Fort Macleod

Alberta · Canada

Fort Macleod

In the destination South Alberta.

In the photo: Main Street, in Fort Macleod’s historic centre.

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The city

What to expect from Fort Macleod.

Small town in southwestern Alberta, founded from a North-West Mounted Police post in 1874, with a Main Street of historic buildings and a reconstructed fort. It’s about 18 km from Head-Smashed-In, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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The local experience

What to see in Fort Macleod

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Historic site

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Cliff used for about 6,000 years by Plains peoples to hunt bison, with an interpretive centre excavated into the rock. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.

Fort Museum of the North West Mounted Police
Museum

Fort Museum of the North West Mounted Police

Recreation of the North-West Mounted Police fort of 1874 in Fort Macleod, with a museum about the police, the Blackfoot peoples, and the pioneers, and a mounted drill in summer.

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