Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station

Located at the top of Sulfur Mountain, the cosmic ray station was completed by the National Research Council in 1956 in preparation for the International Geophysical Year of 1957–1958, an undertaking involving 66 countries and a dozen scientific disciplines. The study of cosmic rays held a prominent place, with 99 cosmic ray stations, nine in Canada, operating worldwide during the International Geophysical Year. Because of its high elevation, Sulfur Mountain was the most important Canadian station. In 1960 the University of Alberta at Calgary took over the station, which closed in 1978, and the building was dismantled in 1981.

Alberta · Canada