High River is a town within the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada.

It is approximately 68 kilometres (42 mi) south of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23.

[9] The area was originally inhabited largely by the Blackfoot First Nation, who called the site Ispitzee (or the "place of high trees along running water").

[12] Development of the town was supported by the completion of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway in 1892.

[1] Future Senator and area rancher Daniel Edward Riley would serve as the Town of High River's first mayor.

Summer days are mild to warm with cool nights, while winters are cold and snowy with annual snowfall averaging 69 inches (175 cm).