This Site Is Significant Because:
- Association With Reverend George Mcdougall. Reverend George Mcdougall Was One Of The Pre-Eminent Early Missionaries In Alberta And A Key Figure In The Development Of Early Civil Life In The Province (Person Value: City-Wide Significance).
- Between 1851 And 1860, Rev. Mcdougall Served The Native Peoples Of Central Canada Before Being Appointed To The Rossville Mission At Norway House And Assuming The Responsibilities Of Superintendent Of Methodist Missions In Western Canada. He Was A Strong Advocate For Native Peoples In Their Struggles To Adapt To The Rapidly Changing Circumstances Of The 1860S And 1870S (Person Value: City-Wide Significance).
- As Missionary, Advocate, And Pioneer, Mcdougall Had A Profound Impact Upon Euro-Canadian And Native Relations In Western Canada And On The Development Of Early Settlement In Present-Day Alberta (Person Value: City-Wide Significance).
- The Site Is Also Significant Because Of The Association With The Event Of Reverend Mcdougall's Death. Rev. Mcdougall Died In January 1876 After Becoming Lost During A Buffalo Hunt (Event: City-Wide Significance).
- It Is Believed Rev. Mcdougall Died Of A Heart Attack At The Site Now Marked By The Commemorative Cairn; His Body Was Taken To Morleyville And Buried (Event: City-Wide Significance).
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