Home: Southern Alberta

• Lucy Baker School: Oral History Project

Discover the historical, natural and cultural heritage of Southern Alberta through the eyes of children and youth.

The area south of Calgary to the Montana border is rich in sites sacred to the Aboriginal people. Their story is told at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, the best preserved buffalo kill-site in North America and a United Nations World Heritage Sites. The North West Mounted Police brought law and order to the west by showing respect for Aboriginals and Europeans alike, and halting the illegal whiskey trade. The south is also prime ranchland and the cradle of the thriving livestock industry that has saddled Alberta with its cowboy image.