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MACKENZIE FRONTIER COMMUNITY & BUSINESS DIRECTORY 2019/2020 THE MACKENZIE FRONTIER. MY FREEDOM. MY FRONTIER.
Welcome to the Mackenzie Frontier in Northern Alberta!
The Mackenzie Frontier beckons Step into homes they built from to all who love open skies, hand-cleaved lumber, and savour unspoiled wetlands, and room to original frontier recipes. breathe. It is a flourishing region of watchable wildlife and perfectly Fishing and hunting the abundant preserved history. Dotted with landscape is very much a part of pristine waterbodies teeming the northern culture. Experience world-class trophy hunting under with fish and abundant bird life, ContentsDID YOU KNOW? 2 p 3 your Mackenzie Frontier is home vast boreal forests or drop your The Frontier at a glance to vibrant cultures and warm lure in a remote northern lake at a hospitality. fly-in fishing camp. RECREATION 4 Golf courses, x-country skiing, Paddle the mighty Peace River for In the summer, watch a snowmobile trails, and more! days and sleep under the blanket professional rodeo during the of clear night skies festooned with day and then golf until midnight FORT VERMILION 6 stars and electrified by the aurora at one of the Mackenzie Frontier’s Map and community directory Circle Tour many golf courses. In the winter, borealis. Or, spend your nights in HIGH LEVEL 8 a comfortable hotel or B&B go snowmobiling along 600 Map and community directory and your days walking in kilometers of groomed trails or the footsteps of the cross-country skiing through the CIRCLE TOUR 12 toughest pioneers. quiet solitude of majestic forests. Explore what The Frontier has to offer!
It’s your freedom. REGIONAL MAP fold out! p 17 Find it on your Mackenzie Frontier. Community services and more LA CRETE 14 Map and community directory RAINBOW LAKE 18 Map and community directory
Mackenzie Frontier ZAMA CITY 20 p 22 Map and community directory
CAMPGROUNDS & PICNIC AREAS 22 Camp, explore, make memories! CONTACTS 24
Did you know Mackenzie County is the largest county in Alberta? EXPLORE The first sawmill opened THE FRONTIER AT A GLANCE 1964 near High Level. Agriculture Forestry of the district is forested an expanding industry in 1/4 with mature timber. the frontier log hauling starts as soon 24/7 as the ground is frozen and 595,000 acres cropped doesn’t stop until spring. Did you annually 20,000 acres used for pasture of residents are involved 50% with the industry in some farms in operation 610 way. Those in agriculture growing wheat, often run equipment canola, peas, flax, Know? through the winter log haul, forage, hay, barley, La Crete Sawmills giving year round income. oats, and more Alexander Mackenzie Hours of daylight in History & the Fur Traders 18+ the summer make up Richardson Pioneer in High Level for a short growing Attempting to has the most northern grain season. 1789reach the Pacific, Alexander elevator in Canada. C agricultural retailers r Mackenzie instead reached the e 5 d it Arctic Ocean. In doing so, he : A agriculture equipment nd 2 rew paddled past Boyer’s Post. dealers O’Rourke
nd seed cleaning plant Mackenzie’s 2 1 1792attempt to reach the Pacific was and grain loading The Mackenzie Frontier is part of a successful. He became the first facility larger region known as The Peace person to cross North America, Country. This region derived its 12 years before the Lewis & name from the indiginous word The Clark expedition. “Unchaga”, meaning peace. The Beaver Tribe called the Peace The Hudson Bay Co. Oil & Gas Peace Country home for 1830established a permanent post in 11,000 years, before 1900, Oil was first discovered in The Country Fort Vermilion. With a sawmill, when Europeans settled the Frontier in 1965. Many major oil flourmill, brick factory, post region and Treaty No. 8 was companies are in operation here, as office, grocery store, and rich signed in Fort Vermilion. produce, it was a self-sufficient, the abundant NW reserves account Today, First Nation People bustling community by the early for over a third of natural gas and make up one third of The 1900’s. 80% of light medium crude oil in the province. For years, the Hay- Frontier’s population. Their
celebrations, traditions and fo Zama Lakes area contained the ar The Hudson Bay Co. M crafts reflect the rich heritage of b 1908 only offshore AB oil production aco Factor’s House was built (The it: J this land. Cred Old Bay House, FV). Today it facility. Production was phased remains the only HBC factor’s out as part of the creation house on its original site in of the Hay-Zama Alberta. It is designated an Wildland Park. Did you know that the Peace River is 1,923 kms long? Alberta Provincial Historic Resource. It is part of the world’s 13th largest river system.
