Montreal Statue of CPR icon heads to Calgary

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Montreal Statue of CPR icon heads to Calgary

Postby newsposter » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:52 pm

Plans to relocate a statue of George Stephen to Calgary from Montreal has outraged Montreal heritage groups. Stephen Avenue Walk is named after the lord.

Statue's move to Calgary draws flak, Calgary Herald, August 16, 2007

Full story: http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/new ... a161bf7694
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Postby newsposter » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:38 pm

A long time for an update on this story - the statue of CPR founding president Lord Mount Stephen (as in "Stephen Avenue") is in Calgary, in the CPR pavilion behind the Palliser Hotel. Wouldn't it be nice if the CPR put it out on Stephen Avenue where the public could see it?

From the Globe and Mail, Nov. 18, 2009
Monteal's missing heritage found in Calgary
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le1367583/

Here is a column by the Herald's Naomi Lakritz, Nov. 22, 2009
Bite me, Montreal! Stephen belongs here.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Colla ... story.html
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