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Allan Markin's house
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The chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Limited and one of the owners of the Calgary Flames ice hockey franchise owns this house.

McMahon Stadium
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Home of the Calgary Stampeders CFL team. Built in 1960.

CL Western Town film set
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The 15,000 acre CL Ranch, located just west of Calgary, has been the filming location of dozens of films and television shows since 1994. This old western town set was built for the short-lived TV series Lonesome Dove (a spinoff of a 1989 mini-series of the same name).
Recently, the town set and surrounding land were used for filming Forsaken, a movie starring Kiefer and Donald Sutherland, and Demi Moore. Other projects filmed here include Klondike (Discovery Channel mini-series), Shanghai Noon (Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson), Heartland (long running Canadian TV series), and Hell on Wheels (AMC TV series).

Canadian Pacific Ogden Yards, Calgary
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Mike Vernon's house (former)
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The retired professional ice hockey player who played as a goaltender for the Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers and the Stanley Cup as a member of the Flames in 1989 and then again in 1997 with the Red Wings lived here.
When he sold the house it was setting the benchmark for the highest MLS residential sale price in Calgary.

Stu Hart's house (former)
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This is the former home of Stu Hart and childhood of Bret and Owen Hart.
Stu Hart Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. Hart also founded Stampede Wrestling.
Stu Hart was the father of th famous wrestlers Bret and Owen Hart (died in 1999).

World's Biggest Outdoor Skate Park
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Shaw Millenium Park

1988 Winter Olympics Bobsled Course - Calgary
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Jamaica's first ever bobsled team raced here.
The Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Calgary, Canada. Part of Canada Olympic Park, it hosted the bobsleigh and luge competitions at the 1988 Winter Olympics. This track is one of only two of its type in the world to be featured in a non-documentary film when it was part of the 1993 American film Cool Runnings which loosely followed the Jamaican Bobsled Team during their competition in bobsleigh at the 1988 Games (The other was the 1981 British film For Your Eyes Only which included scenes from the bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.).

TV Series Hell On Wheels Filming Location
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Jarome Iginla's former home
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NHL all-star player Jarome Iginla (born July 1, 1977) lived in this house before he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 28, 2013.
Until the trade, Iginla played his entire pro career as a member of the Calgary Flames (1996-2013). He led the league in goal scoring in 2002 and 2004.
Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a wine cellar. It is on the market with an asking price of $3.995 million.

Calgary Stampede Grounds
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Home of the "Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth"

Hub Oil Refinery (destroyed)
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On August 9, 1999, a massive explosion at the Hub Oil refinery in southeast Calgary killed two workers, started a fire that burned for ten hours and filled the city's sky with oily black smoke, and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents of the surrounding neighbourhoods. The investigation into the accident revealed that a tank holding 30,000 litres of oil was missing a pressure release valve. The owner of the refinery is currently (as of May 2005) defending charges of public endangerment stemming from the incident.
As the land is now contaminated and unfit for residential use, the City is planning to redevelop it as a parking lot for a multimillion dollar arts and cultural centre to be built to the west of the site.

Olympic Villages
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The Calgary Olympic Village was situated on The University of Calgary campus
near the Olympic Oval and McMahon Stadium. The decision to locate the main
athletes village at the university was first suggested by the Calgary Olympic
Development Association (CODA) in 1978.
In total, seven residence halls were used for the Games. These were Rundle,
Kananaskis, Norquay, Brewster, Castle, Glacier and Olympus Halls. A total of 2144
athletes and team officials were housed in these units.

Bearspaw Dam
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Built in 1954, the Bearspaw Plant was TransAlta's last downstream development on the Bow River in Alberta. It is one of four TransAlta hydro plants on the Bow River Mainstream System, which is part of the Bow River Electric System.
The Bearspaw plant was built primarily to reduce the possibility of winter flooding and ice packing on the Bow River through the City of Calgary. It was named after Chief Bear's Paw, one of the chiefs who signed the treaty at Blackfoot Crossing in 1877.

Scotiabank Saddledome
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The Scotiabank Saddledome is the primary indoor arena of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has a seating capacity of 19,289 people.
Located on the Stampede Grounds, on the east end of downtown Calgary, the Saddledome was built in 1983 to replace the Stampede Corral as the home of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, and to host ice hockey and figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Today the arena is also home to the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League and the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League.
The facility also hosts concerts, conferences and other sporting championships, and events for the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. It underwent a major renovation in 1994–95, during which its original name of Olympic Saddledome was changed to Canadian Airlines Saddledome. The facility was given the name Pengrowth Saddledome in 2000, after Pengrowth Management Ltd. signed a ten-year agreement. It adopted its current name in October 2010 as Scotiabank signed on as title sponsor.

