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  • STEWART HOUSE
    This attractive wood frame house is one of Calgary’s oldest buildings.
  • SUITOR HOUSE
    Robert Suitor was born of Irish parents in Beauce County, Quebec, in 1858. Arriving in Calgary in 1902, he made his living as a carpenter, building contractor, and realtor.
  • THE BLACK DIAMOND MINE
    The history of western Canada's geographical explorations is studded with the exploits of the Geological and Land Surveyors who were sent out by the Dominion during the 1870s and 1880s.
  • THE BUFFALO HEAD RANCH
    The Buffalo Head Ranch is located on the Highwood River between Trap Creek and Sullivan Creek in the Highwood River Valley.
  • THE BUSINESS SECTOR OF MARKERVILLE
    The trade generated by the Markerville Creamery prompted a number of local entrepreneurs to establish other businesses nearby.
  • THE EDMONTON GENERAL HOSPITAL
    In 1894 Edmonton’s pioneer surgeons petitioned the Sisters of Charity (the Grey Nuns) to come and establish Edmonton’s first hospital.
  • THE FISHER RANCH AND DUG-OUT
    Joseph Fisher from Cumberland, England, immigrated to Ontario and in 1883 came west with a delivery of cattle. He wintered the cattle south-west of Calgary on what would become his own ranch.
  • THE LEADING STORE
    M. J. Macleod built "The Leading Store," a wood frame building of generous proportions, on this site in 1896
  • THE MCDOUGALL GRAVES & MISSION
    Four mark the graves of members of the McDougall family – Flora, Georgiana, Abigail and Anna - who died in the smallpox epidemic of 1870-71.
  • THE METGE BLOCK, 1902
    The Metge Block was first owned by Jack Metge, a former owner of the American Hotel.

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