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Chinook Country Historical Society

Winter 2021 Virtual Events

CCHS presentations to remain virtual in partnership with the Calgary Public Library

Exploring the Art of the Canadian Rockies: Twenty-Five Years of Research and Wandering

CCHS presentations to remain virtual in partnership with the Calgary Public Library

In cooperation with Calgary Public Library, Chinook Country is going virtual for our fall programming.  


Register for these programs on the Calgary Public Library site. Some of the links are listed below. The best way to find others is to go to the following URL and search for "Chinook Country Historical Society":https://calgarylibrary.ca/events-and-programs/programs/


If you don’t live in Calgary, you do not qualify for a Calgary library card and you cannot register for these events without a library card. As a CCHS member, if you wish to participate in these events, please email us at info@chinookhistory.ca and we can send you the appropriate link.

Royal Visits to Calgary

Exploring the Art of the Canadian Rockies: Twenty-Five Years of Research and Wandering

CCHS presentations to remain virtual in partnership with the Calgary Public Library

January 7 | 6:30 pm


Join Josh Traptow, Monarchist & Executive Director of Heritage Calgary as he talks about past Royal Visits to Calgary. From the first visit in 1901 by The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V & Queen Mary) to the latest visit in 2011 by the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge.

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Exploring the Art of the Canadian Rockies: Twenty-Five Years of Research and Wandering

Exploring the Art of the Canadian Rockies: Twenty-Five Years of Research and Wandering

Exploring the Art of the Canadian Rockies: Twenty-Five Years of Research and Wandering

January 21 | 6:30 pm


Join author, art historian, and hiking guide Lisa Christensen in a presentation exploring iconic works of Canadian art, and the mountains that inspired them. Lisa has published four books that link the place and the painting. From views painted alongside the railway to vistas deep in the backcountry, put your virtual boots on and go hiking.

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Nobody Knows my Name: Alberta, Black History, and the Legacy of "Bickersteth"

Nobody Knows my Name: Alberta, Black History, and the Legacy of "Bickersteth"

Exploring the Art of the Canadian Rockies: Twenty-Five Years of Research and Wandering

February 4 | 6:30 pm


One day, over a century ago, a young Englishman named John Burgon Bickersteth was walking through the backwoods of Alberta when he made a startling discovery. A hundred years before that, his great grandfather, Edward Bickersteth, walked through an entirely different hinterland and made a very similar discovery. Between both of them is Bertrand Bickersteth, another century away, working to piece together his connection to these Bickersteths, who he will never know, and this land, where he will always be from. Join Bertrand Bickersteth as he pulls all of the pieces together.

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Rocks, Ridges and Rivers ­– Why Are Canada’s Mountain Parks So Spectacular?

Nobody Knows my Name: Alberta, Black History, and the Legacy of "Bickersteth"

Rocks, Ridges and Rivers ­– Why Are Canada’s Mountain Parks So Spectacular?

Tuesday, February 16 | 6:30 pm


Join Dale Leckie, Ph.D., P Geol., as he guides us through the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks, and the geology and geomorphology that have created the amazing scenery in Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks.

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Opening Eyes

Nobody Knows my Name: Alberta, Black History, and the Legacy of "Bickersteth"

Rocks, Ridges and Rivers ­– Why Are Canada’s Mountain Parks So Spectacular?

Thursday, March 4 | 6:30 pm


Join historian Don Smith as he explores how journalist Buffalo Child Long Lance (1891-1932) who lived in Alberta in the early 1920’s, Calgary high school teacher John Laurie (1899-1959), and Alberta author Hugh Dempsey (1929- ), all helped to make Indigenous history better known to non-Indigenous Canadians, and especially Albertans.

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Petrocity

Petrocity

Petrocity

Thursday, March 18 | 6:30


From the redevelopment of our downtown since the 1950s, to petroleum infrastructure and administrative labour, to the role of indigenous communities, explore how developments in Calgary both reflected and transformed petroleum development throughout Canada.

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Li Miyeur Tann di l'Aanii: Metis Winter Festivities

Newly added Fall 2020 virtual program

Following the harvest and fall hunt, and before trapping season, Métis communities were left with considerable downtime. From Christmas Eve to New Years, and throughout the wedding season of January and February, this downtime was often filled with ample festivities. Join us to learn more about winter merriment in Métis communities in Alberta.


Please join us for this virtual program, sponsored by Lougheed House and presented in partnership with Calgary Public Library and Chinook Country Historical Society.

Wednesday, December 9

6:30 - 8:00 pm

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Thank you to our sponsors

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