The chemical element Calcium (Ca), atomic number 20, is the fifth element and the third most abundant metal in the earthâs crust. The metal is trimorphic, harder than sodium, but softer than aluminium.
By Ryan Ware On October 15, 2015 Â· Add Comment Â· In Archeology & Collections, News. Fort Vancouver entered the National Park Service in 1948 as Fort Vancouver National Monument. The fort acted to preserve the original Hudsonâs Bay stockade of Fort Vancouver.hroughout the years the park was expanded. In 1961, the boundaries were enlarged and the park was renamed Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. In 2011 the army discontinued its operations at the East and South Vancouver Barracks, and in 2012 that area was transferred to the National Park Service as well.
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lower Fort Garry (RM of St. Andrews) One of the finest collections of early stone buildings in western Canada, Lower Fort Garry was built for Governor George Simpson of the Hudsonâs Bay Company (HBC) between 1831 and 1848. Schooners linked Norway House to the Fort which was a focus for industry and transport in the lower Red River Settlement. Its farm helped supply food for boat brigades and oxen for Red River cars. After 1870 the Fort was used as a federal prison and the first training base for the North West Mounted Police. It housed the Motor Country Club from 1913 to 1962 and was given to Canada by the HBC in 1951.