ATTRACTIONS

In-Town Attractions

Fort Museum

Averaging over 50,000 visitors annually, the most well known attraction in Fort Macleod is the Fort Museum. At the Fort Museum, exciting new exhibits and hands-on interpretive programs offer an opportunity to experience life at the early outposts. In July and August, experience the thrill of the Fort's own Musical Ride, visit the NWMP horse stables, inspect the troops, and participate in demonstrations and vignettes re-enacting life in Fort Macleod. The Scarlet Tradition lives on at the Fort Museum of the NWMP. Open March to December.

Empress Theatre

Come and howl at the moon with us this season as the Empress Theatre presents a new exciting season of fabulous live music, comedy and first run movies. Romance and history, music and ghost stories, its here in Fort Macleod and waiting to be discovered! Come to the Empress and perhaps you'll meet our biggest fan, Eddy the Ghost.

Main Street

Fort Macleod's main street buildings are an interesting vignette - characteristic of a significant period in the history of both the town and southern Alberta. Methods of construction, ornamentation and style of these structures are indications of traditions imported by immigrant craftsmen from Eastern Canada, the United States and Europe. Learn more about Fort Macleod's historic main street!

Mural

Western Canada's largest Mural, depicts 100 Years of history in Fort Macleod.

Regional Attractions

Fort Macleod is the gateway to the unique adventures you will find in the Mounties to Mountains region of Southwest Alberta. Nestled in the most beautiful corner of the province of Alberta, the Southwest is a place where the golden prairie rolls up to meet the Rocky Mountains. Under the big western sky, a host of authentic experiences and discoveries await you. With six motels, five campgrounds and several quaint B&B's, Fort Macleod is the perfect place to base your family as you tour the adventures of Southwest Alberta.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Located a short 15 minute drive from Fort Macleod the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, is among the oldest, largest and best preserved of the many buffalo jump sites across the western Plains. The Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre documents the buffalo hunting culture of the Plains peoples from ancient times to the arrival of the Europeans.

Remington Carriage Museum

The Remington Carriage Museum houses the largest collection of horse-drawn vehicles in North America, with over 250 carriages, wagons and sleighs. The Museum is located only minutes from both Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, and Glacier National Park in Montana. It is open year-round, seven days a week. International travellers acknowledge the display as the finest in the world. The 63,000 square foot facility features video displays, a fire hall, a carriage factory, a restoration shop, a working stable, carriage rides, carriage rentals, a restaurant and a gift shop. Guided facility tours are offered at no additional charge.

Waterton/Glacier International Peace Park

Established in 1895, Waterton is often called the park where the mountains meet the prairie. Part of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Waterton offers an unusual mixture of grassland, forest, alpine and wetland habitats that supports a startling diversity of life. The park is located at one of the narrowest places in the Rockies, where plants and animals from many ecological realms come together in a spectacular mountain landscape. Together with Glacier National Park, Waterton became the world's first International Peace Park in 1932, which were designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.

Franks Slide Interpretive Centre

The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre highlights the rich history of the Crowsnest Pass amid the breathtaking beauty of the Canadian Rockies. Visitors can experience a variety of interpretive programs, presentations and special events. Displays throughout the Centre feature the 1903 Frank Slide (rockslide-avalanche), the Canadian Pacific Railway, European settlement, early underground coal mining and community life. An award-winning audio-visual presentation entitled "In the Mountain's Shadow" is shown daily. Also showing, a brand new 47 minute production entitled "On the Edge of Destruction - The Story of the Frank Slide." Pathways around the Centre provide spectacular views of the Frank Slide and surrounding area.