Clay Industries [52] 1999 Medicine Hat A cultural landscape illustrating the factors (local clay beds, access to railway transportation, vast supplies of natural gas to fire the kilns) that led to Medicine Hat’s emergence as the largest supplier of clay products west of Ontario 
Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall [53][54] 1918 (completed) 1989 Calgary
51°02′45″N 114°05′20″W / 51.04583°N 114.08889°WA large-scale drill hall, the scale and prominent location of which exemplify the national pride that greeted Canada's strong performance in the South African War and the First World War 
Nordegg [55][56] 1911 (mine established) 2001 Nordegg
52°28′30″N 116°4′24″W / 52.475°N 116.07333°WAn important coal mining landscape, with many mining and related resources still existing on site Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission [57][58] 1853 (established) 1989 Lac La Biche An important Roman Catholic mission, established by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, which served as the hub of various portage routes 
Old Women's Buffalo Jump [59] 1960 Cayley An aboriginal bison drive in use for more than 1500 years 
Palace Theatre [60][61] 1921 (completed) 1996 Calgary A movie palace designed by internationally renowned theatre architect C. Howard Crane, and one of four surviving movie theatres in Canada built by the Allen Chain Prince of Wales Hotel [62][63] 1927 (completed) 1992 Waterton Lakes National Park
49°03′32″N 113°54′13″W / 49.05889°N 113.90361°WA landmark hotel constructed in the rustic-design style, representing the golden age of railway resort development in Canada's national parks 
Rocky Mountain House [64][65] 1799 (established) 1926 Rocky Mountain House, Alberta An archaeological site that contains the remains of several early 19th-century fur trade forts known by the names of Rocky Mountain House (established by the North West Company) and Acton House (established by the Hudson's Bay Company) Rundle's Mission [66][67] 1847 (established) 1963 Pigeon Lake
53°01′30″N 114°04′01″W / 53.025°N 114.067°WThe site of the first Protestant mission in the Canadian Prairies Skoki Ski Lodge [68][69] 1936 (completed) 1992 Banff National Park A rustic ski lodge resort, representing the early visual identity of Canada's mountain parks and of the early days of tourism in Banff National Park St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church [70][71] 1914 (completed) 1990 Medicine Hat A noted example of Gothic Revival architecture in Alberta 
Stephen Avenue [72][73] 1880 (established) 2002 Calgary
51°02′44″N 114°03′47″W / 51.0456°N 114.0630°WA late-nineteenth-century retail streetscape in downtown Calgary 
Stirling Agricultural Village [74][75][76] 1899 (established) 1997 Stirling The best surviving example of a Mormon agricultural village in Canada, following the Plat of Zion model 
Suffield Tipi Rings [77][78] 1973 Cypress County Various sets of archaeological remains relating to the cultural occupations by the Niitsitapi, featuring tipi rings, medicine wheels and other rock arrangements Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station [79][80][81] 1957 (completed) 1982 Banff National Park Canada’s most important cosmic ray observatory from the 1950s 
Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [82][83] 1923 (completed) 1992 Cardston A monumental modern temple in historic Mormon centre 
Territorial Court House [84][85] 1904 (completed) 1980 Fort MacLeod The oldest court house in Alberta and one of the few buildings surviving from the period of Territorial administration of the Canadian Prairies 
Treaty Nº 7 Signing Site [86][87] 1877 (treaty signed) 1925 Wheatland County The site where representatives of the Siksika, Pekuni, Kainai, Nakoda and Tsuu T’ina peoples met with representatives of the Crown to sign Treaty No. 7 in September 1877 Turner Valley Gas Plant [88][89] 1914 (established) 1995 Turner Valley A petroleum industrial complex comprising 22 metal buildings and related infrastructure, and the site of two early gas wells that established the Turner Valley as the most important oil field in Alberta 
Turner Valley Oilfield [90] 1914 (established) 1990 Turner Valley The first major oil field in Alberta 
Victoria Settlement [91][92] 1863 (established) 2001 Smoky Lake A cultural landscape illustrating major themes in the development of the Canadian Prairies, including the rise of the fur trade, the establishment of the Métis river lot system, the arrival of missions, prairie agricultural development and the arrival of eastern European immigrants Wetaskiwin Court House [93][94] 1909 (completed) 1980 Wetaskiwin A court house symbolic of the rapid growth of the justice system in Alberta, typifying court house design during this formative period in the growth of western Canada Yellowhead Pass [95][96] 1971 Jasper National Park
52°53′33″N 118°27′50″W / 52.8925°N 118.46389°WAn important transportation route through the Canadian Rockies 
See also
References
- ^ National Historic Sites in Alberta, Parks Canada
- ^ The National Historic Sites of Canada administered by Parks Canada are as follows: Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin, Athabasca Pass, Banff Park Museum, Bar U Ranch, Cave and Basin, First Oil Well in Western Canada, Frog Lake, Howse Pass, Jasper House, Jasper Park Information Centre, Rocky Mountain House, Skoki Ski Lodge, Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, and Yellowhead Pass. See Alberta - National Historic Sites of Canada administered by Parks Canada
- ^ Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada, Parks Canada
