Mission
Nestled between the crooks of the Elbow River and Earl Grey Park, the old village of Rouleauville is the perfect one-stop shop for the quaint-of-
heart. Named for the Roman Catholic mission that set up shop here in our city’s infancy, Calgary’s French quarter is an understated inner-city
oasis, cultivating an air of quiet sophistication that compels connoisseurs of the cozy to gather here. You’ll want to do a little more than window
shop once you catch a glimpse of the cute and quirky goods sold on 4th Street—pretty stationery, kitchenware, jewelry and more. Two of Calgary’s
most esteemed galleries, Loch and Masters, coexist here in competition to showcase the finest high-end Canadian and European art for collectors
with refined taste. Yann Haute Patisserie, La Boulangerie, La Chaumiere and Fleur de Sel round out the area’s extensive dining scene of distinct
Francophone influence, and there’s no truer taste of Canada’s Parisian past than a sample of maple taffy—syrup rolled in clean white snow,
freezing it into a sticky sweet. Try some at the Calgary Maple Festival des Sucres in March, or celebrate the city’s first bloom at the start of June with
the 4th Street Lilac Festival.
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