Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor.
The city had a population of 1,285,711 in 2019, making it Alberta's largest city and Canada's third-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Calgary had a metropolitan population of 1,392,609, making it the fourth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada.
Calgary in Southern Victory[]
Calgary was one of several Canadian cities which saw anti-American rebellions in 1924.
Calgary in Worldwar[]
In June 1965, the police department of Calgary made one of the first mass purchases of caller ID machines, which had been invented by Saskatchewan River Widget Works, Ltd. in Calgary's long-time cultural rival Edmonton. Widget engineer Jack Devereaux said that any time Calgary bought from Edmonton, was a sign that something good had been achieved.
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