Fort Macleod

Fort Macleod sits beside the Oldman River in southern Alberta, where open prairie rises toward the Rocky Mountain foothills. Established in 1874 as a North-West Mounted Police post, it became an important early administrative centre for the Canadian West and takes its name from officer James Macleod. Its broad historic Main Street retains brick commercial buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while the Empress Theatre continues the town’s performing-arts tradition. The Fort Museum of the North West Mounted Police and First Nations Interpretive Centre examines the area’s policing and Indigenous histories. Nearby, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a UNESCO World Heritage Site associated with Plains buffalo hunting. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Fort Macleod and southern Alberta.

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