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Encyclopedia > Fort Macleod, Alberta
Town of Fort Macleod
Location of Fort Macleod within census division number 3 in Alberta, Canada
Area 23.34 km²
Population 2,990 (2001)
Pop'n density 128.1 /km²
Location 49°43′32.1″N, 113°23′51.1″W
Altitude 945 metres
Incorporation 1884
Province Alberta
Census Division 3
MP Ted Menzies (Macleod-Cons)
MLA David Coutts
Mayor Shawn Patience
City Manager Shawn Wells
Governing Body Fort Macleod Town Council
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
Postal code T1J
Area Code +1-403
Fort Macleod.com

Fort Macleod is a town in the southwest of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is named in honour of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Colonel James Macleod. Image File history File links Dot-yellow. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (352x618, 59 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Magrath, Alberta Fort Macleod, Alberta Division No. ... Division No. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... Map of Canada As shown by the map to the left, the North American nation of Canada is a federation which consists of ten provinces that, together with three territories, make up the worlds second largest country in total area. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total... The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into 19 census divisions according to Statistics Canada. ... Division No. ... Members of the House of Commons in the 38th Parliament of Canada, as of November 10, 2005. ... Ted Menzies (born February 18, 1952 in Claresholm, Alberta) is a Canadian politician. ... Macleod is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Alberta. ... For the historical political party, see Conservative Party of Canada (pre-1942) The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-leaning conservative political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of... The Legislative Assembly of Alberta meets in the provincial capital, Edmonton. ... now. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... A governing body is a corporate form of management. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... The Mountain Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... ... A Canadian postal code is a string of six characters that form part of a postal address in Canada. ... Alberta - 150 FSAs Categories: | | ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Area code 403 is a telephone area code in the Canadian province of Alberta, encompassing the southern half of the province. ... A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total... Royal Canadian Mounted Police heraldic badge. ... Colonel James Farquharson Macleod (c. ...


The fort was built as a 70 by 70 meters square on the 18 of October. The east side held the men's quarters and thewest side held those of the Mounties. Things such as Hospitals, store, and gaurdrooms were in the south end. Stables and the Blacksmith's shop was in the north end.


The town is located in the Municipal District of Willow Creek, at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 3, on the Oldman River. It lies west of the larger community of Lethbridge, near the reserves of the Peigan and Kainah First Nations. It is also located close to the Waterton Lakes National Park. The Municipal District of Willow Creek No. ... 2 Highway 2 is the most important provincial highway in the Canadian province of Alberta. ...     Crowsnest Highway marker shields. ... Oldman River in Southern Alberta. ... Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. ... The Northern Peigans are a Native American tribe, part of the Blackfoot (Nitsitapii) nation. ... The Kainai (or Kainah, Kainaiwa) are a First Nation located in southern Alberta, Canada. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canadas fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake. ...


The town is located 8 kilometres north of the largest wind farm in Canada, the McBride Lake Wind Farm. The wind farm has a capacity of 75 megawatts of electricity. Wind turbines in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen (Germany). ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ...


In 2001, Fort Macleod had a population of 2,990, 1.5% decrease from 1996[1].


Fort Macleod is notable as the birthplace of folk singer Joni Mitchell. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a noted Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ...

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History

The fort in Fort Macleod
The fort in Fort Macleod

The town grew on the location of the Fort Macleod North West Mounted Police Barracks, the first outpost of the North West Mounted Police in Western Canada, established in 1874 on an island on the Oldman River, than moved in 1884 on the actual town location[2]. The Museum of the North West Mounted Police[3] is located in Fort Macleod. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1500x618, 470 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fort Macleod, Alberta User:Qyd/Pictures Towns of Alberta ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1500x618, 470 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fort Macleod, Alberta User:Qyd/Pictures Towns of Alberta ...


Heritage Canada started a Main Street Restoration Project in 1982, aiming to preserve the sandstone and brick buildings, some dating back to 1878.[4]


Sports

The town is home to the Fort Macleod Mustangs, a provincial hockey team. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...


Media

  • Fort Macleod Gazette[5]

Film location

The movie Brokeback Mountain was filmed in part in Fort Macleod. Brokeback Mountain is an acclaimed and controversial Academy Award-winning 2005 film that depicts a complex emotional, sexual, and romantic relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. ...


References

  1. ^ Fort Macleod profile - Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles.

    Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30.

    Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE
  2. ^ Fort Macleod history
  3. ^ Museum of the North West Mounted Police
  4. ^ Fort Macleod Overview at Albertafirst
  5. ^ Fort Macleod Gazette

External links


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