Dunvegan, Alberta
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Dunvegan is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada.
It is located in the Municipal district of Fairview, on the banks of the Peace River, at the mouth of the Dunvegan Creek, 26 kilometers (16 mi) south of the town of Fairview. Highway 2 crosses the river gorge at Dunvegan on Alberta's only vehicle suspension bridge.[1]
It was named by Archibald Norman Macleod in 1805 after Dunvegan Castle in Scotland.[2]
[edit] History
The area was inhabited by the Beaver (Dunneza) First Nation, and the first European explorers arrived in the 1700s.[2]
One of Alberta's earliest fur trade posts was Fort Dunvegan, built in 1878 by the Hudson Bay Company. The St. Charles Church was built by oblate missionaries in the same period, and is preserved along with the 1879 built factory house.[3] In 1985, the Knights of Columbus erected a statue of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady Of Peace) on a nearby location overlooking the Peace River valley.
The fort is designated as a historic site by Parks Canada.[4]
Dunvegan Provincial Park was established on the same location in 1992.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. Dunvegan Provincial Park. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ a b Discover the Peace Country. Dunvegan Provincial Park. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. Historic Dunvegan. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ Parks Canada (June 2007). Historic Dunvegan. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
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