In a 9:00pm match-up of Western Conference rivals, the 8-3-1 Winnipeg Jets take on the 5-6-2 Calgary Flames. Both teams are going in opposite directions, the Flames are winless in their last seven games, including a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins, while the Jets have won three straight, after a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars.
While we all know that Calgary is the host of the world famous Stampede and the Flames play in the unique looking Saddledome, here are some facts that you may not know about Cowtown...
Calgary was named after Calgary on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom. In turn, the name originates from a compound of kald and gart, similar Old Norse words, meaning “cold” and “garden”, likely used when named by the Vikings who inhabited the Inner Hebrides.
In 1875, the site became a post of the North-West Mounted Police (now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). The NWMP detachment was assigned to protect the western plains from US whisky traders, and to protect the fur trade. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after NWMP officer Éphrem-A. Brisebois, it was renamed Fort Calgary in 1876 by Colonel James Macleod...
Calgary has the greatest number of millionaires per capita of any city in Canada. There's oil in them thar foothills, eat your heart out J.R. Ewing...
June tends to be the rainiest month, and January tends to be the coldest. Calgary weather follows no rules though and many locals will say, “if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes”. Sound familiar... Not only that, Calgary can have a snowstorm in every month of the year. Tragic...
Another major weather phenomenon in Calgary is the Chinooks. The Chinook winds can raise the temperature by as much as 20 degrees in a matter of hours. These are quite popular in the winter as they provided some relief from the chilly weather. However, the pressure also changes and some people get migraines...
The Bow River is one of the top three trout streams in the world. Anglers come from all over the world in the hopes of landing brown trout longer than two feet. The Lower Bow River running through Calgary is reportedly host to 2,500 fish per mile and the average size of fish caught is 17-22 inches...
The Caesar was invented in Calgary. Restaurateur Walter Chell invented the cocktail in 1969 to celebrate the opening of his new Italian restaurant. The drink exploded in popularity and is now enjoyed around 350 million times each year across Canada. Cheers...
The Olympic Oval is considered to have the “fastest ice in the world.” Because of Calgary’s altitude, there is less oxygen in the ice, making it denser, and thus faster to skate on...
It is possible to go surfing in Calgary, on the Bow River below the Louise (10th Street NW) bridge. Hang Ten dudes...
In September, 1991, a hailstorm caused $400 million in damage in Calgary. Another, in 2020, caused $1.2 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in Canadian history...
In 2013, flooding of the Bow and Elbow rivers forced 75,000 Calgary residents to evacuate. The flood also heavily damaged Harvie Passage, Inglewood Sanctuary, and the Scotiabank Saddledome...
Let's hope the Jets can “weather” the storm and put out these Flames tonight...
Go Jets Go!
Thanks to: 51 Cool and Interesting Calgary Facts, 80 Fun & Interesting Facts about Calgary, Canada (2022 DATA!) - Fun World Facts and Interesting facts about Calgary | Just Fun Facts
While we all know that Calgary is the host of the world famous Stampede and the Flames play in the unique looking Saddledome, here are some facts that you may not know about Cowtown...
Calgary was named after Calgary on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom. In turn, the name originates from a compound of kald and gart, similar Old Norse words, meaning “cold” and “garden”, likely used when named by the Vikings who inhabited the Inner Hebrides.
In 1875, the site became a post of the North-West Mounted Police (now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). The NWMP detachment was assigned to protect the western plains from US whisky traders, and to protect the fur trade. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after NWMP officer Éphrem-A. Brisebois, it was renamed Fort Calgary in 1876 by Colonel James Macleod...
Calgary has the greatest number of millionaires per capita of any city in Canada. There's oil in them thar foothills, eat your heart out J.R. Ewing...
June tends to be the rainiest month, and January tends to be the coldest. Calgary weather follows no rules though and many locals will say, “if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes”. Sound familiar... Not only that, Calgary can have a snowstorm in every month of the year. Tragic...
Another major weather phenomenon in Calgary is the Chinooks. The Chinook winds can raise the temperature by as much as 20 degrees in a matter of hours. These are quite popular in the winter as they provided some relief from the chilly weather. However, the pressure also changes and some people get migraines...
The Bow River is one of the top three trout streams in the world. Anglers come from all over the world in the hopes of landing brown trout longer than two feet. The Lower Bow River running through Calgary is reportedly host to 2,500 fish per mile and the average size of fish caught is 17-22 inches...
The Caesar was invented in Calgary. Restaurateur Walter Chell invented the cocktail in 1969 to celebrate the opening of his new Italian restaurant. The drink exploded in popularity and is now enjoyed around 350 million times each year across Canada. Cheers...
The Olympic Oval is considered to have the “fastest ice in the world.” Because of Calgary’s altitude, there is less oxygen in the ice, making it denser, and thus faster to skate on...
It is possible to go surfing in Calgary, on the Bow River below the Louise (10th Street NW) bridge. Hang Ten dudes...
In September, 1991, a hailstorm caused $400 million in damage in Calgary. Another, in 2020, caused $1.2 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in Canadian history...
In 2013, flooding of the Bow and Elbow rivers forced 75,000 Calgary residents to evacuate. The flood also heavily damaged Harvie Passage, Inglewood Sanctuary, and the Scotiabank Saddledome...
Let's hope the Jets can “weather” the storm and put out these Flames tonight...
Go Jets Go!
Thanks to: 51 Cool and Interesting Calgary Facts, 80 Fun & Interesting Facts about Calgary, Canada (2022 DATA!) - Fun World Facts and Interesting facts about Calgary | Just Fun Facts
Lets just keep playing exactly like we have been and skate circles around these turkeys .
