1958 Road trip Banff to Calgary to Edmonton to Calgary, lots to see!
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- 1958 Road trip Banff to Calgary to Edmonton to Calgary, lots to see!
15 min 31 secs 2k digital scan 16mm
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Yes, those construction pictures were the new divided highway 2 being built in the late 50s.
I can remember traveling with my grandparents between Calgary and Edmonton and seeing those construction crews. (five years old)
It's hard to believe that the old and now 2A highway went through almost every town between Calgary and Edmonton.
My parents lived in Banff in 58 and then moved to Calgary in 61. This is gold!
Hello. I think I have several answers for you that you pose in the video. At 1:23 the view is almost directly aimed at Mt. Cory (shrouded in clouds with a minor peak showing on the right hand side. At 3:53 you have turned south from Wolf Street onto Lynx Street southbound. At 4:05 you see a Tudor Building on the left that was Melissa's Restaurant for many years. When they tore down the Homestead Inn recently they have refurbished the Tudor. On the right hand side where the Shell Station is situated in the video would be the Banff Park Lodge. At 12:50 you are entering Edmonton on 104 Street at 62 Avenue. The first business on the right is Black Sivalls and Bryson Ltd. You will continue north on 104 Street until about 81 Avenue at 13:34. The Davidson Block in Calgary was located at 220 - 7th Avenue S.E. Very cool video to watch.
Well, that’s made me very nostalgic. Born and raised in Calgary but once I hit 15 (1966) Banff essentially became my second home. Worked there weekends, summers, any holiday breaks for some years after. This is just how I remember it. What it has now become is almost painful for me knowing how it used to be.
Thanks for the memories.
Dude Banff is still Awesome, ya it is busy but that is what happens in the world. Take a breath man enbrace the change .
In the beginning, the car is on the Transcanada, on the south side of the river. This part of Highway 1 was completed long before 1962. The old road (originally the Banff-Windermere, then 1A, and now the Bow Valley Parkway) , on the north side of the river, was on hillsides high above the river, with the river on the far below on the right.
I agree that this is the new highway along the south side of the Bow River. The highway looks quite new, though, because of the very black pavement and the bare gravel shoulders.
@@patrickmahaffey6166 it would look new. I remember in the spring of either 1957 or '58, we'd leave Banff heading for bungalow camp at Castle Mountain and we could take the new highway only as far the exit for "the old road" as we called it, originally the Banff-Windermere Road, later 1A and now the Bow Valley Parkway, for the rest of the journey, as the rest of the road wasn't yet ready for westward travel beyond that point.
14:48 - The bunting was for a Royal visits from Princess Margaret in 1958, and kept up for an upcoming visit from Queen Elizabeth in 1959. It's possible that this film was made following Princess Margaret's tour in 1958 - as she visited Calgary and Banff in 1958 pretty much when this film was taken. Note all the Union Jacks in Banff and Calgary (Eaton's adorned with them).
I was in all of those places as a kid in 1958 and I have enjoyed the video, all that history, and commentary. Thank you.
Interesting to see the bug screen in the front of the car filming. The bug screens were popular back then,
The Davidson Block shown near the end was at 220 7 Ave SE in DT Calgary. Great video
11:42 That's eastbound 16th Avenue NW, passing 4a Street and approaching 4th Street. That's the Balmoral clock tower on the left. Rosedale cleaners on the right, at 4th. The shell station on the left is confirmed in a 1958 Herald newspaper search, 506 16th Ave NW, which today is the A&W parking lot. 100% confirmed.
I was born in Calgary in 1954. Our favorite place to go was Banff. I don't remember much about 1958 but this sure has invoked memories for me. Thank you.
Love these old classic cars beautiful 😍
Very cool, loved the car’s you forget just how interesting these years were.
A great trip back.
6:51 Looks like the old Mount Royal Hotel on the right. Burned down in 2018.
Thanks so much for posting this! We’ve been visiting Banff since our childhoods in the 70s, so it’s been wonderful seeing some of the buildings that are still there. The mountains and vistas are timeless of course.
At 3:33 into the reel, you were wondering what street we were seeing. I believe we’re on Bow Avenue, headed south with the Bow River on the right. The car then turns onto Wolf St.
The white building on the corner was the original Bow View Lodge, which was replaced with a newer building in the 60s, and is still a hotel under the same name.
The building on the left at 4:12 is 218 Lynx St, Banff. It's called Melissa's Missteak today.
Mel's is gone. Closed for renovations and probably won't be back. Homestead hotel next to it has being completely torn down and rebuilt.
