The city has won fame for the yearly Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, which features a chuck wagon race, livestock shows, rodeo events, and carnival rides and games. Their commander, Colonel James F. Macleod, named the fort after his ancestors' home, Calgary, in Scotland. The Gaelic word calgary means bay farm. View Table Facts in brief about Calgary City seal of Calgary The city. Calgary lies at the junction of the Bow and Elbow rivers, which run through the heart of the city.
Streets run north and south, and avenues run east and west.
Many streets and avenues in the city have numbers instead of names. The intersection of Centre Street and the Bow River is the starting point of the numbering system. Centre Street divides the east and west numbers, and the Bow divides the north and south numbers. The Bow River curves around the city and forms the northern border of downtown Calgary. City Hall stands at the corner of 7 Avenue S.E. and Macleod Trail.