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.
Broatch Family
Graeme was Mayor of Cochrane for thirteen years, a member of the Lions Club and the Cochrane and District Agricultural Society.
Heritage properties in Cochrane
CHAPS’s AGM is this Sunday, March 9th, at 2:00 PM in the basement Meeting Room at FCSS (209 2nd Ave West). The Agenda includes the installation and restoration of Historic Plaques and tours of historic Cochrane.
Jim and Isabel McPherson
The first year of his life was spent on his Grandfather McPherson’s family farm in Springbank and then in Turner Valley until April 1938 when his parents purchased the dairy farm in Cochrane from Arthur Turner and the family moved to Cochrane.
General Stores, Butcher Shops and Bakeries
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Locker Plants existed due to the fact that there was no electricity in the rural areas and no home freezers made. Individuals could rent a locker and store their frozen foods in it. They would have a key to access the locker inside the larger freezer area. Cochrane’s Locker Plant was built in 1947 by Patterson and Cummings.
Scouting continues its long history in Cochrane
The First Cochrane Scout Troop had two Scouts with the highest ranking in Scouting, Queen Scouts. One was Michael Simpson and the other was Malcolm Broatch.
Guiding in Cochrane
The list of Badges was extensive and remarkable. The Cook’s badge of 1915 demanded, among other requirements, that the applicant be able to pluck a bird and truss it or skin and clean a rabbit, besides the ability to mix dough and bake bread.
