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Exploration Guide 2018 SECRETS OF DRUMHELLER TWO-WHEELED TIME TRAVEL FROM FOSSILS TO PHASERS LAZY DAYS, QUIET NIGHTS Exploration Guide 2018 1 Dimetrodon Related more closely to humans than dinosaurs THE TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION 2 traveldrumheller.com Exploration Guide 2018 3 Contents A LAND FOR ALL SEASONS Adventure in the Drumheller area doesn’t stop when summer ends. In winter, a blanket of snow offers a unique perspective and a chance to explore on snowshoes or cross-country skis. PAGE 21 ON THE COVER Kayaking through the beauty of the badlands on the Red Deer River. Photo by Jeremy Fokkens p.8 p.12 p.16 p.21 p.24 p.31 Fossils to Phasers Telling Tales Lazy Days, Adventures Secrets of Drumheller Two-Wheeled Drumheller is rich with From outdoor drama on Quiet Nights The Drumheller area is a An inside look at some Time Travel unique attractions and a biblical scale to vibrant Don’t miss the subtle paradise for those who of the lesser-known See the Drumheller people. Come along live theatre and sagas of joys and peaceful love the outdoors, with landmarks, historical valley differently on on a weekend visit and the coal-mining past, the relaxation of a year-round activities to figures, attractions and a motorcycle trip into discover what we Drumheller region shoulder-season visit suit all skills and experi- delights of this very the heart of the Alberta experienced here. enthralls. to Drumheller. ence levels. special place. Badlands. TRAVEL DRUMHELLER | Box 1357, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0, Ph 403-823-2242, traveldrumheller.com | Advertising inquiries, [email protected] | Statements, opinions and viewpoints expressed within this publication do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher, Travel Drumheller in partnership with RedPoint Media & Marketing Solutions. | Copyright 2018 by RedPoint Media Group Inc. | No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written consent of the publisher. 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WorldsLargestDinosaur.com 1-866-823-8100 | OPEN YEAR-ROUND! 60-1st Avenue W. Drumheller, AB Exploration Guide 2018 5 Drumheller Valley Bleriot Ferry To Morrin, Stettler, Delia & Hanna 838 To HwyTo 27 MUNSON Horsethief Orkney Canyon Viewpoint 837 838 North Dinosaur South Trail Dinosaur Trail Red Deer River 9 To Carbon & Hwy 21 56 575 Drumheller Municipal Airport Visitor Information Royal Tyrrell Centre & World's Museum Midland Largest Dinosaur The Little Prov. Park Church & McMullen Dinosaur Trail Golf Island N & Country Club 576 NACMINE ? Canadian Badlands Passion Play Site To Little Fish Lake W E DRUMHELLER Provincial Park Hoodoo S Trail Horseshoe Canyon Drumheller ROSEDALE Star Mine 9 Stampede Suspension Bridge Grounds To Calgary 10x 9 840 Hoodoo Trail Dinosaur Trail CAMBRIA Red Deer River Begin the tour at the bridge, leading to North Dinosaur 56 Trail. There are many attractions, services and facilities WAYNE 10 along the 48-km trail. Distances are from the Visitor Information Centre: Last Chance Saloon/ The Hoodoos Rosedeer Hotel The Fossil Shop 0.5 km To RosebudTo The General Store 2 km Homestead Museum 2 km LEHIGH Bumper Boat Amusements 2 km To Dalum & Hwy 1 ROSEBUD Fossil World Dinosaur Discovery Centre 3 km Hoodoo Midland Provincial Park Interpretive Centre 4 km To get to Rosebud turn Trail Royal Tyrrell Museum 6 km south off of Highway 9 onto East Coulee Highway 840. Continue south The Little Church 7 km School Museum for approx 10 km to Rosebud Dinosaur Trail Golf & Country Club 8 km EAST COULEE Horsethief Canyon 16 km Bleriot Ferry (halfway point on the Dinosaur Trail) 24 km Atlas Coal Mine 10 570 Orkney Viewpoint 18.5 km National Historic Site 569 Canadian Badlands Passion Play Site 3.5 km Newcastle Beach Recreation Area and Boat Launch 2 km Rosebud Theatre 35 km To Dorothy & Dinosaur Provincial Park 6 travel drumheller.com Bleriot Ferry STARLAND COUNTY To Morrin, Stettler, Delia & Hanna 838 To Stettler To HwyTo 27 MUNSON Farrell Lake Chain Lakes Horsethief McLaren Dam Orkney Canyon 585 Viewpoint 837 RUMSEY Springwater School Historic Site 838 Mudsprings North Lake McKee Lake Dinosaur South Trail Red Deer River Dinosaur ROWLEY TWP RD. 324 Trail Red Deer River Museum 9 To Carbon & Hwy 21 56 839 851 575 Drumheller Starland Municipal Airport Visitor