| Fort Calgary | |
|---|---|
| Native name Mohkinstsis; Wîchîspa; Guts'ists'i | |
 North-West Mounted Police with Kainai Nation members at Fort Calgary, 1878 | |
| Etymology | Calgary House, a castle at Calgary Bay on the Isle of Mull, Scotland |
| Location | 750 9th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 51°02′43″N 114°02′44″W / 51.04528°N 114.04556°W |
| Area | 12 hectares (30 acres) |
| Built | 1875 |
| Built for | North-West Mounted Police |
| Original use | Police outpost |
| Demolished | 1914 |
| Current use | Historic park and social centre |
| Visitors | 25,193[1] (in 2019) |
| Governing body | The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland[note 1] |
| Owner | City of Calgary |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Fort Calgary National Historic Site |
| Designated | 15 May 1925 |
Fort Calgary was a North-West Mounted Police outpost at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in present-day Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after the outpost's first commander, the outpost was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876.
The outpost was built in 1875 as a part of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) larger effort to curtail American rum and whisky runners in the region, and to establish relationships with the Indigenous peoples of the territory. The fort was expanded in 1882 after it was designated as a "district post". The NWMP continued to use the fort until 1914 when the site was sold to Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The fort was demolished to make way for a rail terminal, although the site's significance was later recognized when it was named a National Historic Site in 1925.
In 1975, the municipal government of Calgary purchased a plot of land that included the National Historic Site and reopened it as Fort Calgary Historic Park in 1978. The historic park initially documented the NWMP role in the area, although its scope was expanded to focus on the Calgary's history in 1995. Reconstruction of several former buildings within Fort Calgary took place in the 1990s. In 2024, the Fort Calgary Historic Park was rebranded as The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland.
- ^ "Fort Calgary Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Fort Calgary Preservation Society. 2020. p. 11. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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