- ^ Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Áísínai'pi. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Áísínai'pi, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Athabasca Pass. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Athabasca Pass, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Banff Park Museum. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Banff Park Museum, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Banff Springs Hotel. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Banff Springs Hotel, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Bar U Ranch. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Bar U Ranch, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Beaulieu. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Beaulieu, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Blackfoot Crossing, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ British Block Cairn. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ British Block Cairn, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Brooks Aqueduct. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Brooks Aqueduct, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Calgary City Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Calgary City Hall, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Cave and Basin. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Coleman. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Earthlodge Village, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ First Oil Well in Western Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Fort Assiniboine, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ "Fort Edmonton and Fort Augustus". Alberta Online Encyclopedia. Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.albertasource.ca/metis/eng/people_and_communities/historic_fort_edmonton.htm. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ Fort Calgary. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Fort Chipewan, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Fort Dunvegan, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Fort Edmonton III, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Fort Fork, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Fort Macleod. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Fort Vermilion. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ History, Fort Whoop-up National Historic Site - Founded by Scoundrels
- ^ Fort Whoop-Up, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Frog Lake, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Galt Irrigatiom Canal, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Howse Pass. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Jasper House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Jasper Park Information Centre. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Medalta Potteries. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Medicine Hat Clay Industries. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Metawa Drill Hall, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Nordegg. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Nordegg, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Old Women's Buffalo Jump, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Palace Theatre. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Palace Theatre, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Prince of Wales Hotel. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Prince of Wales Hotel, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Rocky Mountain House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Rocky Mountain House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Rundle's Mission. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Rundle's Mission, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Skoki Ski Lodge. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Skoki Ski Lodge, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Stephen Avenue. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Stephen Avenue, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Stirling Agricultural Village. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Stirling Agricultural Village, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Stirling Agricultural Village, Parks Canada
- ^ Suffield Tipi Rings. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Suffield Tipi Rings, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, Parks Canada
- ^ Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Territorial Court House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Territorial Court House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Treaty No. 7 Signing Site. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Treaty No. 7 Signing Site, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Turner Valley Gas Plant. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Turner Valley Gas Plant, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Turner Valley Oilfield, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Victoria Settlement. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Victoria Settlement, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Wetaskiwin Court House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Wetaskiwin Court House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Yellowhead Pass. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Yellowhead Pass, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
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- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
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National parks Provincial parks Urban parks - Calgary Zoo
- Devonian Gardens
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- Mill Woods Park
- Muttart Conservatory
- North Saskatchewan River Valley
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- Oldman River Valley
- Edmonton Valley Zoo
- Pearce Estate Wetland
Museums and historic sites - Alberta Central Railway Museum
- Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Center
- Cold Lake Air Force
- Ellis Bird Farm
- Fort Calgary
- Fort Edmonton Park
- Fort Victoria
- Fort Whoop-Up
- Frank Slide
- Galt Historic Railway Park
- Heritage Acres Farm Museum
- Heritage Park
- Krause Milling Co.
- Pioneer Acres
- Prairie Elevator Museum
- Reynolds-Alberta
- Ritchie Mill
- Royal Alberta
- Royal Tyrrell
- Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum
- Spruce Grove Grain Elevator Museum
- St. Albert Grain Elevator Park
- South Peace Centennial Museum
- Ukrainian Village
- Warner elevator row
- Whyte
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