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Calgary, Alberta

by | May 1, 2008 | Travel & Preservation

At an elevation of 3,500 feet, the air is mountain fresh, and with chinook winds providing spring-like weather any winter month, the climate is friendly in Calgary. First built as a fort in 1875 by the North West Mounted Police to quell the illegal whiskey trade, Calgary became a bustling cowtown. Today, this booming energy-driven cosmopolitan center has a population of more than one million. The spirit of the West lives on in names of major traffic arteries Crowchild and Deerfoot Trails, the


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