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This project is the result of a partnership of the Heritage Community Foundation
with the United Church Historical Society, Alberta and Northwest
Conference and the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation.
The United Church Historical Society serves to document and preserve the
heritage of the United Church of Canada and its antecedents within
Alberta. The Society publishes a historic sites and archives journal
to promote knowledge and interest in this heritage. Along with its
concern for the historic mission sites and related scholarship presented
on this site, the Society was also a partner in the United Church Artifact
Collection Project with the Folklife Program of the Provincial Museum of
Alberta.
Funding support was provided through The Eleanor Luxton Historical
Foundation. The Foundation was established in May 1995 to implement the bequest of Eleanor G. Luxton, the daughter and granddaughter of Banff and Bow Valley pioneers. The objective of the Foundation is to foster public awareness of the history of Banff and its environs during the century that the Luxton and McDougall families were influential in the community, with emphasis on the careers of Norman K. Luxton (1874-1962: Banff newspaperman,
entrepreneur and friend of the Stoney people), Georgina McDougall Luxton (1870-1965: artist, gardener and granddaughter of pioneer Methodist
missionaries) and Eleanor G. Luxton (1908-1995: teacher, engineer, historian and
collector).
The Heritage Community Foundation would also like to
acknowledge and thank the following organizations for their support and
contributions to this project:
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