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Replica cannon gifted to Fort Whoop-Up

People heading to visit Fort Whoop-Up this summer will get a special experience.

A group of community members have gifted a cannon to the Fort.
A couple of local historians (George Kush & Bill Peta) from the Fort Whoop-Up Powder Society as well as Galt Museum Curator, Aimee Benoit were instrumental in making this happen.

Benoit says they also worked with D & D Machine Works to create a near exact replica of a cannon used at Fort Whoop-Up way back in the 1870’s. “The original Fort Whoop-Up had two cannons, one of which was mounted on a carriage and was fired to signal the arrival of trade goods from Fort Benton. This will help us interpret an important part the Fort’s history and bring back an exciting experience for visitors.”

Benoit notes D & D Machine Works Ltd. in Lethbridge donated their time, skills, expertise, labour and materials to design and craft a brand new replica of the cannon that was originally stationed at Fort Whoop-Up in the 1800’s.

The replica cannon will be fired off for the first time on July 18th.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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