CHAPS Cochrane Historical Museum
Cochrane Historical & Archival Preservation Society
Beautiful Scenery
Visitors to the CHAPS Museum in Cochrane, Alberta are within an hour’s drive of Banff National Park and the mountain playgrounds west of Calgary that offer year round outdoor activities in a beautiful setting.
Located within The Cochrane Ranche
The Dominion Government incorporated a company in 1881 and it was known as the Cochrane Ranche Company. (excerpt from Big Hill Country page 155).
The Museum Building's History
Constructed in 1909 by the Davies family using bricks from the Collin’s Brick Yard. Built to be used as a hospital/nursing home and private residence. Moved to its current site in 2014.
Experience the history of
Canada's West
Through the eyes of its settlers, ranchers and farmers;
the service and supply businesses, the educators and more.
Nagle Family
At the time Calgary was a city of less than 200,000 people, and its western boundary was 14 Street N. W. Calgarians were attracted to the unique location, a landmark log building sitting some 700 feet above the city with an unparalleled view of Rocky mountain sunsets
Charles Pedeprat
To Cochrane “Old Timers”, Charlie was a master axe man, they still talk of the way he could dovetail the corners of a log cabin. For a time he worked for the C.P.R. at Banff building the Mount Assiniboia cabins,
Walter Moodie family
It was during this relatively quiet time that Marion founded the Calgary Natural History Society and frequently displayed her botanical specimens at the Public Library in Central Park
Allister and Dorothy (Dolly) Moore
The old house was in excellent shape structurally, but was in need of renovations to make it the retirement home Dolly and Allister wanted. These renovations became the first of Allister’s many retirement projects.
Mae and Gordon Moir Family pg 614 More Big Hill Country 2009
My first impression of Cochrane was from the cab of a Canadian Pacific Railway engine. My uncle was an engineer was on the run from Calgary to Banff and had a stopover at Cochrane for the brickyard
Don and Shirley Ramsay Family
The boys all rodeo, as did their father Murray. Baillie steer wrestles in the Pro circuit and also ropes. He has gone to the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton twice and to the Calgary Stampede many times. Baillie and Tanner won the Wild Cow Milking at the Calgary Stampede the last year that the trophy was given out.
