Place:Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada

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NameFort Macleod
Alt namesMacleodsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCommunity
Coordinates49.733°N 113.4°W
Located inAlberta, Canada
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Fort Macleod is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It was originally named Macleod to distinguish it from the North-West Mounted Police barracks (Fort Macleod, built 1874) it had grown around. The fort was named in honour of the then Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, Colonel James Macleod. Founded as the Municipality of the Town of Macleod in 1892, the name was officially changed to the already commonly used Fort Macleod in 1952.

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