Seniors Learn Answers to Riddles About Road and Avenue Names
Wouldn’t you expect avenues to be parallel? Yet, some of them in Calgary intersect. Tomkins Square is actually a triangle and why is there no college on College Lane? Was Maggie of Maggie Street the same person as Margaret of Margaret Street, four blocks away?
Doug Coats, a well-known local historian and guest speaker at our April get-together solved these mysteries and several other mysteries for us. He took us on an exploration tour of Calgary’s quirky road system with his presentation, “When Avenues Collide: Road Riddles and Map Mysteries.” Needless to say, Doug kept us all enthralled with his collection of odd names and eye-opening explanations about the evolution of our road systems.
Every month, Seniors in the Loop meet at the association hall to listen to various topics of interest such as the one above. If you are a member already, thank you and we look forward to seeing you at our next get-togethers. If you are not yet a member, do sign up and join in the learning and social interaction. See you soon!
Heather Bhatty
Director, Seniors in the Loop
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