DVD Time Code = 01 02 07 |
Location: Fort Macleod, AB, 3rd Avenue near 25th Street |
GPS: 49d 43m 33.24s -113d 24m 20.82s |
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Site Name: Apartment View |
Travel Directions: See also: http://www.fortmacleod.com/images/uploads/visit_map.pdf Remarks: To the right is a reconstruction of the 1874 North-West Mounted Police fort that is the town’s namesake. To the left is a well-maintained historic downtown, its crown jewel being one of western Canada’s oldest vaudeville houses, The Empress Theatre. For more information, see: http://www.empresstheatre.ab.ca Still operational and lovingly restored, The Empress has recently hosted the likes of Buffy Sainte Marie and Judy Collins. In January 2006 it screened Brokeback Mountain in a premiere gala that had townspeople lined up around the block to get in (even with tickets a whopping $15). The enthusiastic turnout was all the more interesting considering that the area’s provincial and federal politicians have consistently voted against all forms of gay and lesbian equality. See: Finally, approximately 18 km northwest from Fort Macleod is the UN Heritage Site “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.” See: http://www.head-smashed-in.com/ This is the remarkable location where, for more than 5,000 years (!), aboriginal peoples chased buffalo off of a cliff and developed sophisticated systems of harvesting their meat, hides, and bones. Important: |
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Revised 29 March 2015