Chinook Centre
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Calgary's largest mall and biggest traffic hazard (which is saying a lot).

Corral Drive-in
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Closed after a massive explosion at an adjacent oil refinery in August of '99, amid contamination of the vicinity by toxic fallout.

Ikea Calgary

Calgary Tower
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Max Bell Arena
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The Max Bell Arena was the site of the demonstration sport of curling and the demonstration event of short track speed skating. Originally, plans called for curling to be held at the Stampede Corral and then later at the Calgary Curling Club. Short track speed skating was originally slated to be held at the Olympic Oval. However, this fast-paced demonstration event would eventually be moved to Father David Bauer Olympic Arena before the third and final venue selection of the Max Bell Arena was adopted. The Max Bell Arena is located in southeast Calgary approximately 15 minutes travel time from the Main Press Centre (MPC). It has a regular seating capacity of 2121 plus 30 seats for handicapped spectators and 1080 seats were added to bring the total seating capacity to 3200. The arena's ice surface is National Hockey League (NHL) size measuring 25.9 x 60.9 m. The principal access to the seating area is from the upper concourse. Food concessions and public washrooms are located in the front lobby and the second floor lobby at the south end of the building. As curling and short track speed skating require vastly different ice surfaces, it was necessary to begin and complete the entire schedule of events for each sport at one time, with curling starting first. Curling competitions required the installation of several sheets of specially marked ice measuring 44.5 x 4.3 m. Short track speed skating required the installation of a 111-metre oval laid out on the surface of the Max Bell Arena's NHL size ice rink. The majority of upgrading to this facility for use during the XV Olympic Winter Games concerned modifications to the air handling system, ice plant, the addition of a VIP banquet room, additional washrooms, storage areas and concessions and an improved sound system. Total cost of upgrading projects at the Max Bell Arena was $1 million. OCO'88 provided $400 000 in funding while the City of Calgary and the Max Bell Society, the owner and operator of the arena, each provided $300 000.

Race City Speedway, Calgary

1988 Winter Olympics Downhill Skiing - Calgary
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This is Nakiska, site of the downhill events

1988 Winter Olympics Ski Jumps - Calgary
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Where Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards of the UK enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame.
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Amusement rides at the Calgary Stampede

1988 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Oval

De Winton South Calgary Airport
This airport does not show up on sectional charts. It was built in the early years of World War II (ca. 1940) as one of many training bases for RCAF and RAF pilots. It is now abandoned and apparently serves as part of a family farm

Releasing a dove mural
"Giving Wings to the Dream". This 24 ft. x 125 ft. mural is on the side of the Calgary Urban Projects Society building. It was created in 1995 by Doug Driediger.

Prince's Island Park
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Pengrowth Saddledome
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Calgary Flames

Fort Calgary
In the summer of 1875, North West Mounted Police Inspector Ephram Brisebois was sent out in charge of the NWMP's F Troop (yes) to found a fort somewhere in the lawless country between Fort Saskatchewan and Fort MacLeod. Brisebois arrived at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers in September of that year and chose the west bank of the Elbow for his fort. Naturally, following the practice of his superior office, Assistant Commissioner MacLeod, he named the fort after himself.
That lasted about six months. Dissent among his own men and outright hostility from the local Indian bands forced MacLeod to visit Fort Brisebois and to suggest to the arrogant Inspector that a career change might be in order. His next task was to change the name of the fort from that of the hated Brisebois to Calgary, the name of one of MacLeod's family's ancestral homes.
As the settlement became a city, the original Fort Calgary was neglected and finally forgotten. For over 50 years the land was in the hands of the CPR. Finally, with the city's centennial quickly approaching, officials were able to negotiate the purchase of the original land from the railroad. Little or nothing was left of the original fort after all those years, but a replica and an adjoining interpretive centre were built.
The Fort Calgary Interpretive Centre is now a popular tourist attraction, an important historical site, and home to more gophers than some US states.

Carewest Cross Bow
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Canada Olympic Park
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Freestyle olympic 1988 venue.
The freestyle ballet skiing site was located on the west side of the recreational ski
hill. It was situated parallel to and immediately east of the west triple chair.
Grading of the site met all FIS standards and was attained by using earth-moving
equipment in the summer months to provide the proper hill contours. During the
winter, snow grooming equipment was utilized to fine-tune the site for
competition.
The ballet site accommodated up to 15 000 spectators. The majority of the
spectators were located on the east and north ends of the site. The mobile
scoreboard utilized for the aerials competitions and the bobsleigh and luge track
was moved to the ballet site during competitions.

