Monthly Archives: May 2012

Fort Steele – Apprenticeship Program

Posted on May 22, 2012 by
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One of the great things about spending 4 days / 3 nights at Fort Steele as a grade 7 student at the Calgary Science School is the opportunity to immerse yourself in some of the prevalent jobs / trades of … Continue reading →

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Fort Steele Animals

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

The agricultural team at Fort Steele works with a variety of domesticated farm animals to offer demonstrations of farm life in the late 1800s. There are several Clydesdale horses on the site and a new foal was born 9 days … Continue reading →

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Fort Steele

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925, more than 40 years passed before restoration of Fort Steele got underway in the late 1960s. Today, the Fort Steele townsite boasts more than 60 restored/reconstructed buildings, a small railway line, … Continue reading →

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Geocaching from Canmore to Fort Steele (and back)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

In both 2009 and 2010, I drove to Fort Steele when I volunteered to accompany a school trip but I didn’t do any geocaching along the way. This year, after volunteering for the third (and final) time, K and I … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue

Posted on May 17, 2012 by
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