The Chinook Country Historical Society is a chapter of the Historical Society of Alberta and therefore supports the vision and mission of the provincial society, preserving the past for the future. The Chinook Country Historical Society fulfils this function in terms of its commitment to ensure that "all people know, understand, appreciate, and enjoy Alberta's rich and diverse historical past." More specifically, our chapter focuses not only on the city of Calgary, but on the entire region extending from the Saskatchewan border to British Columbia and from Nanton to midway between Calgary and Red Deer. The first Historical Society of Calgary was founded in 1923, but had vanished by 1927. The current Chinook chapter was established in 1958 when the Historical Society of Alberta was reorganized and incorporated on May 7, 1993 as an independent society.

Each year from September to April, the Chinook Country Historical Society presents a series of historical lectures on a wide range of topics. These talks are routinely held at Fort Calgary on the 4th Tuesday of September, October, November, January, February, March, April and May, with the December meeting being combined with our annual Christmas Dinner. This Christmas event compliments our springtime Annual General Meeting, held on the 4th Tuesday in March. During the summer, members offer the public a variety of historical tours within the city of Calgary, a number of events known as Historic Calgary Week. Past events organized include talks on local history to schools and community groups, heritage walking tours, bus excursions for members and guests, cemetery walking tours given by members for the general public, and tours of heritage buildings under renovations for members only. All events will be posted on our Events page and at www.chinookcountry.org You can also click here Jan-Feb 2008 and here March-May 2008 to download the 2007-2008 program schedule in pdf format. To make Calgarians aware of the Society's functions, a quarterly newsletter is published and widely circulated. In addition, the Society offers the Elise Corbet Scholarship each year to an outstanding history student at the University of Calgary. For more information on the Chinook Country chapter and our events, please visit www.chinookcountry.org

Our mailing address is:
#311, 223 12 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2R 0G9

You can leave a message at:
Telephone: (403) 261-4667
Fax: (403) 269-6029

2007 Board Members and Other Key Contacts

Carrol Jaques
President
cjaques@telusplanet.net

Irene DeBoni
Secretary
iwdeboni@shaw.ca

Janet McMaster
Treasurer
jmcmast@shaw.ca

Diana Ringstrom
Past President
dianarin@telus.net

Tom Hamp
1st Vice President/Programming
TomHamp@PrairieLight.org

Henry Murzyn
2nd Vice President/Special Projects
Hmurzyn@telus.net

Gary Ellis
Historic Calgary Week Liasion
garye@ciacanada.com

Sheila Grogan
Communications Committee
ksgrogan@telus.net

George Milne
"Old Y" Rep
253-5469

Kristi Johnson
Research
Kristi.Johnson@paramountenergy.com

Haifa Selo
Membership
hselo@shaw.ca

Laurel Halladay
Webpage/Publicity and Promotions
lmhallad@hotmail.com

Shona Gourlay
Social Planner
shonag@glenbow.org

Brad Pierce
Legal Advisor
232-9605

Ruth Kerr
Newsletter Editor
rakerr@telus.net