Calgary Remembered On KSPS, Mar 12 1998 (Part 4 of 13)
This is a KSPS (PBS) production, which they aired at 8:00 PM on March 12 1998. (Interviews were shot in 1997.)
This chapter discusses the history of Bowness / Bowness Park in Calgary. John Hextall purchased the land in 1908, and personally financed a new bridge in 1911, convincing the City of Calgary to run its streetcar line across the bridge into his development, which he called Bowness Estates. In return, he donated two Bow River islands to the city, for use as a park, now known as Bowness Park.
Hextall left in 1914 to fight in World War I, and was killed that year.
- Credits -
Writer/Producer:
Tom McArthur
Photographer/Editor:
Scott McKinnon
Calgary Unit
Producer:
Fran Humphreys
Production Coordinator:
James Sutherland
Unit Jib Arm Operator:
Paul Connolly
Research Assistant:
Andrea Kingwell
Historical Consultants:
Dr. Hugh A. Dempsey
Harry Sanders
Corporate Underwriting:
Gillian Bowles
Archive Video Assistant:
A. W. Byers
Graphics:
Dan Orme
Scott McKinnon
Dawn Bayman
Archive Film And Photographs:
The Glenbow Museum & Archives
City of Calgary Archives
CFCN-TV
The Calgary Zoo
United States Olympic Committee
ABC Sports
Calgary Exhibition & Stampede
Paul Dofoo
Tom Owens
Bob Baxter
John & Betty Clarke
Ed Whalen
Ken & Prue Penley
Rosemary Batdorf
Norm Kwong
Aerial Photography:
Douglas Munro Cinematography, Inc.
Film/Video Transfer:
Alternative Video Service
Super Video Services
Special Thanks:
Andrea Garnier
Heather MacAuley
Colleen Evans
Brenda McAfferty
Francois Arsenault
Videodex
Heritage Park
Gord Enno
Host/Narrator:
James Keelaghan
Bow River Waltz
Composed and performed by James Keelaghan
Bev Willms, piano
Bob Boble, engineer
This program made possible, in part, by the generous support of:
The Friends of Seven
Agrium
Calgary Exhibition & Stampede
Calgary Herald
Trans Alta
Alberta Energy Company Ltd.
Allan Markin
Hub Oil Company Ltd.
The Palliser Hotel
ProGas Limited
Shaw Communications
Enerflex Systems Ltd.
In Memory of Louis Polo
West Canadian Industries Group
Marcia Johnston
Pat and Lorne Larson
John B. Thorpe
Production Manager:
Jim Zimmer
Executive Producer:
Bill Stanley
A Production Of KSPS Public Television • Spokane, WA U.S.A.
© 1998 KSPS Public Television
ksps.org
Calgary Flood 2013 peace bridge almost washed out
Flooding caused peace bride to close and river banks about to burst
Rising flood waters on the Bow under Shouldice bridge.
Shouldice Park, NW Calgary
After the flood: 1
Bowness Park Calgary
Bowness Park is a 30 hectares (74 acres) urban park on the Bow River in Bowness, a neighbourhood in the north-west quadrant of the City of Calgary. It is popular in the summer for picnics and boating, and in winter for ice skating on the lagoon and the canal which feeds it.
The park was closed to the public for safety reasons after the major flood which hit Calgary in June 2013. The west half of the park reopened in November 2014, and the east half of the park is expected to reopen in Summer 2016.
Land for the park was donated to the City of Calgary in 1911 by John Hextall, as part of a deal to secure the extension of streetcar service into Bowness Estates, which he was developing as an exclusive suburb. The land consisted of two islands in the Bow River, separated from the south bank by a narrow channel, now dammed off to create a lagoon and small canal.
Although hardly any development took place in Bowness before the end of the second world war, Bowness Park itself was extremely popular, thanks in part to the streetcar service which took Calgarians right to the door at a time when automobiles were rare. In the 20's and 30's service on summer weekends was every 15 minutes and it was estimated that on a fine weekend up to 25,000 people would visit the park, with 28 streetcars being assigned to handle the traffic. Streetcar service was maintained from 1913 through 1950.
