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Chinook Country Historical Society

January 2021 Newsletter

See our first monthly newsletter of 2021.

January 2021 Newsletter

December 2020 Newsletter

See our December 2020 newsletter here, featuring a message from CCHS President and an introduction to the Calgary Atlas Project.

December 2020 Newsletter

Winter 2020 Newsletter

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November 2020 Newsletter

See our November 2020 newsletter, featuring a message from CCHS president and an update on the development of our mobile app.

November 2020 Newsletter

Congratulations Kristian Belliveau

Award Recipient of the 2020 Elise Corbet Scholarship

Congratulations to Kristian Belliveau, recipient of the 2020 Elise Corbet Scholarship. Born and raised in Calgary, Kristian is in his fourth and final year of his undergraduate degree in at the University of Calgary, majoring in History. Kristian is passionate about 20th century European and Canadian History, and intends to pursue a career in Education.


The Elise Corbet Scholarship is sponsored by the Chinook Country Historical Society. It is offered annually to a continuing undergraduate student in the University of Calgary Faculty of Arts, majoring in History. The recipient must take a minimum of two Canadian History courses (and received a grade of B or better in at least two of the courses) and have a GPA of 3.20 or higher in their last 5 history classes.

Congratulations to Kristian Belliveau, the 2020 recipient of the Elise Corbet Scholarship. Born and
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Calgarians for Heritage Districts Call for Volunteers

Can you spare a few hours to help validate heritage assets in your community?

CHI is asking for your assistance to help our collaborator, Calgarians for Heritage Districts in this important task. 

A number of volunteers are required from each community to review the results of the recent Windshield Survey of Heritage Assets for completeness. A virtual training session conducted by the City’s Heritage Planning will take place Nov 8th @2pm and will provide details on the review process to be followed along with copies of the Windshield Survey. A recording of this training session along with any documentation provided will be made available shortly after Nov 8th for those who can't attend. 

Please note that the scope of this effort and time required on your side is flexible - we would appreciate any help. Also, if you have any contacts who wish to assist with this important initiative, please feel free to forward this note.

Lorna Cordeiro, one of the founders of Calgarians for Heritage Districts, will be serving as the initial point of contact, please reach her at lorna.jake1@gmail.com by Monday, Nov 2nd with your expression of interest & community(s) in which you wish to assist.

Alastair Pollock, Heritage Planner with the City of Calgary has  provided more details:

As you may be aware, in 2019/2020 The City of Calgary commissioned the largest visual survey of local historic buildings performed in Calgary to-date. It involved the assessment of residential buildings constructed prior to 1945 in 26 inner-city communities. This survey supported a report to City Council exploring new policy tools and financial incentives for heritage conservation. It identified thousands of sites with some degree of potential heritage significance, in addition to what is listed on Calgary’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources.

The recommendations of the Heritage Conservation Tools and Incentives Update Report (PUD2020-0758) were approved by Council on July 28, 2020, and City Administration is now working towards implementation throughout 2021-2023. This includes the creation of new policy tools to support the retention of intact historic houses, referred to as heritage assets, that met the survey criteria. More information on the proposed incentives, benefits and heritage area policies is available at calgary.ca/heritage, and through the full report text and presentation linked above.

At this time, in collaboration with Calgarians for Heritage Districts, The City of Calgary is providing the opportunity for interested volunteers to participate in enhancing the results of the 2019-2020 Heritage Asset Windshield Survey. Using the local knowledge and expertise of community members, the existing survey information may be improved by considering potential heritage assets that were not included in the original survey, or properties which have subsequently altered their eligibility through restoration or alteration work.

This opportunity is fully optional and is separate from other engagement or communications The City of Calgary may be conducting regarding the Conservation Tools and Incentives report implementation. As an independent community advocacy group, Calgarians for Heritage Districts will be coordinating volunteers and presenting the results of this survey review to The City of Calgary for consideration.

A remote information and training session will be jointly hosted by Calgarians for Heritage Districts and City of Calgary Heritage Planning on Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 PM for volunteers interested in participating in this opportunity (the presentation will also be available afterwards as a video recording). Volunteers will be provided with the existing windshield survey maps of any communities they wish to review, as well as criteria worksheets to evaluate individual properties they propose to add or remove from consideration as a heritage asset. Volunteers are not required to survey a complete community to submit proposed changes to the survey data. The community review period will last from November 9, 2020 to January 17, 2021.

Once the total review data has been collected by Calgarians for Heritage Districts, all suggested changes to the Heritage Asset Windshield Survey will be presented to City of Calgary Heritage Planning. Discrepancies between the findings of the 2019-2020 survey and volunteer surveys may be resolved through an additional criteria evaluation by City of Calgary Heritage Planning staff where assessments are in conflict.

Learn More

For more information about heritage assets, potential heritage area policies or the Heritage Conservation Tools and Incentives Update Report, please visit calgary.ca/heritage or contact City of Calgary Heritage Planning at cityheritage@calgary.ca 

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In The Footsteps of Giants

CCHS Booksale

Looking for the ideal gift for your children or grandchildren? Give them the gift of history by purchasing our two books that highlight Calgary’s history for young readers. In The Footsteps of Giants was created through the volunteer efforts of some 25 authors.


Written for readers 8 – 12 years of age, these books are also enjoyed by many adults. Readers will join fictional youths, Sarah and Harry, on their adventures as they experience Calgary and area today while learning more about the people and events of the past. They will meet the sometimes colourful characters that are part of our history and created this great city we live in.


Email us at info@chinookhistory.ca to get these books for only $10 per copy.


