Fort Calgary
Fort Calgary was a North-West Mounted Police outpost at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in present-day Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after the outpost's first commander, the outpost was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876.Photo: Thivierr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: building in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “The Confluence” and “The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scotiabank Saddledome and St. Patrick’s Island Park.
Scotiabank Saddledome
Stadium
Photo: AceYYC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scotiabank Saddledome is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located in Stampede Park in the southeast end of downtown Calgary, the Saddledome was built in 1983 to replace the Stampede Corral as the home of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, and to host ice hockey and figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Scotiabank Saddledome is situated 1 km southwest of Fort Calgary.
St. Patrick’s Island Park
Park
Photo: KatherineCraw 18, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Patrick's Island Park is a 31-acre public park on an island at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers just northeast of Downtown Calgary. St. Patrick's Island is one of Calgary's oldest parks.
Bridgeland/Memorial station
Railway station
Photo: Colin Keigher, CC BY 2.5.
Bridgeland/Memorial station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It serves the Northeast Line. It opened on April 27, 1985, as part of the original Northeast line. Bridgeland/Memorial station is situated 530 metres northeast of Fort Calgary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown East Village and Ramsay.
Downtown East Village
Suburb
Downtown East Village more commonly known as simply East Village, is a mixed-use neighbourhood within the eastern portions of downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ramsay
Suburb
Ramsay is a residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is an inner city community, located east of the Elbow River, Macleod Trail, Stampede Grounds and the Scotiabank Saddledome arena and south of Inglewood.
Bridgeland/Riverside
Suburb
Bridgeland/Riverside, also written Bridgeland-Riverside and formerly known as Bridgeland, Riverside, and Germantown, is a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is located northeast of Downtown Calgary.
Fort Calgary
- Categories: military museum, fort, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Calgary, Calgary Region, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.04482° or 51° 2′ 41″ northLongitude
-114.04419° or 114° 2′ 39″ westLevels
2Height
5.8 metres (19 feet)Operator
The Fort Calgary Preservation SocietyOpen location code
95372XV4+W8OpenStreetMap ID
way 181683459OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5470884
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Fort Calgary” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن كالجارى”
- Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Calgary”
- French: “fort Calgary”
- French: “Fort Calgary”
- French: “La Confluence”
- Japanese: “フォート・カルガリー”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland and Inglewood Bridge.
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