An Outpost on the Bow River

F Troop, under the leadership of Inspector Ephrem Brisebois, travelled to the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers to establish an outpost part way between Fort Macleod and Fort Edmonton. The I. G. Baker and Company was hired to supply materials and build the fort. With the Mounties help, the fort was completed by Christmas 1875. Men posted at Fort Calgary were sent on long patrols to capture whiskey traders and horse thieves, but as these problems diminished so did the importance of the outpost. When the Canadian Pacific Railway confirmed that the train would run through the community of Fort Calgary, the NWMP planned to expand the post.

Alberta · Canada