Following are the Tables of Content for both books:


Volume 1:

1. When Dinosaurs and Sabretooths Roamed the Bow Valley — Cory Gross

2. Sam and Jane Livingston: Pioneers — Walt DeBoni

3. Reverend George McDougall — Kate Reeves

4. The Arrival of the North West Mounted Police — Joan Lawrence

5. Sound the Trumpet: The Story of Fred Bagley — Bob Pearson

6. The Railway Comes to Town — Rob Lennard

7. We Needed Lumber: Peter Prince Delivered — Irene DeBoni

8. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Calgary’s First Schools — Valerie Walker

9. Ici On Parle Français — Elizabeth Marshall

10. Building the House of Jacob: Jacob Diamond and Congregation House of Jacob — Agnes Romer Segal

11. The Dream of Annie Davidson — Christine Hayes

12. Bowness Booms: John Hextall — Dr. Judith Barge

13. The Aviation Adventures of Fearless Freddie McCall — Shirlee Smith Matheson

14. Nellie McClung and the Famous Five — Faye Reineberg Holt


Volume 2:

1. How Napi Created Land and North Blackfoot People — Aposoyis (Stewart Breaker) and Minikaiyayii (Clifford Crane Bear), as told by their ancestors, and told to Joan Lawrence

2. Father Albert Lacombe, “The Man of Good Heart” — Helen Kominek, PhD and Gayle Thrift, PhD

3. John Glenn and Adelaide Belcourt, First Settlers at the Historic Bow Valley Ranche — Rob Lennard

4. George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo or Tatâga Mânî) — Ian Getty

5. Bishop Cyprian Pinkham and Jean Pinkham — David Peyto

6. Charlie Yuen: Senator Patrick Burns’ Right-Hand Man — Karen Gummo

7. Bucking the Trend: Guy Weadick, the Big Four, and the Calgary Stampede — Christine Leppard

8. Leaving the Rails Behind: The Chinese Community in Calgary — Walt DeBoni

9. From Volunteer to Judge: Alice Jamieson — Sheila Moore Johnston

10. Oil! Dingman No. 1 in Turner Valley — Walt DeBoni

11. Maude Riley: Calgary’s Mrs. Claus — Karen Grikitis-Sage

12. Cappy Smart Works His Way up the Ladder — Brenda Etherington

13. Annie Gale: Alderman — Faye Reineberg Holt

14. Lines Grids and Gunny Sacks: The Story of the Stones of Signal Hill — Phyllis Wheaton

15. The Calgary Zoo is Born — Debbie Noesgaard

16. The Story of Chief Peter Wesley(Taotha) and Banff Indian Days — Roland Rollinmud, as told to Ian Getty

October 2020 Newsletter

See our latest monthly newsletter including details on upcoming virtual events.

October 2020 Newsletter

September 2020 Newsletter

Check out our latest monthly newsletter, including historical facts about the Hudson's Block Mural.

September 2020 Newsletter

Historic Calgary Week Crossword Answers

Answers are now available for the 2020 HCW crossword puzzle. 

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CCHS Fall 2020 Newsletter

Download the Fall 2020 newsletter here.

Fall 2020 Newsletter (pdf)Download

August 2020 E-Newsletter

See our latest monthly e-newsletter, including a Historical Society of Alberta call for council members.

August 2020 E-newsletter

Fall 2020 Programming

CCHS Goes Virtual

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


While we could not celebrate in person, Historic Calgary week went virtual for 2020.  Doug Coats attracted huge audiences with his audience favourites of Calgary’s Oldest Twenty Houses and also Calgary Welcomes the Car.  And Shaun Hunter presented the same talk that she had planned to give in Central United Church – Scribblers and Scribblers. It too was an audience favourite.   Shaun is also the historian in residence for Calgary Public Library so this worked out perfectly.  The library also provided speakers to do virtual presentations.   Consequently, our goal is to provide a presentation roughly every two weeks for the next little while.


Register for these programs on the Calgary Public Library site. 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/


Check back on our website to see additional programs and information as it becomes available.

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Historic Calgary Week Crossword Puzzle

It's that time of year again!

The annual Historic Calgary Week Crossword Puzzle for 2020 has been released. Download the puzzle and clues on our HCW page.

July 2020 Newsletter

See our July 2020 newsletter, including the detailed program for the upcoming Virtual Historic Calgary Week hosted in partnership with the Calgary Public Library.

July Newsletter

Chinook Country 2020 AGM

  

On June 16, 2020, CCHS held its Annual General Meeting via Zoom. This meeting had originally been scheduled for March 24. A review of the past year’s activities was undertaken as well as the actions taken and plans changed since Covid-19 made its appearance on the scene. Our plans for the next year were outlined with caveats due to the current restrictions on large gatherings. The attendees were treated to a showing of the five-minute long pilot video that was developed to illustrate the Digital Walking Tour Initiative we will work on through next year.


Financials for the year ended December 31, 2019 were reviewed and the members were presented with the budget for 2020, which was unanimously approved. The members were informed about the effects that reduced funding will have on the organization’s ability to carry on its activities but that it will live within its means under the budget presented.


If you have any questions, please email us at info@chinookhistory.ca.


The election of Directors for the year were held and the following individuals constitute the Board of CCHS for the next year:


Executive

Jackie Kleiner, President

Walt DeBoni, Past–President

Megan Ballard, 1st Vice President

Kari Burgess, Treasurer

Graeme Miller, Secretary


Directors at Large

Kim Geraldi

Sarah Harvey

Patrick Mealey

Nicole Marion-Patola

Vivian Sampson


There are two vacant positions on the Board.

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June 2020 Newsletter

See our June 2020 newsletter, featuring an article on the history of Calgary's early Anglican churches by David Peyto.

June 2020 Newsletter

CCHS Summer 2020 Newsletter

CCHS Summer 2020 Newsletter, including information regarding the rescheduled Annual General Meeting.

Summer 2020 Newsletter (pdf)

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