Welcome
to the Virtual Tour of the John Glenn's Trading Post
In
1873, the Bow River valley’s first settlers, John and Adelaide Glenn,
built a modest "trading stop" and "home" where the
Blackfoot Trail crossed Fish Creek. By 1998, the passage of time, the
activity of vandals, and rotting timbers made it clear that some action
would have to be taken to preserve this first European construction in
the Calgary area.
Image
Source: Glenbow Museum Archive, Calgary
Fish
Creek Provincial Park and the Department of Archaeology at the University
of Calgary undertook a joint project aimed at researching the history
and architecture of the building and preserving the remaining structure.
The building was taken apart in1998 by the Department of Archaeology Field
School students which recorded the positions of all the architectural
elements and stored the materials for future reconstruction.
