First World War Training at Sarcee Camp National Historic Event

Calgary, Alberta
Soldiers in front of tent at Sarcee Army Camp in 'Sarcee City', Calgary, Alberta, circa 1914-1916. © Glenbow Archives / Byron Harmon fonds / NA-841-405 |  Archives Glenbow / Fonds Byron Harmon / NA-841-405
Group of army personnel in front of tent, c. 1914.
© Glenbow Archives / Byron Harmon fonds / NA-841-405 | Archives Glenbow / Fonds Byron Harmon / NA-841-405
Postcard of soldiers at Sarcee Camp, Calgary, Alberta, 1915. © Glenbow Library and Archives Collection/Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections/University of Calgary/Ralph William McKenzie fonds/pa-2527-4 | Collection de la bibliothèque et des archives Glenbow/John Harold Owen fonds / pa-2527-4Soldiers marching near Sarcee Army Camp, Calgary, Alberta, 1915 © Glenbow Library and Archives Collection / Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections/University of Calgary/John Harold Owen fonds/pa-3417-12|Collection de la bibliothèque et des archives Glenbow/Fonds John Harold Owen/pa-3417-12Horses and supplies near tents at Sarcee Army Camp in 'Sarcee City', Calgary, Alberta, circa 1914-1916. © Glenbow Library and Archives Collection / Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections / University of Calgary / Byron Harmon fonds / na-841-406 | Collection de la bibliothèque et des archives Glenbow /Byron Harmon fonds / na-841-406Soldiers in front of tent at Sarcee Army Camp in 'Sarcee City', Calgary, Alberta, circa 1914-1916. © Glenbow Archives / Byron Harmon fonds / NA-841-405 |  Archives Glenbow / Fonds Byron Harmon / NA-841-405
Address : Calgary, Alberta

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2025-10-22
Dates:
  • 1918 to 1918 (Significant)
  • 1915 to 1915 (Established)

Other Name(s):
  • First World War Training at Sarcee Camp  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2025

Importance: One of the country’s largest training camps established in 1915 on lands recently surrendered by the Tsuut’ina (Sarcee) First Nation, a longstanding legacy and an important site of remembrance to the 20th-century Canadian military