Calgary

Calgary
/kal"geuh ree/, n.
a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada. 469,917.

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City (pop., 2001: city, 878,866; metro. area, 951,395), southern Alberta, Canada.

It was founded in 1875 as a fort on the Bow River for the Northwest Mounted Police. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883 aided its growth, as did the discovery of nearby oil and gas fields in 1914 and 1947. Its major industries are petroleum refining, meatpacking, and lumbering. The annual Calgary Stampede, founded in 1912, is a world-famous rodeo and celebration of the Old West.

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      city, southern Alberta, Canada. It lies on the western edge of the Great Plains, at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers, 185 miles (298 km) south of Edmonton. It was founded in 1875 as the North West Mounted Police post of Fort Brisebois, which was renamed Fort Calgary in 1876 for a location on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883 aided the community's growth as an agricultural processing and distribution centre, as did the 1904 Western Irrigation District projects in the surrounding area, which thereafter supported a variety of crops and large-scale cattle raising. The discovery of the nearby Turner Valley (1914) oil and gas fields, and of the well-known Leduc (1947) fields near Edmonton, greatly stimulated the city's economic expansion. These fields and Calgary's location on the Trans-Canada Highway and two transcontinental railways have made it the largest metropolitan area in Alberta. Major industries include petroleum refining, flour milling, meatpacking, brewing, lumbering, and the manufacture of building materials and fertilizers. The city is the home of the University of Calgary (1945).

      The Calgary Stampede is a world-famous annual exhibition and stampede (rodeo). It was founded in 1912 by Guy Weadick, a former Wyoming cowboy, with the backing of major Alberta cattlemen. The oldest such event in Canada, it has been held annually since 1923. It is a colourful celebration of the Old West, lasting several days, with citizens in Western costume, shows, dancing in the streets, and all the usual, and many unusual, rodeo events. Calgary hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988. Inc. town, 1884; city, 1893. Pop. (2001) city, 878,866; metropolitan area, 951,395; (2005 est.) metropolitan area, 1,060,300.

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