This is really cool! I came to Calgary and lived here since 2005. This is my second hometown. I really enjoy watching and reading the nostagia stories of the city, it also helps me recall my born hometown Tianjin, China in the 1970s.
This was great for a person who lives in Calgary & was born & raised here .
Turnbull Motors, a Chrysler dealership in Edmonton, was located on the east side of 104 st at 78 ave
Notice the summer bug screen affixed to the front of the Continental, a common accessory in those days
It's a delight to see the interest in this vintage film, if you enjoyed this film, you may be interested in some of the other vintage films - Driving through Vernon; Driving through Kamloops to Chilliwack; Driving through Calgary, Frank, Blairmore and many more. Enjoy!
My first visit to Banff was in 1959 with my sister and parents. We stayed on Tunnel Mt and I remember riding horses from a stable behind the King Edward Hotel. We went up to the Springs and back. Must have made an impression on me because I moved to Banff in 1970 and it was home till I left in 1985. Probably the best times of my life and I still have lots of friends from there and still there. Living in Dublin now but have plans to visit there as soon as the Covid19 crisis relaxes. Thanks for the memories!
Terrific, I was only 4 years old in 1958. To be driving a big Lincoln and shooting 16mm I would say you were very well off. From what I saw the film was likely shot during Stampede week? Did not expect to see Hwy 2 twinned at whatever location. I do remember the drive from Edmonton (Where I grew up)) to Calgary in the early sixties was long an boring on mainly two-lane highway. Thanks for posting the film!
My grandparents lived in Banff for quite sometime up until 1965. Funny how one scourers the street scenes in case a glimpse of them can be seen! (too fuzzy however) I do remember when Banff looked exactly like that!
Great shot of the old Canadian flag
Really cool to see
I was in Banff recently and it looked so so so different than when I was last there in the 1980's, still a wonderful and pretty place to be.
That opening stretch looks like the #1, between the highway 93 turnoff and where Sunshine is today. Just pulled the dashcam footage from our drive back on Saturday and those peaks seem to match up pretty nicely. Very neat to see some of that old footage of Banff and Calgary, being a native Calgarian.
4:37 the last white building on the lift is the legion, centre screen is Sulpher Mountain and crossing the Bow River looking at the Government administration building at 4:58.
omg, its strange to see this video, the trees, the cloud, people happy, and then you think where was I in this grand scheme of things if I wasn't even born yet.
Davidson Block was at 220 - 7 Ave SE, so that makes it an east/west street, not a north/south. This is the north side of the Olympic Plaza now.
At 12:46, you are driving in Edmonton, northbound on 99 street, from 51 avenue, coming to the lights at 63 avenue. At 12:51 you can see a sign on the left for the 99 Street Service Station. At 13:00, you are travelling westbound on Whyte (82nd) Avenue, from about 102 Street. Turnbull Motors (seen on the right at 13:32) is at the corner of 105 street and Whyte Avenue in Edmonton. At 13:35, you just catch a glimpse of the St. Stephen's convent.
Okay, now that is a good analysis, thank you Sean! Well done!
Amazing reel! I would've loved to see this Calgary in person. Thanks for sharing this beauty.
Excellent nostalgia break. I lived in Calgary briefly at this time, but could not afford to go to Banff very often. In fact, I cannot remember my first visit. However, in more recent years, I am all over this area coming out with a hiking club - summer and winter. And not just the town, but all the wonderful hiking trails all around here.
What a treat! Thanks!
WOW! Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing.
I’m pretty surprised that Banff ave is not really really different than now. Still see some of those old buildings.
Thanks for the film.
Opening drive is correctly identified as being west of banff and heading towards banff, you can tell by the bow river being on the left, hard to believe that highway wasn't twinned until the last 10 years. 3:45 is Riverside drive turning onto Wolf street. That white house on the corner has since been replaced with the Bowview Lodge, hospital would be on the left now. 3:54 is heading south on Lynx st. Shell station on the right was replaced by the Banff Park Lodge (the shell station moved). Homestead Inn/Melissas on the left (across from the shell) is mostly still there.
Many thanks, eventually we'll have the entire trip mapped and detailed correctly. Cheers!
Came to say the same things!
11:51 I think that's hwy 1 looking towards the Cochrane/Bearspaw area. Maybe around the Valley Ridge area as you enter Calgary from the West end of the city.
Note the red ensign flying. The now familiar maple leaf was years away from being adopted as Canada's national flag.
The original Melissa's Missteak on the left.