Airplane approaching Calgary

Sir Elton John's white 1910 piano at the National Music Centre
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An this piano Sir Elton John composed the songs on his first five albums, including his very first hit, "Your Song" from 1970.

Welcome to Springbank
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Springbank is a rural community in southern Alberta in Rocky View County. It is located immediately west of the City of Calgary, east of Highway 22, south of the Bow River and north of the rural community of Elbow Valley. Both the Trans-Canada Highway and Lower Springbank Road (north of Highway 8) connect Springbank to Calgary.

Calgary International Airport (YYC)

Calgary Zoo
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It's not a sewage lagoon, it's a feature
At least with the prevailing west wind, these homeowners are usually upwind from this lovely amenity.

Aero Space Museum Calgary
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Springbank Airport (CYBW)
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Calgary Skyline

Varsity Speed Park
This 1.1 km race course is owned and operated by the Calgary Kart Racing Club.

Deerfoot Inn & Casino
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Aero L-39ZA Albatros
The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia to meet requirements for a "C-39" (C for cvičný - trainer) during the 1960s to replace the L-29 Delfín. It was the first of the second-generation jet trainers, and the first turbofan-powered trainer produced, and was later updated as the L-59 Super Albatros and as the L-139 (prototype L-39 with engine Garrett TFE731). The design is still produced in an evolved state as the L-159 ALCA, while more than 2,800 L-39s still serve with over 30 air forces around the world. The Albatros is versatile, seeing duty in light attack missions as well as basic and advanced pilot training, and is the most widely-used jet trainer in the world.

"Device to Root Out Evil" by Dennis Oppenheim

Central Park (Memorial Park), Calgary
Central Park was designed at the turn of the century in imitation of the many parks designed by Frederick Olmstead in the eastern United States. After the First World War (1914-1918), the park was renamed Memorial Park as a tribute to the thousands of Albertans who gave their health or their lives in service to the Empire. The park contains the city's cenotaph as well as the Memorial Park Library. At night it contains a rather different form of entertainment!

TELUS World of Science, Calgary
The TELUS World of Science – Calgary is a science museum that offers interactive exhibits, multimedia presentations and exciting educational demonstrations that encourage understanding, stimulate imagination, and promote curiosity in children and youth. With three travelling exhibit every year and a Discovery Dome Theatre, TELUS World of Science offers some of the best exhibits and films in North America.

Calgary City Hall
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Dashmesh Culture Centre
Cultural centre for Calgary's Sikh population.

Lanny McDonald statue
Retired hockey player Lanny McDonald is represented by this statue outside of the Buzzards Cowboy Cuisine restaurant. He played for the Calgary Flames from 1981-89 and led the team to the Stanley Cup title in his final season. He scored 500 goals in his career and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.

Rabbit
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Ski jumps at Canada Olympic Park
During the 1988 Winter Olympics, Canada Olympic Park was the primary venue for ski jumping, bobsleigh, and luge.

'Device to Root Out Evil' by Dennis Oppenheim
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this controversial piece was moved from Vancouver to Calgary after Vancouver residents complained about its implied content.

Left field ice rinks
Summer meets winter

BMW M6 E24(First generation 1983-1989)
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Aston Martin DB9
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Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck
The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the Clunk) was a Canadian jet fighter serving during the Cold War. It was the only Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production.
The CF-100 is not considered to be truly supersonic since it could not exceed the speed of sound in level flight. However, on 18 December 1952, S/L Janusz Żurakowski, the Avro company chief development test pilot, broke the sound barrier flying the CF-100 Mk 4 prototype in a dive from 30,000 feet.

The Bow
The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre (1.7 million sq ft) office building for the headquarters of EnCana Corporation and Cenovus Energy, in downtown Calgary, Alberta. The building is currently the tallest office tower in Calgary, and tallest in Canada outside Toronto. The Bow is also considered the start of redevelopment in Calgary's Downtown East Village. It was completed in 2012 and was ranked among the top 10 architectural projects of 2012 according to Azure Magazine.

Stampede Corral
Le Stampede Corral a servi de deuxième emplacement pour le hockey sur glace
et le patinage artistique pendant les XVes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver.
Construit en 1950, le Stampede Corral se trouve au parc Stampede, à proximité
du Saddledome olympique. Il comporte 6 479 sièges et une patinoire de 26 m x 62 m,
dimensions prescrites par la Ligue nationale de hockey.

