"Put your faith in God and Confidence in yourself." - Alberta Hunter
History of Alberta
- 1670 Hudson's Bay Company claimed the land. - First people to settle in this area was about 8000 years ago. - Anthony Henday European Explorer and Fur trader) came to Alberta in 1754. - In 1874 The North West Mounted Police established their first post in Alberta at Fort Maclead. - Alberta grew when the railroad was built in 1883. - ALberta became a province on September 1, 1905.
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History of the people
- Paleo indians arrived in Alberta at least 10,000 years ago.(At the end of the ice age.) - They migrated from Siberia. - Plains Indian tribes such as those of the BlackFoot Confederacy and the Plain cree lived in Southern Alberta. - Woodland cree and Chipewyan lived in Northern Alberta.
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- They used bark canoes to travel up and down the streams. - Fur traders built trading posts on the Athabasca River and North Saskatchewan River. - The First Nations traded furs and received guns, blankets and metal goods. - Early settlers were ranchers from England and United States. - Immigrants came from Ukraines, Romania, and many parts of Europe to farm.