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TWO Saturday, August 18 TOURS AGRICULTURAL TOUR AND VARIETY TOUR Sunday, August 19 VARIETY TOUR

ALL ABOARD THE P C Relax, laugh and savorrairie time with friends! Let us pamperruiseline! you! Join us in the comfort of our deluxe Bi-West coach. Exceptional entertainment, exquisite food and drink, rare behind-the-scene tours of modern farms and historical buildings in picturesque Camrose County! YOUR CHOICE OF TWO TOURS SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Variety Tour Agricultural Tour Visit eight locations Visit six locations BLUE GOLD VARIETY TOURS SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 TICKETS ARE LIMITED! One-day adventure only $35 Double your fun – two days just $65 Includes lunch each day, snacks, beverages, comfortable seat on our deluxe coach, tours, entertainment and much more! Tickets Available from Tourism Camrose Call 780.672.4255 or email [email protected] 833 Joseph LINDBROOK SECOND Lake ARY 11 km (7 mi) Sunday, August 19 41 km (26 mi)

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MI RRO Buffalo call 780-372-3868 or visit www.bashawseeds.com. 11 k R m (7 Lake mi) Pelican 6 Vermeer's Dairy Ltd. Point RR #1, Ohaton Vermeer's Dairy is located 20 minutes south of Camrose. Here, they raise 500 milk cows and 4 Railway Station 4 Glenview Organic Farm & Greenhouse farm 2500 acres of land. Join us and Elevator 20456 TWP 491 as we take a firsthand look at their Another fabulous day is planned for you! Take a This stop is a gardener’s must! Esther is happy to teach you her secrets of dairy operation. For information, speeder ride down the original tracks. Tour the Alberta growing melons and peppers on the prairies. Her informative tour will cover call 780-781-5113 or visit www.facebook.com/Vermeerdairy. Pacific elevator or tour the 1913 Canadian Northern topics such as sustainable organic greenhouse production, open pollination station. There will be horse-drawn wagon rides. and saving seeds. She grows over 90 varieties of tomatoes. For information, Enjoy home-made pie, cookies and beverages at the call 780-672-6726 or visit https://www.facebook.com/GlenViewGreenhouse. community centre. Take a “History Walk” (easy walk) Saturday, August 18 5 Hay Lakes Telegraph Park guided or on your own through the grasslands and Discover a hidden gem! A tranquil backdrop VARIETY TOUR Labyrinth. Using Discovery Packs, take an adventure to Hay Lakes, Telegraph Park boasts superb picnic, hike down the Linear Park trails. Observe flowers, birds, animals, flora and medicinal plants. This tour will explore campgrounds, lakes, historical attractions playground and camping facilities; amphitheatre, It’s ideal for families and bird-watchers. There will be children/families crafts and you can and Alberta’s Littlest Airport. stocked trout pond and newest addition – a build a scarecrow. Story time and sing-along is at 2:00 pm. handmade dog wheel. Join proud community 1 Alberta’s Littlest Airport members for their Prairie Fun Days soirée: kite 45378 RR 183 Bashaw Fire Hall Museum 5 5020-50 Street, Bashaw flying, children’s crafts, refreshments and BBQ Aviators, check out this amazing lunch. Hop on the people mover to explore the model aircraft flying site complete The only restored fire hall in Alberta is located on Main Street, Bashaw. This 1911 building has housed park: discover history, the solar-powered scouting with RC model aircraft supplies, just a cabin and many natural attractions. Hike along short half hour drive east of the City a barber shop, police station, town council chambers, town office, court house and a jail house, featuring the winding trails using their self-guided tour map and hunt geo-cache of Camrose. Pilots will be navigating prizes. Visit www.villageofhaylakes.com Village Office: 780-878-3200 the skies. For more information, cell that once held the notorious convicted murderer, call 780-373-3843 or find them on Robert Raymond Cook. Scrutinize the evidence and 6 Kingman Museum Facebook at https://www.facebook. make your own judgment! Take a short walk down the street to visit the Majestic Theatre, Exceptional small- com/AlbertasLittlestAirport historically known as “Home of Good Pictures” and, during the 1940s, the “Dixy”. Typical of town hospitality awaits you the Boomtown design in 1915, the site was lovingly restored by community members who in the 1938 Farmington 2 Camrose County Nature continue to care for and preserve it as a local historical treasure. Country School located Conservation Centre on main street Kingman. Little Beaver Lake and South of Highway 13 on RR 185 6 A wealth of treasured (Green Grove Road) to TWP 452 Little Beaver Lake Trail community artifacts includes Talk about hidden gems! Whether you Little Beaver Lake and Trail are located nestled in Inuit carvings, kitchen gadgets, quilts, glassware and much more. are just starting or almost finished the picturesque community of Ferintosh. One key to the Challenge yourself to figure out the lock system of the original post the tour, this is an inspiring place to future economic and rural sustainability of Ferintosh office boxes. Tea and refreshments await the Prairie Fun Day tourers! stretch your legs and get some fresh and area is Little Beaver Lake. For over 100 years, the Drop in year-round from Monday to Wednesday and have tea with air. Observe a variety of local water lake remains an undeveloped treasure, receiving little the ladies and view the collections. fowl and be serenaded by delightful songbirds as you stroll the walking trails recognition as to the treasured natural resource it can around the lake. Did you know that the pond at this site is stocked with become. Today it is being viewed with new eyes and 7 Transfiguration of Our Lord rainbow trout? Return often with family and friends! potential as a “living lake”, brimming with eco-tourism Ukrainian Catholic Church Visit www.county.camrose.ab.ca. County Office: 780-672-4446 and minimal impact water pursuits. Through the efforts of Friends of Little Beaver Lake This historical church has been described as a treat for the eyes and soul. The Rosebush Lodge, Teahouse, Society and the support from the Village of Ferintosh and Camrose County, this idyllic, bio- 3 diverse area is being re-energized by a core group of community volunteers working hard to exterior architecture exhibits traditional Campground and Foot Golf cupolas while the interior is stunningly 19312 TWP 440 redefine our community. Join us for an introductory tour and viewing of the lake, the trail and the Ferintosh campground. For information, call 780-877-3767 or visit www.ferintosh.info. ornate with beautiful artwork and Dale and Valorie Falk, and Steven phenomenal color. As you enter the and Mary-Anne Falk look forward St. Thomas Church and Burial Grounds 7 grounds, notice the meticulously cared to welcoming you. Come tour the Turn into the Ross’ Flats campground and take for cemetery and unique Ukrainian beautifully renovated 1927 heritage St. Thomas Road 2137 TWP 461 headstones. This incredible community home bed and breakfast, open year round. The 1912 Tea and Gift House will Constructed in 1883, the Catholic Church of St. Thomas treasure is completely worth the short be open for purchasing homemade lunch and delicious pies (open mid-May is the only remaining Métis mission church on its detour off of Highway 834. through November, Wednesday to Saturday.) Look through our selection of original site in Alberta. Unique in this longevity, the locally-made crafts and unique giftware. Play a round of Foot Golf, join some building and innumerable artifacts are fondly cared for neighbours to make a rope the old-fashioned way and watch an old elevator by the Duhamel Historical Society. Enjoy a tour of the engine demonstration. Plan to come and relax! For information/bookings historical cemetery grounds, discovering the remarkable please contact 780.877.3793 or www.bbcanada.com/RosebushAlberta or story of Father Beillevaire and early Métis history. Facebook.com/RosebushAlberta.