Macleod Trail is a major road in Calgary, Alberta. It is a six- to eight-lane principal arterial road extending from downtown Calgary to the south of the city, where it merges into Highway 2. South of
Lieutenant-Colonel James Farquharson Macleod, born in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland, was a militia officer, lawyer, North-West Mounted Police officer, magistrate, judge, and politician in Alberta. H
Macleod Trail
…is an expressway and is slated to be upgraded to a freeway in the future. It is named for its destination to the south, Fort Macleod, itself named for James Macleod, of the North-West Mounted Police. Macleod Trail effectively divides the southwest and the southeast quadrants of the city, and many communities (inner…