Uncover Alberta's Hidden History!
Anonymous User
Created 7/15/2024
Think you know everything about Alberta?
1. What significant event took place in Alberta in 1670?
Discovery of petroleum
Founding of Fort Chipewyan
Northwest Rebellion
Part of Hudson's Bay Company
2. Who was the first white man to enter the Alberta area and sight the Rocky Mountains?
Peter Pond
Henry Kelsey
Anthony Henday
Alexander Mackenzie
3. Which event marked the beginning of Alberta’s significant petroleum industry?
Northwest Rebellion
First cattle roundup
University of Alberta founded
Oil discovery in Leduc
4. In what year was the Province of Alberta formed?
5. Which cultural historical site in Alberta depicts early settlement in east central Alberta from 1892-1930?
Rutherford House
Victoria Settlement
Stephansson House
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
6. What catastrophic event occurred in 1919 in Alberta?
Northwest Rebellion
First cattle roundup
Oil discovery at Leduc
The Great Fire
7. Which explorer was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean overland from Alberta?
Henry Kelsey
Anthony Henday
Alexander Mackenzie
Peter Pond
8. In which year was Fort Chipewyan founded?
9. Who was Alberta's first premier?
Anthony Henday
Stephan G. Stephansson
Alexander Cameron Rutherford
Peter Pond
10. Which treaty marked the acquisition of territorial rights from the Indigenous peoples between 1876-1877?
Treaty 5
Treaty 8
Treaty 6
Treaty 7
11. What major agricultural development occurred in Alberta in 1904?
Development of Marquis wheat
Turner Valley oil production
Formation of the Alberta Wheat Pool
Completion of the CPR mainline
12. Where did Henry Kelsey of the Hudson's Bay Company sight in 1691?
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Lake Athabasca
Eastern limits of Alberta