Death and Legacy
Sir James Lougheed died of pneumonia, aged 71, in the Ottawa Civic Hospital, and was buried in Calgary on 8 November 1925.
The village of Lougheed, Alberta, Mount Lougheed in the Rocky Mountains, and Lougheed Island in Nunavut are named after him.
The mansion that was built for him in 1891 as a senator has been restored and is now a Heritage Centre in the Beltline district of Calgary.
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