The British, Alberta's first European settlers, claimed the area as part of Rupert's Land, the territory belonging to the Hudson's Bay fur trading company since 1670. French speaking settlers migrated west to establish their own fur trading communities around 1731.
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Several Alberta towns and regions were first settled by French missionary activity, such as St. Albert, and St. Paul.
It was not until 1887 that the first group of settlers moved into Alberta. This was a group of 40 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( ...
The first settler and rancher in Calgary was Sam Livingston who settled in the early 1870's after returning from the California Gold Rush of 1849. His land was ...
The Dutch settled predominantly in Alberta, where a large population still thrives. Scandinavian groups, Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes came in their largest ...
The area now known as Alberta has been inhabited by various Native American (First Nations) groups for at least 10,000 years. European explorers first ...
The first European known to have reached present-day Alberta was Anthony Henday, a Hudson Bay Company employee, who, accompanied by a band of Cree, travelled ...
Located on the University of Alberta campus, Rutherford House was home to the first Premier of Alberta, Alexander Cameron Rutherford.
The first families began arriving in Magrath in April 1899. On 20 April 1899, C. H. Dudley was the first person to arrive in Pothole, which was renamed Magrath ...
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