“If you know the past of the place where you live, you care about it more. You recognize, it isn’t just mine, it isn’t just for now, there were others here before me who cared for the place, who improved it ... and it puts in mind that there’s a future too." Harry Sanders, Historian
One of eight children, Frederick George Woods was like many who left England to seek a better life. Born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, he set forth from Liverpool in 1906 and never looked back. Eventually arriving in the Calgary area he signed on as a CPR ditchrider …
The third in a series of stories about the men who managed the water at Chestermere Lake, Reservoir #1 of the CPR Western Irrigation Section. The second of our fellows Joseph McKay Bannerman was also born in Scotland and like many young men came to Canada to find work and …
Got an hour on your hands? Join Chestermere Historical Foundation for their April meeting 6:30pm on Tuesday April 21st and stay around until 7:30pm for a short program on ” Growing Through Time” The Cabin Owner Stories. Join via this Zoom link, you will be invited into the ‘room.’ Hope …
Chestermere’s early history is a big part of the story of irrigation in Southern Alberta. The CPID men ( and their families) who lived in Chestermere and kept the valuable irrigation water flowing, kept the ditches clear, and sent water to the farmers when they needed it were the ‘Ditchriders’. …
Spanish Flu in Chestermere 1918 “In 1918 the flu came to Chestermere as well as many other parts of the county. Travel was restricted but not to the same extent as it is now. Many newspapers were reporting deaths in Calgary and it was with great trepidation that anyone went …
The Quebec Parlor Heater An Historic Piece Restored This Quebec heater has been in the Chestermere area for at least 80 years. Read Page
