Calgary Fun Facts

• At first, Calgary was named Fort Brisebois after Captain Éphrem A. Brisebois. He was very unpopular with troops.
• Fort Calgary was named after Lieutenant-Colonel James Macleod's ancestral home on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.
• Fort Calgary still stands today. It's not far from the downtown core, just east of City Hall. Visit http://www.fortcalgary.com for more information.
• Many of Calgary's roads and place names are named after early explorers and First Nations groups of the area, and Calgary area public figures e.g.
• Blackfoot Trail is named after the Blackfoot Confederacy.
• Macleod Trail is named after Lieutenant-Colonel James Macleod of the North West Mounted Police.
• Deerfoot Trail, a major highway running north-south across Calgary, is named after a long-distance runner of the Blackfoot Tribe.
• Prince’s Island Park is named after Peter Anthony Prince, proprietor of the Eau Claire sawmill.
• Calgary had a large francophone population in the early 1900s. Many of them lived in what is now known as “Rouleauville,” after brothers Charles Borromée Rouleau (judge) and Edward Hector Rouleau (doctor). Visit Rouleauville by visiting 17th Avenue SW.

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