Facilities in the park in the early days were extensive. There was a swimming pool, the lagoon for canoeing and boating (with a fountain and central phonograph “playing gentle music”), a large dancing pavilion, a merry-go-round (now in Calgary's Heritage Park), picnic tables and shelters, swings and teeter-totters, camping sites and cabins which could be rented by the week or month and later a scenic railway. The following extract from a 1919 newspaper article gives some idea of the atmosphere at the time:
“The new ferry, which will cross the original boating lake just west of the swimming pool, will supply a want which was badly felt last season. It is expected … that the boys and girls will have a great time on this ferry. It will enable the young people as well as the older ones to shoot across the lake from the grand stand to the refreshment cottage and merry-go-round, without having to tramp around by the lovers' walk or the path at the foot of the lake.”
The summer cottages at the park were often rented by families as a summer retreat, beginning in the early 20's until they were removed in 1946.
Many of the former attractions are gone today: the swimming pool was closed in 1959, dancing ceased in 1960, and the Orthophonic, as the phonograph was called, stopped beaming out its music in 1961.
Calgary flood 2013 Shouldice Park
Shouldice park is underwater.
June 21 2013
Shouldice Park, NW Calgary
After the flood: 3
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan (/səˈskætʃəwən/ or /səˈskætʃəˌwɑːn/) is a prairie province in Canada, which has a total area of 651,900 square kilometres (251,700 sq mi) and a land area of 592,534 square kilometres (228,800 sq mi), the remainder being water area (covered by lakes/ponds, reservoirs and rivers). Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by the Province of Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. As of December 2013, the population of Saskatchewan was estimated at 1,114,170. Residents primarily live in the southern half of the province. Of the total population, 257,300 live in the province's largest city, Saskatoon, while 210,000 live in the provincial capital, Regina. Other major cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current and North Battleford.
Saskatchewan was first explored by Europeans in 1690 and settled in 1774, having also been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups. It became a province in 1905, its name derived from the Saskatchewan River. The river was known as kisiskāciwani-sīpiy (swift flowing river) in the Cree language. In the early 20th century the province became known as a stronghold for Canadian democratic socialism. Tommy Douglas, who was premier from 1944 to 1961, became the first social-democratic politician to be elected in North America. The province's economy is based on agriculture, mining, and energy. Saskatchewan's current premier is Brad Wall and its lieutenant-governor is Vaughn Solomon Schofield.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has a total area of 651,900 square kilometres and a land area of 592,534 square kilometres , the remainder being water area . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by the Province of Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. As of December 2013, the population of Saskatchewan was estimated at 1,114,170. Residents primarily live in the southern half of the province. Of the total population, 257,300 live in the province's largest city, Saskatoon, while 210,000 live in the provincial capital, Regina. Other major cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current and North Battleford.
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HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS, HE'S GOT THE WIND AND THE RAIN, TINY LITTLE BABY IN HIS HANDS
Conspiracy theorists are insane in the spam! We were spammed this video, so we sped it up for your enjoyment and laughter at the conspiracy theorist crazies falsely accusing whole industries of somehow being a part of some hand-sign-symbolism agenda to influence and subvert all people. What a joke! They're just not that organized and why would they do such a thing? Conspiracy Theorists are INSANE. Such BS. It's all fake and a joke. POSTING THIS VIDEO TO SHOW HOW RIDICULOUS THEY ARE! THE HAND SIGN MEANS PEACE. GET OVER YOURSELF FOOLS. THEY LIKE MAKEUP. THEY LIKE TATTOOS WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT. IT'S JUST ART, STOP SAYING IT'S THE DEVIL OR SATAN. PAUL ELAM IS SATAN Are you Satan? You need The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi
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Paul Elam, SATAN, comes clean with the truth, and this sends Elizabeth Vargas to rehab.
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