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31-OCT-2007 ekanary

The Ranche

Fish Creek Park

Currently a high-end restaurant but was actually part of a working ranch until the early '70s. A number of famous people owned it at one time or another, one of the most famous being Pat Burns one of the "Big Four" who were the founders of the Calgary Stampede. The ranch and lands were turned over the the city of Calgary for a municipal park which is one of the largest in N. America covering over 12 miles. The ranch buildings fell into disrepair until a local couple formed the Fish Creek Restoration Society because the buildings were under a real threat of being demolished and were such an important part of Alberta's history. Restoration work is ongoing in the park. Massive flooding which hit the City of Calgary as well as the south end of the province in 2005, washed out most of the bridges in the park though a number were replaced last summer by helicopter. The whole valley was one big lake and the west end still can't be accessed from the east as the walkways (and the ground they stood on) tumbled down.
For interest's sake, the Ranche does serve farm raised bison and elk meats along with your more common fare...:-).

Nikon D80
1/160s f/10.0 at 31.0mm iso250 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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SAL Photography30-Oct-2008 18:19
Beautiful Historic Building
sal
Guest 09-Nov-2007 01:26
Great result, fabulous building.
Rachel Pennington06-Nov-2007 19:41
Wow, what a beautiful place. Very nice photo, Ellie!
Judith Barnett05-Nov-2007 16:16
Just a lovely building!
Isabel Cutler05-Nov-2007 10:31
The quality of this shot shows what a terrific camera the D80 is. Great detail in that building.
Isabel
Pam Haley - FrogHouse Photo05-Nov-2007 06:58
Beautifully done, Ellie!
Guest 05-Nov-2007 02:47
What a beautiful building.
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