Commemorating Canada’s History in Alberta

Parks Canada is responsible for Canada’s program of historical commemoration, which recognizes nationally significant places, persons and events. All such designations are made by the Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Below is a list of all the commemorations within the Province of Alberta.

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
(in addition to the sites profiled)

Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin, Banff National Park of Canada, Alberta

Athabasca Pass, Jasper National Park of Canada, Alberta

Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park of Canada, Alberta

British Block Cairn, Suffield, Alberta

Calgary City Hall, Calgary, Alberta

First Oil Well in Western Canada, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Fort Assiniboine, Barrhead, Alberta

Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, Lamoureux, Alberta

Fort Chipewyan, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

Fort Fork, Peace River, Alberta

Fort Vermilion, Fort Vermilion, Alberta

Frog Lake, Frog Lake, Alberta

Galt Irrigation Canal, Magrath, Alberta

Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta

Howse Pass, Banff National Park of Canada, Alberta

Jasper House, Jasper National Park of Canada, Alberta

Jasper Park Information Centre, Jasper National Park of Canada , Alberta

Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage, Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta

Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, Calgary, Alberta

Old Women’s Buffalo Jump, Cayley, Alberta

Palace Theatre, Calgary, Alberta

Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Rundle’s Mission, Mission Beach, Alberta

Skoki Ski Lodge, Banff National Park of Canada, Alberta

St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta

Stephen Avenue, Calgary, Alberta

Suffield Tipi Rings, Suffield, Alberta

Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, Banff National Park of Canada, Alberta

Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Cardston, Alberta

Territorial Court House, Fort Macleod, Alberta

Turner Valley Gas Plant, Turner Valley, Alberta

Turner Valley Oilfield, Turner Valley, Alberta

Wetaskiwin Court House, Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Yellowhead Pass, Jasper National Park of Canada , Alberta