On October 21, 1911, representatives from the Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba rugby football unions met at the King’s Hotel in Regina to form the Western Canada Rugby Football Union. The new league was considered to be the largest in the world in terms of geography, one that would eventually feature clubs from the entire territory “north of the 49th parallel from Lake Superior to the Pacific Coast” (Calgary Herald, 25 October 1911).
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/09/calgary-tigers-first-winners-of-the-hugo-ross-trophy/