First World War Training at Sarcee Camp National Historic Event
Calgary, Alberta
Group of army personnel in front of tent, c. 1914.
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Address :
Calgary, Alberta
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2025-10-22
Dates:
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1918 to 1918
(Significant)
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1915 to 1915
(Established)
Other Name(s):
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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