2 Explore the Mackenzie Frontier 3 EXPLORE RECREATION Trails ROCKY LANE AG SOCIETY RECREATIONAL TRAILS
Mackenzie Frontier 780-926-1428 Rocky Lane Agricultural Society
Trails along the Ponton River allow for hiking and o rf a M horseback riding in summer, and x-country skiing in b co t: Ja winter. There is a picnic area on-site, and ski rentals Credi are available. Enjoy the beautiful scenery and solitude. Golf Tour La Crete Golf Course
The Mackenzie Frontier is home to four golf courses, offering a diverse golf experience. Come for a week and LA CRETE WALKING TRAILS enjoy four very different challenges With 3 kilometers of trails just north of town while traveling from one side of the and 900 meters in town, the La Crete walking county to the other. The extended trails are a great way to spend a warm summer daylight hours enable you to golf well Fox Haven Golf and Country Club evening. Bike, rollerblade or stroll through a s r te into the evening, or play more than e beautiful forest that ends with a spectacular P n ga one course in a day while exploring Fox Haven Golf ea view of Tourangeau Lake. 18 holes it: M the area. & Country Club Cred High Level 780-926-3005 SNOWMOBILE TRAILS r Cats ola La Crete With the wild yonder on your back doorstep, it’s only natural P THE COURSES te 9 holes re for ATV’s, dirtbikes, motorcycles, and snowmobiles to C Golf Course a L be a fixture in Frontier communities. In High Level La Crete 780-285-2349 snowmobilers can enjoy 350 km of groomed trails, Fantasy North built and maintained by Watt Mountain Wanderers Golf Club & 9 holes Snowmobile Club. Polar Cats Snowmobile Club in La RV Park Crete has over 300 km of maintained and groomed Fort Vermilion 780-927-4884 trails. Check out the Mackenzie Frontier Winter in the Frontier brochure for maps and more winter activities in The Frontier. For information on trails visit www. wattmountainwanderers.ca (High Level) or find La Crete Polar Rainbow Lake Golf and Country Club Cats Snowmobile Club on Facebook.
Rainbow Lake Golf 9 holes and Country Club Did you know? The 15 km of trails at Rocky Lane have been used by ski teams Fantasy North Golf Club Rainbow Lake 780-956-3586 to train for the Alberta and Arctic Winter Games and the Peace Winter Games in 1993. 4 Explore the Mackenzie Frontier 5 EXPLORE 4. FORT VERMILION & AREA FORT VERMILION BOARD OF TRADE fortvermilion.org LIVING HISTORY 5. FORT VERMILION COMMUNITY & CULTURAL COMPLEX 5001-44 Avenue 780-927-4222 Fort Complex 6. FORT VERMILION COMMUNITY LIBRARY 5103 River Road Credit: Andrew O’Rourke mclboard.com The Old Bay House (completed in 1908, pictured above), the Trapper’s Fort VermilionCredit: Mackenzie County 780-927-4279 Shack (pictured below), and the dove- Fort Vermilion Community tailed Visitor’s Log House provide a unique glimpse of Alberta’s fur trade Established on the banks of the mighty Library settlers. A camera is a must as you
Ran e Rd 1 1A explore the riverside walking trails, Peace River in 1788 by the North West 7. HYDWAY HARDWARE & Township Rd 1 8 A many historical sites and buildings, Company, Fort Vermilion is Alberta’s Peace River LAUNDRY Ran e Rd 1 1 and beautiful river views. Township Rd 1 8 A oldest European settlement. The D. A. Thomas Park 4713 River Road Pick up the Fort Vermilion Historical community celebrated it’s Airport Playground 780-927-3505 Guide at the Fort Vermilion Heritage 230th anniversary in 2018. Visitor Info Gym Hydway Hardware Centre for more information during Old Bay House Hospital Boat Launch your tour. Keep an eye out for 2 Ave 8. HYDWAY LIQUOR & FUEL interpretative signage along the way! 7 2 Museum Spray Park St St 4807-50 Street 10 4 Ave Library Golf Course
6 8 St 9 St 9 780-927-3014 Peace River Historical Site Liquor Store St Police Laundromat Hydway Liquor