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In 1875, the North-West Mounted Police erected Fort Calgary to police the place. Edward Blake, on the time Minister of Justice, agreed with the call and withinside the spring of 1876 Fort Calgary became formally established. [24][25][29][30][31] In 2017, the Stoney Nakoda despatched an software to the Government of Alberta, to rename Calgary as Wichispa Oyade meaning "elbow town";[32] however, this became challenged via way of means of the Piikani Blackfoot. [12]
Calgary`s financial system consists of interest withinside the energy, economic services, movie and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, fitness and wellness, retail, and tourism sectors. "[35]
In 1787, David Thompson, a 17-year-antique cartographer with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) spent the iciness with a band of Peigan encamped alongside the Bow River. [17]
The Indigenous peoples of Southern Alberta confer with the Calgary place as "elbow", in connection with the pointy bend made via way of means of the Bow River and the Elbow River. [39] Major Irvine cancelled the order via way of means of Brisebois and wrote Hewitt Bernard, the then Deputy Minister of Justice in Ottawa, describing the scenario and suggesting the call "Calgary" recommend via way of means of Colonel Macleod. In the primary weeks of 1884, James Reilly who became constructing the Royal Hotel east of the Elbow River. [39] At Christmas dinner NWMP Inspector Éphrem-A. Baker Company of Fort Benton, Montana, became shrunk to assemble a appropriate citadelress, and after its completion, the Baker employer constructed a log shop subsequent to the citadelress.
