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Holy Trinity Parish was a Catholic church established in Bankhead in 1902. After Bankhead was deserted, the upper half of the church was removed and transported by flatcar to Forest Lawn, Calgary, in 1927. You can find the abandoned ruins of the church by following the Lower Bankhead Trail loop to the parking lot and then continue backwards from the parking lot for about half a kilometre. The remaining half of the church is still active in Calgary today.

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