Indus, Alberta

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Indus is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta, in the Municipal District of Rocky View.

Indus is located approximately 5 miles east of the City of Calgary's eastern limits. Indus is 37 kilometers or 23 miles southeast of the City of Calgary's city center, just north of Highway 22X. Indus is home to a well organized and busy recreation complex that serves Rocky View and the southeast communities in the Calgary region.

The name 'Indus' was suggested in 1914 to the Canadian Pacific Railway by Dr. J.M. Fulton, was the shortened version of “industry”. When the rail line reached this area, Dr. Fulton envisioned industrial growth for the region.

Indus is also a Sanskrit word for “constellation of the stars”. There appears to be no direct connection to the Sanskrit word.

[edit] References

Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.

Read, Tracey (1983). Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View, Calgary, Alberta.

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