Hockey Canada headquarters
The national governing body of ice hockey in Canada is based out of this location. They also have offices in Ottawa.
The organization primarily helps the sport grow at the grassroots level and oversees the various national teams competing in international competitions.

Roof design
Above the Jack Singer concert hall.

Mewata Armoury

Ferrari F430 and Porsche 911 Turbo
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Heritage Park Historical Village
Heritage Park Historical Village is a historical park located in Calgary, Alberta. The park is located on 127 acres (0.51 km2) of parkland on the banks of the Glenmore Reservoir, along the city's southwestern edge. As Canada's largest living history museum by number of exhibits, it is one of the city's most visited tourist attractions. The park is branded as a living history museum since it features a village that was recreated to appear as it might have in late 19th and early 20th century Alberta. Many of the buildings are historical and were transported to the park to be placed on display. Others are re-creations of actual buildings. Most of the structures are furnished and decorated with genuine artifacts. Staff dress in historic costume, and antique automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles service the site. Calgary Transit provides regular shuttle service from Heritage C-Train station.

Firestone Water Tower
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Porsche 911 GT2 (2008- Present)
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Sherman M4A2E8 Tank
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Glenmore Velodrome
This 400.15 meter track was built in 1976. It is banked at 39 degrees in the corners.

Kart World Family Fun Centre

Fairmont Palliser Hotel

Calgary Tower

Chicken on the Way
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A take-out fried chicken shack serving Calgary since 1958, Chicken on the Way is a classic of its kind. Amenities are few. Seating is limited to a couple of picnic tables outside. Ordering is done at a counter inside and everything gets sent out in a bright yellow box.

Leopard 2A4M CAN
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S.S. Moyie
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Paddle wheeler on Glemore reservoir

Cash Casino

Lamborghini Diablo (1991)
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Calgary/Okotoks Air Park (CFX2)

DeVry Institute of Technology

Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre
The Chinese Cultural Centre is a building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern side of downtown and was completed in September 1992.
The centre piece of the complex is the Dr. Henry Fok Cultural Hall, a building modeled after the Hall of Prayers of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The 70 foot (21 m) high ceiling is decorated with 561 dragons and 40 phoenixes. It is supported by 4 columns with gold ornamentation representing each season. The outer surface of the dome is covered in blue tiles imported from China and crafted by the same company that endowed the Temple of Heaven during the Ming Dynasty 600 years ago. They were installed in traditional Chinese layered fashion and consolidated with mortar.
The second level of the building contains classrooms and a library with books in Chinese and English (Orrin and Clara Christie Might Library). The main level hosts a restaurant, a Chinese arts and crafts store and a traditional Chinese medicine facility.

Lougheed House
Built in 1891 and originally known as "Beaulieu", the French meaning "beautiful place", Lougheed House is now a national historic site located in the Beltline district of Calgary, Alberta. Lougheed House is operated by Lougheed House Conservation Society, an independent, non-profit society devoted to the restoration and public enjoyment of the historic house and its Gardens.
Over its long history, Lougheed House has been a family residence, a training centre for young women, a women's military barracks and a blood donor clinic. Then, for many years, it sat empty — cared for, but unused until its restoration started in 2000.

Barrel Racing in progress
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Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to complete a clover-leaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time.

Giant guitar pick

James Alexander Lougheed's House (Former)
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James Alexander Lougheed was a businessman and politician from Alberta, Canada.

'Calgary Roots' by Steve Tobin
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He's a BMW guy

U-Haul #80 - New Mexico

Santa paddling a canoe
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Royal Air Force TriStar KC1

Christmas Village houses
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Rocky's Burger Bus
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As a general rule, restaurants housed in broken-down busses are superb. Curtis’s Barbecue of Vermont is one good example. At the other end of the continent in the province of Alberta, Rocky’s Burger Bus is example #2. A 1960s-era urban transit bus long ago run aground in an industrial park at the southeast edge of Calgary, Rocky’s serves some of the best burgers in the West. There’s no indoor dining room here. Dining facilities are nothing more than a few scattered-around picnic tables painted red to match the bus.

Giant fender guitar

Peace Bridge
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Opening in May 2012 the Peace bridge is a pedestrian bridge by architect Santiago Calatrava. It spans 413 feet across he Bow river

Ultralight Landing
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Consulate General of the Philippines, Calgary

Women prefer a small truck

West end of International Avenue
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The district was created in 1993 to celebrate the rich cultural diversity that exists in east central Calgary. The area has since become a popular location for ethnic restaurants and shopping.

Christmas sign

Elbow River Casino

Deerfoot Pedestrian Bridge
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U-Haul #104 - Newfoundland