True and Fascinating Canadian History
Morley Detachment 1883
Calgary Stampede, AB
Calgary Stampede Grounds
Morley is a First Nations settlement southern Alberta, Canada.
Morley Detachment is a former NWMP log cabin outpost that was moved from Morley, AB to the Calgary Stampede Grounds several years ago.
Each year, Morley Detachment is staffed on a daily basis during the Calgary Stampede by retired RCMP Veterans of the Calgary Division. Visitors from all over the world stop at the Detachment to chat about the early days of the NWMP, to renew friendships, to share very interesting exchanges with the RCMP Vets and to take photos.
Calgary Vets are to be congratulated for participating in the Calgary Stampede, for taking a great interest in the staffing of Morley Detachment each year, for refreshing the history of the North West Mounted Police and for heightening the importance of the NWMP in the early settlement of Canada's west.
Thank You.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Calgary Vet Jim Seymour for the photos which he sent to me and also to Vet Cleve Cooper for the notes which he contributed to this piece.
Reporting from the Fort,
J. J. Healy
July 14, 2015
