George Clift King

George Clift King was the second mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta.

King was born in Chelmsford, England in 1848. At the age of 26, he left England for Canada, arriving in Toronto, Ontario in 1874. He joined the NorthWest Mounted Police and was part of the first contingent sent west to establish Fort Calgary in 1875. Constable King is often called Calgarys First Citizen, since he was the first NWMP officer to cross the Bow River and set foot on the future site of Calgary. This title is also sometimes given to Sam Livingston, another Calgary pioneer who arrived in the Calgary area in 1874 however, Calgarys first European settler was John Glenn who settled at Fish Creek in 1873.

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