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Chinook Country Historical Society

2020 Historic Calgary Week Crossword Puzzle

  

We are happy to present the annual Historic Calgary Week Crossword puzzle, the theme is “Visionaries." Completed entries postmarked by August 28 will be eligible for our prize draw. Please mail your entries to: 

HCW Crossword Contest

#311, 223 - 12 Avenue SW

Calgary, AB T2R 0G9

Please include your name, phone number, email address.

Keep your curiosity fed by accessing the Calgary Herald Archives online through ProQuest.

Visionaries Crossword Puzzle (pdf)

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Answer Key (pdf)

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Virtual Historic Calgary Week with Fort Calgary

Fort Calgary to host virtual Historic Calgary Week events

Historic Calgary Week will be celebrated differently this year given the unprecedented times we find ourselves in. We will not be able to meet face to face but that will not dampen our enduring interest in and love of history.


Another of our Historic Calgary Week partners is bringing a virtual program to you. Fort Calgary has organized several events between July 24 and Heritage Day, August 3. You can see the schedule of events and access details on the Fort Calgary website (https://www.fortcalgary.com/histroiccalgaryweek-heritageday). 


Live Calgary Trivia with Kelsie

30 July 2020 | 12:00-12:30pm

A virtual event that will explore how this place is a significant part of Calgary’s past and present.


Artifact Preservation with Gail Niinimaa

3 August 2020

Join Fort Calgary’s artifact expert Gail Niinimaa as she shares some fun facts about our collection and the fascinating world of textile and artifact preservation!


Chat with Daniel Voth PhD

28 July 2020

Tune in as Professor Daniel Voth shares his knowledge about the Numbered Treaties, what territory acknowledgements mean, and the complex histories of Blackfoot- Métis relations in what is now Calgary.


Mural Activity

27-31 July 2020

Let's make a virtual mural! We will have some videos, songs, and poems created by Indigenous artists to inspire you and your kids. Have them draw a picture of what one of these pieces means to them, and post it on Facebook or Instagram tagging @fortcalgary so we can share their art.


In this Place with Erica Olmstead

27-31 July 2020

Check out some videos with Fort Calgary’s Education Manager Erica as she talks about our art installations that represent some of the many stories from the place on which our museum sits!


Complex Stories: a podcast by the Fort Calgary National Historic Site

31 July 2020

What is Métis History? We have a special episode of Complex Stories, where we talk to special guest Matt Hiltermann and ask what is Métis history, and why is it relevant to many places across Canada, including Calgary, today?

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Virtual Historic Calgary Week in Partnership with CPL

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HCW 2020 may have been cancelled this year, but work has been going on

behind the scenes to bring events to your home screens. Despite being closed

for most of the time, Calgary Public Library has been able to put forward a

number of virtual presentations to occur during what would have been our

"normal" Historic Calgary Week.  CCHS is working on more events to be held

during August and September, so check back from time to time on our website,

chinookhistory.ca, to see the schedule of events as they are organized.

Register for these programs on the Calgary Public Library events page.


The events organized by Calgary Public Library in honour of Historic Calgary

Week are as follows:


Doug Coats: Calgary Welcomes The Car encore presentation

Friday July 24 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Calgarians with money and a sense of adventure embraced the newfangled

automobile with open arms. Grab your duster and goggles and join our excursion

into the novelty, freedom, challenges, and misadventures of early motoring in

Calgary. You don't even need a license -- there weren't any! 


Calgary History for Newcomers

Monday July 27 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Are you a newcomer to Calgary? You are one of millions of newcomers who

have made this city their new home since the 1870s. Join historian Tereasa

Maillie and learn about the history of immigration to Calgary. Tereasa is a writer,

historian and speaker whose current research focus is on Calgary’s Immigration

history, and the LGTBQ+ community.


Family Stories and Community Traditions with Richard Van Camp

Tuesday, July 28 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm

This workshop is designed to inspire you to collect family stories and community

tales as sources of history, culture, and tradition. What are the best questions to

ask? How do you evoke memories? What is the protocol with Elders? Richard

Van Camp draws on his rich experience in presenting this important workshop.



Scribblers & Scrabblers: The Writers of 1920s Calgary

Wednesday July 29 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Gumption, ego, and a dash of scandal: these are the stories of the small,

ambitious literary community of 1920s Calgary. Shaun Hunter, Historian-in-

Residence at the Calgary Public Library, explores this little-known chapter of the city’s past and its

cast of true-life characters.



Countdown to Calgary's 20 Oldest Houses

Thursday July 30 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Join Doug Coats as he tells the stories behind the twenty oldest still-standing

houses in Calgary. Some are truly remarkable – we still have at least 6 homes

built in or before 1883, when Calgary’s population was less than 500. See if your

favourite old house makes the list!

Oh the Fun We Had!

Historic Calgary Week 2019

Wrap-Up


  

Thank you to everyone who helped make Historic Calgary Week 2019 so successful. Check out Irene DeBoni's overview of the week below.


HCW 2019 Wrap-up (pdf)

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Crossword Puzzle 2019

  

Download a print a copy of the Historic Calgary Week 2019 Crossword Puzzle “Pursuits & Passions.” Solve the clues that explore the history of fun. Submit your completed copy postmarked by August 21, 2019 to the address below for a chance to win a variety of prizes. Please include your complete contact information, including name, address, phone number and email address, if possible. Winners only will be contacted. Answers will appear in the Calgary Herald in late August.


Submit completed puzzles to:

HCW 2019 Puzzle

#311, 223 – 12 Avenue SW

Calgary, AB T2R 0G9

Crossword Puzzle 2019 (pdf)Download
Crossword Puzzle 2019 Answers (pdf)Download

History Hunt 2019

Download a print a copy of the Historic Calgary Week 2019 History Hunt. This year’s History Hunt is in the communities of Hillhurst and Sunnyside. Walk in the footsteps of our pioneers, identify the landmarks and submit your entries for a chance to win a prize.

History Hunt 2019 (pdf)Download

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