Information Recreation 56 Area Royal Tyrrell Centre & World's RGE RD. 185 CRAIGMYLE Museum To Three Hills Midland Largest Dinosaur Sod House Buffalo Paddock The Little Prov. Park 27 9 Church & McMullen MORRIN Island DELIA To Hanna Dinosaur Trail Golf Museum & Country Club 576 849 TWP RD. 30-4 NACMINE ? Bleriot Ferry MICHICHI TWP RD. 30-2 Canadian Badlands Passion Play Site Michichi Dam 838 MUNSON Recreation Area To Little Fish Lake 851 DRUMHELLER Provincial Park 9 575 To Carbon Hoodoo & Hwy 21 RGE RD. 19-0 Trail 576 DRUMHELLER 849 To Little Fish Lake Horseshoe Canyon 10 Provincial Park Star Mine Drumheller ROSEDALE 56 9 Stampede Suspension Bridge To Calgary 9 Grounds To Calgary & Rosebud ROSEDALE 10x 9 840 56 10 Hoodoo CAMBRIA Trail Red Deer River WAYNE 56 10 Last Chance Saloon/ The Hoodoos Hoodoo Trail Rosedeer Hotel Much of the famous eerie landscape of the badlands To RosebudTo can be seen along the popular Hoodoo Trail. Distances are from the Visitor Information Centre: To Dalum & Hwy 1 LEHIGH ROSEBUD Rosedale Suspension Bridge & Picnic Area 8.5 km Hoodoo Last Chance Saloon/Rosedeer Hotel 11 km To get to Rosebud turn Trail The Hoodoos 16 km south off of Highway 9 onto East Coulee East Coulee School Museum 23 km Highway 840. Continue south School Museum Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site 24 km for approx 10 km to Rosebud EAST COULEE Atlas Coal Mine 10 570 National Historic Site 569 To Dorothy & Dinosaur Provincial Park Exploration Guide 2018 7 Comfort food! Day 1 Fun people From Fossils to Phasers 48 HOURS IN THE DRUMHELLER VALLEY Amazing! Day 2 WOW! Has E.T. been here? Friendly place! 8 travel drumheller.com Strangest sight in the nearby ‘ghost town’ of Dorothy: a phone booth stacked with CB radios and a child’s toy phone. Has E.T. been here? lots in and still have some downtime). Originally used by coal miners, the c. 1931 pedestrian bridge is 117 metres of wobbly expanse over the Red Deer River. It gives access to great hiking terrain. In the hills, we see remnants of the old Star Coal Mine. DAY 2 Early in the afternoon, a short, scenic After a good night’s sleep at the Canalta drive through the river valley takes us to the Jurassic (with its massive hot tub and free, fresh By Karen Rudolph Durrie East Coulee School Museum. The Red Deer River popcorn in the afternoons), we’re ready to hike Photos by Karen and Tory Valley’s settlement owes much to its rich coal among the hoodoos. The landscape of the Cana- seams, and East Coulee had some of the best. dian Badlands is already weird enough, but it gets The museum, housed in a c. 1930 school, boasts even more mysterious near these eerie sandstone DAY 1 rooms of artifacts, stories and photos dedicated pillars created over millennia by wind and water to coal mining, life in the valley, local fossils and erosion. A protected historic site, the hoodoos ’m standing opposite a lanky figure a classroom where school groups immerse in a off Highway 10 South are accessed by a fenced dressed in a mashup of Victorian and typical 1930s school day. The town of East Coulee, pathway and stairs. Old West garb pinned with the futur- population 160, once had more than 3,800 resi- Iistic insignias of Star Trek. This steam- dents, many of them European immigrants. The morning sun blazing bright, we steer punk soul with the precisely waxed moustache Open from May to September, the museum to the pioneer “ghost town” of Dorothy (about a is Trekcetera Museum docent Michael Mangold, has a tea room that shouldn’t be missed. dozen people still live there), with its grain eleva- and he’s regaling us with a wealth of fascinating tor, abandoned structures, vintage vehicles and stories and movie and TV trivia. It’s mid-afternoon in downtown Drumheller, two little wooden churches you can enter. Each The Trekcetera Museum (motto: “from the and we remark on the area’s reverence for history, has pictorials of recent restorations on display. wild west to the final frontier”) is the first stop beyond the ubiquitous (and whimsical) dinosaur this morning on a weekend visit to Drumheller, statuary around town. Here, many vintage At 1 p.m., we meet Mike Todor, owner of 3rd and Mangold tours us through its collection. Here buildings with wood, brick and sandstone facades Avenue Arts, for our next adventure. He shows us are props, costumes and memorabilia from shows showcase early 1900s architecture.