Wow. Thank you for sharing this. Interesting especially at an age long before the rise of Japanese automakers as seen in many contemporary vehicles owned by many Calgarians today. Not to discredit the likes of Ford, GM, and Chrysler as they still have make up a good fraction of vehicles in Calgary. Also interesting to as well to see how Banff Avenue had so many angle parking stalls back then, which you still see in other small towns like Nanton and Claresholm.
63 years later and I still can’t find a parking spot in Banff.
LOL. I had some trouble parking my bicycle. In 2018 I rode my 120 lb bicycle thru these places to Oregon and back, 3,900 miles in 98 days.
I'm expecting to see my dad's 1952 Chev and trailer in on of these videos. But we went later in July/ Aug, from Edmonton. In 1959 we went to the farm near Virden MB and Yellowstone.
The beginning looks more like the 1A Hwy
What would end up being 1a
No, it is the new highway, because the Bow River is on the left and it is close to the river level.
So different seeing it in color
Very interesting . thankyou
At 7:30 they're driving on Bow Ave - you can see the Norquay viewpoint from the road (even today).
That was very interesting. I was born in 1958 so that is about when I was a little baby. You know, in photoshop you can mask off dark areas and selectively brighten them (leaving the sky alone) I don't know if the technology exists yet but I bet there is more life left in this film once that can be done. I couldn't see a lot in the first bit because it was so dark.
Davidson Block 220 7 Ave S.E.
Anyone else notice that they edited out Canmore and jumped to an image of west end of Rundle mountain before they started heading towards Lac Des Arcs??
I'm afraid it was wasn't edited out, it was never shot. I included all the footage. :-)
My Dad owns Canadian Motorsports in Edmonton, similar to your channel name. He was also born in 1959.
1:42 Castle Mountain look out on the left. This guy needed to clean the gate in his camera!
At 9:11 that view is of the Fairholme Range...might be taken from the location now known as the elk trap perhaps
Thank you for sharing. There is no Kensington Drive in Calgary, only Kensington Road (I used to live on it). The clip of that street is pretty short but it is definitely not near 20th street. If it was longer and clearer I could identify the location for you.
Yes I realized that after editing, Kensington Road, my mistake. at 11:47 there are two gas stations across the street from each other, a Shell on the north side and an unidentified one on the south possibly a Texaco judging be the colours I see. This could be the old 24th Street intersection (pre-Crowchild Trail). 24th Street was only two lanes each way not the three today. the gas stations were expropriated to make way for widening. There's no other intersection along Kensington Road that had two gas stations across from each other in this configuration. It also makes sense as the driver may have just turned off Parkdale Blvd. Just a brief analysis. Thoughts?
It's possible that it's 24th Street, although by the early 70s the NE corner was occupied by the building that still stands there today, and the NW corner was a small strip-mall building that had among other things a Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch, so I'm not sure if there was really room at either of those corners for a gas station. Curious indeed.
I figured out the exact spot and posted it in another comment. 16th ave NW, eastbound at 4a street, going towards 4th street.
@@Blendeture That makes sense. The 2 storey building on the right may have been part of the old Rosedale Cleaners buildings and the short building on the left may be the one that is still there today.
this is basically a time capsule
4:25 the Masonic Hall on the left.
At 6:30 you can see people stumbling out of high rollers and into McDonalds...😂
Was that highway 2 north or south of airdrie ?
1958 I wasn't even thought of yet .. still I see some familiar stuff
Isn't that 3 Sisters centre screen at 2:18
The rooms in that hotel were probably about 25.00 a night then ha compared to now what a deal.
You said the photographer's car was a 1950 Lincoln Continental. It's actually a 1958 based on the hood design, and with a bug deflector attached at the front. Growing up in Edmonton (I was 11 in 1958), I made a few car trips much like that with my parents in those years.
I did call it a 1958, however it does sound a little like I said "1950". Glad you enjoyed it.
Who needs a License when u got a cowboy hat .
Park Hotel=Red Deer
When Canada was a great country,
It's still very much a great country.
But where does one randomly find a tape labelled Canada lol
Ya, especially in California
Judging by vehicles, the date on the video should be 1959, lots of MY1959 chariots around.
4:07 is this location: www.google.com/maps/@51.1774014,-115.5737103,3a,79y,141.66h,85.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4iM-JpYzST-MPZxwppH8Wg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
6:18 RCMP
I can appreciate the background noise of the projector. It has a soothing, nostalgic feel that enhances the age of the film. The narrative is jolting.
Dont see blue skies like that now , with all the chemtrailing going on.
No picture just audio
That didn’t look like south Edmonton
You spelled real wrong lol
It's correct, as in a reel of movie film.
@@craigtalbot6930 oh
@@craigtalbot6930 Our education system at its best . . . .