Inside the Wooden Fort at Fort Macleod

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We spent an afternoon at the Fort Museum in Fort Macleod, Alberta — the reconstructed NWMP compound with the watchtowers, boardwalks, chapel, blacksmith shop, and the goats that hang around the entrance.

The full walkthrough is here: https://youtu.be/hmdIEmojHj8

Fort Macleod started in 1874 when the North-West Mounted Police built their first permanent post in the far west. The original fort sat on an island in the Oldman River. Floods pushed them onto higher ground a few years later, and the town grew up around the barracks. What you walk through now is a living-history version of that early outpost: wooden towers, palisade, period rooms, and a lot of original artifacts.

In the video we climb the towers for a look across the grounds, then go inside the buildings. It is a short, straightforward tour — no filler, just the site as it sits today.

The drive from Calgary is about two hours south on Highway 2. Worth pairing with a walk down the historic Main Street while you are there.

If you like these southern Alberta stops, the long videos go up on Wednesdays and the short clips on Sundays.

Kass
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Location: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada