REEL ADVENTURES: The Stuff of Legends Calgary to Banff , Kananaskis Country and Cowboy Country Dress Brad Pitt in cowboy duds and put . him on a horse and you’ve got a movie; set that movie anywhere between Calgary and Banff and you’ve got movie magic.

LakeLake Th e three (Pitt, horse and Alberta) have LouiseLouise StoneyStoney starred in two memorable fi lms, Th e BanffBanff ReserveReserve 1A CochraneCochrane 1 MorleyMorley 1A Assassination of Jesse James by the SeebeSeebe 1 CanmoreCanmore Coward Robert Ford (2007) and Legends 1 of the Fall (1994). Add to that Kevin CheadleCheadle 66 SpruceSpruce Costner’s Open Range (2002) and you’ve MeadowsMeadows 40 hit a trifecta of celluloid scenery.

2A Bassano Jesse James (Pitt) recounts the fi nal days DintonDinton MossleighMossleigh 7 of America’s Old West outlaw and his BlackBlack 2A Millicent DiamondDiamond death at the hands of Robert Ford (Casey BlackieBlackie 543 Hwy closed in Winter Affl eck), who shot him in the back. LongviewLongview Legends of the Fall is the drama of a 40 km 10 20 30 powerful Colorado ranching family deal- mi Rainier 10 20 ing with the interferences of life, love and world war. Open Range tells of cowpokes Th ere’s just something about the Rocky Film Location Mountains that’s pure breath-snatching, awe- (Costner and Robert Duvall) on the open range and their confrontation with a invoking majesty. Albertans would like to think Drive-by Film Location Hollywood could shoot any movie against their greedy cattle baron (Michael Gambon). treasured range of peaks, valleys and Photo Opportunity rolling foothills and produce Walk or Hike Experience an Oscar. Perhaps. But it’s the Western genre that puts . Museum the landscape to its best use.

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1 Fortunately, they’ve left behind a trail we Calgary Detail can follow, so be ready to saddle up tomor- 1 Fairmont Palliser Hotel and row morning. Downtown Calgary Calgary 2 Heritage Park 1A 3 Ranchman’s Calgary is best known for its majes- #ROWCHILD4RAIL.7 - C +NIGHT"LVD.% tic, awe-inspiring scenery central to the #ENTRE3TREET. imagery and imagination evoked by the 1 !VENUE.7 frontier of the untamed west. Yet Calgary’s 1 !VENUE.% 1 remarkably diverse geography makes it a - EMORIAL$RIVE% -EMORIAL$RIVE.7 very popular setting for a vast range of pro- 1 ductions. From the deserts of Afghanistan, -ACLEOD4RAIL37 !VE3% #ROWCHILD4RAIL37 !VE37 to the battlefi elds of feudal Japan, to a 3T3% trendy restaurant in Beverly Hills, to New York City, Calgary is a chameleon able to $EERFOOT4RAIL3% play a wide spectrum of roles; summer, 'LENMORE4RAIL37 winter, spring or fall. 2 "ARLOW4RAIL3% (ERITAGE$R37 Tonight we’re bunking down in one of 3 3OUTHLAND$R37 Calgary’s premiere hotels, the Fairmont Steam train, Heritage Park, !NDERSON2OAD37 Palliser adjacent to the Calgary Tower, Calgary 1 where 250 Calgary residents were used Courtesy Travel Alberta as extras in the ballroom scene in Jesse James. Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain trusted friend, was fi lmed here, not sur- Legends of the Fall, Lonesome Dove, director, also stayed here during his visits prisingly considering the authenticity that Shanghai Noon, Open Range and Jesse to Calgary. went into each building, street and artifact. James. Th e Palliser is connected by skywalks to After you enjoy Heritage Park, 3 Morley the Telus Convention Centre, the Calgary and if you’re thirsty for a cold one, At the juncture of Highway 1 and Tower and the world-class Glenbow Ranchman’s at 9615 Macleod Trail S.W. Highway 22, as we head to Morley, which Museum. If you’re here in July, the famous will take you into Brokeback Mountain is 29 km away, you have your choice of Calgary Stampede is only blocks away. (2005) territory; it’s the country-and-west- 2 routes: Highway 1 (the Trans Canada), We can take in Heritage Park before we ern bar where Jack Twist meets Lureen. or north on Highway 22 for 13 km to hit the road, although it would be easy to Calgary to Banff Cochrane, then west on Highway 1A. spend a full day lost in its quiet history, uniquely studied from a horse-drawn 2 As you head west on Highway 1, con- Trans-Canada to Morley carriage. Or, if you prefer a little less sider that more than 20 standing movie Staying on the Trans-Canada on our way tranquility, jump aboard the park’s authen- sets in the province are located west of to Banff , we’ll cut through Morley on tic steam locomotive when it stops at the Calgary. Th e fi lm sets have been built and the Stoney Indian Reserve, the Rockies station and ride around the park on an maintained on private property for more already rising in the distance. If the “iron horse.” To reach the park from the than 40 western productions, including: scenery already looks familiar, remem- Palliser, take Macleod Trail southbound to ber Open Range was fi lmed near here, Heritage Drive westbound. as was Legends. And there’s a touch of Brokeback Mountain here, too, if you Situated on a sprawl of land on the shore recall some of the scenes involving sheep of the Glenmore Reservoir pens. at 1900 Heritage Drive S.W., Heritage Park includes an Alternate Morley Route Via Cochrane authentic period town crafted from build- If you take Highway 1A, you’ll go through ings found across southern Alberta. Part Cochrane, a gem of a town of 15,000. As of Jesse James, the life of the American you drive in from Calgary, you’ll come gunslinger and his eventual murder by a down a hill overlooking the entire town, the Bow River and the Rocky Mountains lm location west to the west. A private fi of Calgary 2 ichelle Copithorne Courtesy M Cochrane, decorated in an Old West theme, is home to Mackay’s Ice Cream, C for more than 50 years a LakeLake LouiseLouise visitor favourite with its B StoneyStoney BanffBanff ReserveReserve 1A CochraneCochrane popular homemade prod- 1 MorleyMorley D 1A uct. Cochrane is situated at the base of CanmoreCanmore SeebeSeebe 1 the Big Hill in the Bow River Valley, 20 A minutes from Calgary and less than an Cheadle hour from Banff . With spectacular vistas 66 SpruceSpruce of the rolling foothills and majestic Rocky MeadowsMeadows 40 Mountains, the town combines a proud western heritage with all modern conve- 2A Bassano niences required for a great vacation. Th e Dinton Mossleigh

Cochrane Ranche Historic Site is worth BlackBlack 2A Millicent a visit. Accessible year-round, this ranch DiamondDiamond Blackie 543 was the largest in Canada in the late 19th Hwy closed in Winter century and has a fascinating history to LongviewLongview discover. Guided tours, educational inter- 40 E pretive programs and special events are Rainier available. km 10 20 30 mi 10 20 Continuing along Highway 1A to Morley, we’re right into Legends territory. Th e First World War scenes were fi lmed here using hundreds of locals and a few Canadian Forces soldiers to assist. Th e scenes were fi lmed in two weeks with his- torically accurate trenches and an encamp- ment. Legends of Nakoda Lodge, located on Highway 1A “Legends of the Fall” the Fall 35 km east of Canmore or 62 km west of © 1994 TriStar Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cochrane, on Chief Hector Lake, is well Courtesy of Columbia Pictures worth a look. Several highly rated German LEGENDS OF THE FALL westerns, In the Valley of the Wild Roses, have been shot on the lakeshore. Th e Stoney Reserve is also where much of Open Range was fi lmed. Th e movie tells the story of open-range ranchers and their battle with an unscrupulous cattle baron, played by British actor Michael Gambon. A fully functioning frontier town of 1882 was built for nearly $2 million, featuring saloons, banks, stores, houses, stables and a jail. Kevin Costner was a guest of Stoney Chief Ernest Wesley at the Golden Leaf Powwow in Morley in September 2002. Th e Stoney, or Nakoda, nation has been culturally tied to the Rocky Mountains for close to 400 years. Known in their own language as the Rocky Mountain Sioux, the Nakoda are believed to have migrated west from the plains to escape smallpox epidemics. 3 Near Exshaw, 20 minutes east of Canmore NON-MOVIE SITES TO SEE: on Highway 1A, you’ll fi nd Rafter Six Ranch, site of many fi lm projects includ- ing River of No Return. Th e TV movie How the West Was Fun was also shot Open Range here starring the Olsen Twins, as was the TV hit Grizzly Adams. To fi nd the ranch, follow the Trans-Canada Highway to Exit 114 after Kananaskis Flats and turn left

A Alberta Courtesy Travel at the stop sign onto South Ranch Road. Walt Disney had a lengthy association with Canmore Caverns Cave Tours the ranch, and the cabin built for him still bears the fi lmmaker’s name. Morley to Canmore On the Stoney Reserve, 16 km west of Morley on Highway 1A, you’ll fi nd the lo- cation for the Ludlow family’s home, built especially for Legends, the saga of com-

B Alberta Courtesy Travel peting interests between brothers for the Sulphur Mountain Gondola, Banff love of a beautiful woman, set over several years, in the American West. Th e house where Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond and the aforementioned Pitt played out their relationships is gone. Continuing on Highway 1A takes you out of the four-lane rat race and on a slower, Goat; watchable scenic pace to Canmore. Alternatively you Mountian may drive to Canmore via Highway 1. wildlife is abundant here. C Alberta Courtesy Travel Just south and west of Canmore is Goat Courtesy Travel Alberta Lake Louise Creek. Production crews on Jesse James spent $1 million creating Creede, Colo. Speaking of Canmore, the area around . the town was featured in 1997’s Th e Edge, starring Hopkins, Alec Baldwin and a grizzly. It’s also hosted Death Hunt (1991), Grizzly Falls (1999), Mystery, Alaska (1999), and X2 X-Men United

D Alberta Courtesy Travel (2003). Th e pilot for Everwood Cochrane Ranche Historic Site (2002) starring Stacey Keach was fi lmed here, with Canmore’s main street serving as Everwood’s main drag, and a North of 60 Mystery was fi lmed nearby.

Open Range co-star Robert Duvall fre- Canmore townsite

quented the Crazy Weed Kitchen, located berta at 626 Main Street. It’s open daily at noon. Courtesy Travel Al Canmore is on the edge of Kananaskis Country, about which we’ll talk more later. It’s truly a year-round concern, with Jesse a thriving arts community, golf, hik- Goat Creek, location for ing, mountain-biking in summer and 4 James berta Courtesy Travel Al cross-country skiing in the winter (its Nordic centre was the site of several OTHER MOVIES 1988 Olympic Winter Games events). In FILMED AROUND BANFF / LAKE LOUISE / SEEBE: October, bring the binoculars and watch Papa’s Angels (2000) – Banff the annual eagle migration. Mystery Alaska (1999) – Banff For something a little daring, try the Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) - Seebe Canmore Caverns Cave Tour, on which Vanishing Act (1986) – Banff you’ll descend into a cave on Grotto Ghost Keeper (1980) – Lake Louise Mountain. Experienced guides will inter- Mustang Country (1975) – Banff pret the fascinating natural history of the Morraine River of No Return (1953) – Banff cave. Lake, Banff Canadian Pacifi c (1949) – Banff Northwest Stampede (1948) – Courtesy Travel Alberta Banff National Park is a stone’s throw Banff west on the Trans-Canada, centered around the world-famous mountain com- munity of Banff , a vacation destination in its own category. OTHER MOVIES Hollywood discovered this area more FILMED IN THE REGION than 60 years ago, fi lming the backdrop CANMORE to Spring Time in the Rockies in 1942. John Q (2001) Th ose same Rockies were turned Snow Dogs (2001) into an Austrian landscape six Mystery Alaska (1999) years later for Th e Emperor Waltz I’ll be Home for Christmas (1998) Wild America (1996) with Bing Crosby. In 1950, the fi lm Saskatchewan was shot here as MORLEY Hollywood added mountains Open Range (2002) to the Wheat Province’s fl at Grizzly Falls (1999) landscape. Legends of the Fall (1993) Banff Springs Hotel Heaven & Earth (1989) Reality returned in 1952 with River of King of the Grizzlies (1970) No Return. It was at the Fairmont Banff Courtesy Travel Alberta Little Big Man (1969) Springs Hotel that star Marilyn Monroe convalesced after injuring her leg while fi lming the adventure fl ick. Th e hotel is modern facility, where you can soak a tourist destination in its own right, a in the heat amidst spectacular alpine return to the great days of railroad palaces scenery. Th e Upper Hot Springs set amid scenery that is both mystical and is on Mountain Avenue, four kilometres rugged. south of the townsite. Follow Banff Avenue Th ere is much for the Banff visitor to do, over the Bow River and turn left (east) at whether it’s wandering the passageways the last set of traffi c lights. Follow the signs of the Banff Springs, gleaning treasures for 3.6 km to the Hot Springs parking lot at from downtown boutiques, or exploring the end of Mountain Avenue. the outdoors, easily done year-round. If natural history calls, the Banff Park Ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain to Museum is a turn-of-the-century taxider- experience a bird’s eye view of six moun- my collection (at 91 Banff Ave.) that . tain ranges. Th e Banff Gondola is located displays the mammals, birds, insects fi ve minutes from the townsite, on the and fi sh found in the Canadian mountain’s shoulder. You’ll be whisked up Banff Rockies. the mountain in eight minutes to sights Upper Hot Springs, impossible to experience anywhere else, 2,281m (7,486 ft) above sea level. berta Courtesy Travel Al When it’s time to warm up, the Hot Springs await with the amenities of a 5 Kananaskis Circle Tour Note: OTHER MOVIES FILMED IN THE REGION 1. Th is circle route works just as eff ec- tively after you’ve seen Canmore and KANANASKIS COUNTRY Banff , on your way east back to Calgary. RV (2006) 2. Th is circle tour includes highways that X-Men 2 (2003) are not open in winter. Grizzly Falls (1999) A second trip out of Calgary is to beauti- Th e Claim (1999) Dead Bang (1988) ful Kananaskis Country, which came into Superman (1977) sharp relief in Brokeback Mountain. You Hacksaw (1971) can easily make the Kananaskis a sepa- Nikki, Wild Dog of the North rate holiday destination, but here’s an easy (1960) circle tour that can be done in a day or BRAGG CREEK two, depending on your pace. Distant Drumming (North of 60) JESSE JAMES (2003) West of Calgary about 20 km, you’ll Another Country (North of 60) turn south at Highway 22, known as the “Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (2002) Cowboy Trail, and head for Bragg Creek. © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc and Trial by Fire (North of 60) (1999) Virtual Studios LLC Th ere’s plenty of natural beauty here, All Rights Reserved Wild America (1996) highlighted by Elbow Falls at Bragg Creek Storm (1987) Provincial Park, about eight km west of MILLARVILLE the townsite on Highway 66. It’s here you Jesse James Children of Fortune (2002) add Brokeback Mountain to your movie Savage Land (1993) holiday. Primo Baby (1988) LONGVIEW Brokeback Mountain is actually a Open Range (2002) composite of three mountain sites: the Monte Walsh (2002) majestic Mount Lougheed near Canmore Th e Virginian (1999) and Fortress and Moose mountains in the Rosehill (1996) Kananaskis. Moose Mountain, fl anking Th e Wars (1981) the town of Canmore, is the one climbed by the movie’s two key characters and their herd of sheep; it’s very scaleable. As you come out of Bragg Creek on

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BlackBlack 2A Millicent DiamondDiamond Blackie 543 Hwy closed in Winter Brokeback LongviewLongview from t Mountain 40 he movie km 10 20 30 E mi 10 20 Rainier 6 Highway 66, look for Paddy’s A few kilometres out of Longview, on Flat Campground. Just past your right-hand side, you’ll spot Fireguard the sign you’ll fi nd a dirt road Coulee on the Kinnear Ranch, used for that will take you seven kms, halfway up the opening scenes in Open Range; it’s the mountain, the most easterly of the camera-ready art. A few kilometres farther Rockies near Calgary. Th e average hiker brings you to an area the Open Range can do the round trip to the peak in about crews used for several weeks of fi lming, six hours. including cattle-driving scenes and most of the open range shots. Th is is private Enjoy the Bragg Creek Walk, a property, so permission must be obtained pleasant, hour-long stroll from the before entering the ranch. Provincial Park into the town. Th e pathway connects the commercial and For another hour or so, you’re going to community centre of Bragg Creek with pass spectacular beauty that doesn’t re- the surrounding natural world. With its quire Hollywood to make it world famous. Lake – Brokeback connection to Kananaskis Country, Bragg You’ll be hitting three contiguous provin- Kananaskis Creek is ideal for all outdoor activities. cial parks (Peter Lougheed, Spray Valley Mountain and Bow Valley Wildland) on the left and Back on Highway 22 you can hit three .FindingBrokeback.com Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park Courtesy www small towns and some of the locales for on the right. Watch for wildlife along this Jesse James: route: grizzlies can sometimes be spotted Millarville, 50 km south and east of Bragg roaming the hillsides, and herds of bighorn jumped into the river in Brokeback. Creek, has a famous Farmers’ Market sheep seem to be on their own mountain From the Trans-Canada, take each Saturday morning from mid-June holidays. Seebe Exit 114A, pass by the to the end of September; the Millarville At the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park “Leaving Park” sign, cross the bridge and Races (horses) at the end of June; the Visitors Centre, you’ll fi nd the trail to take a hard right to the fi rst gate. From Flower Festival at the end of July and the Lower and Upper Kananaskis lakes. It is on here, walk slightly more than a kilometre Millarville Art Market in mid-October. the shore of Upper Kananaskis Lake where through Seebe to a second gate, and walk Turner Valley (a skip south of Millarville) Jack tells Ennis in Brokeback Mountain: “I 200 metres to the top of the hill, cross the is home to the Turner Valley Gas wish I knew how to quit you.” Texas gate and turn left. Pass two orange Plant, a National Historic Site, the . posts and follow the road to the left down Eventually, you’ll come to Kananaskis only surviving one of its kind in to the Bow River. Village, a tourist mecca where, in the Canada showing pioneering technology in winter at Nakiska, you can ski Mount the oil and gas industry. Tours are available Allan, one of the sites of the 1988 Winter during the summer. Olympics. Fewer than 20 kms farther, Finally, Longview. Th e Memories Inn you’ll rejoin the Trans-Canada Highway at in Longview served Clint Eastwood his Seebe, about 15 minutes east of Canmore. breakfast every day during the fi lming of We have one more stop to make here to Unforgiven; it’s now closed, but you’ll fi nd see the cliff s from which Ennis and Jack great coff ee at the Navajo Mug, owned by Ian Tyson, Canadian recording star and real-life cowboy. NON-MOVIE SITES TO SEE: Seebe Cliffs – Brokeback Mountain In these parts, the main industry is ranch- Courtesy www ing, and several ranches play roles in . .FindingBrokeback.com Alberta movies, especially Open Range, which located its cattle drives on the Nicoll Ranch at Jumping Pound Creek and the Turner and Hughes ranches, both south- west of Longview. Courtesy Travel Alberta Courtesy Travel It’s time to head west again from E Longview, this time on Highway 541, a Bar U Ranch National Historic route that becomes Highway 40 and takes Site, southwest of Longview you through the heart of the Kananaskis. 7 Lake Louise Stoney Banff Reserve Cochrane Morley Cowboy Country Seebe Canmore 1 km 10 20 30 If you’re looking for a pleasant day trip mi 10 20 close to Calgary, here’s an interesting cir- 1 cuit to give you a taste of cowboy country. CheadleCheadle 66 SpruceSpruce We’ll head from Calgary to the interna- MeadowsMeadows tional equestrian site of Spruce Meadows, then to Okotoks, Black Diamond, High 2A Bassano River, Blackie, Dinton, Carseland and DintonDinton Siksika Cheadle. MossleighMossleigh Nation 7 Spruce Meadows may seem designed for BlackBlack 2A Millicent horse lovers a bit more upscale than your DiamondDiamond BlackieBlackie average wranglers, but it’s a friendly place 543 nonetheless. Spruce Meadows is home to F several show-jumping events each sum- LongviewLongview mer, drawing riders and their mounts from around the world. Tom Selleck took Rainier wife Jillie and daughter Hannah to Spruce Meadows during breaks in fi lming Monte tions had to be undone because the art Walsh. Th e movie, starring Isabella director wanted it as it was. Rosselini, Keith Carradine and William Heartland, CBC’s family drama se- Devane, was about an aging cowboy who ries, used several High River locales. realizes the West he loves is coming to Vespucci’s at 111 Th ird Ave. SW and the an end in the late 19th century. To fi nd Pekisko Trading Company at 114 sup- Spruce Meadows, about 30 minutes plied costumes, while fi lming took place in Maggie’s Place, Hig from downtown Calgary, head south buildings along the downtown avenue. Th e – Heartlan h River on Macleod Trail, then west on Spruce d saddle store “Maggies” (formerly called Meadows Trail (Highway 22X/Marquis Courtesy Town of High River Bradley’s) was used in the series, as was of Lorne Trail) for two kms and watch for the front of the Ice Cream place. Th e series signs. chronicles the comings and goings of the “Heartland” Photo Andrew Backo Once you’re fi nished with the ponies, Fleming family on a ranch that specializes © Seven 24 Films All Rghts Reserved retrace your steps slightly to Highway 2A in healing abused or neglected horses. and follow it south to Okotoks and nearby HEARTLAND Th e Ron Clark Story (2006) starring Black Diamond, west on Highway 7. Viva Matthew Perry as a small-town teacher Las Nowhere was fi lmed here starring who takes on a tough inner-city school, Th e Wonder Years’ narrator Daniel Stern, used High River’s historic Wales Th eatre Patricia Richardson, James Caan, Lacey and CIBC building. Kohl and Andy Maton as Alberta stood in for Kansas. Caan plays a country music Two High River schools - Spitzee and star and Stern is a country music wannabe Senator Riley - were used for Caitlin’s in this musical-turned-mystery movie. Some 20 km south of Okotoks and just NON-MOVIE SITES TO SEE: off Highway 2 is High River, birthplace of former prime minister Joe Clark. But . another “Clark” made the town famous: Clark Kent. Superman III, with the late Christopher Reeve, was fi lmed here in 1983, when scouts found Clark’s perfect boyhood home at 410-414 Fifth St. SE. Ironically, when the owners heard the F of High River Courtesy Town house had been chosen for the fi lm, they spruced it up, all for nothing: the renova- Museum of the Highwood, Railway Avenue, High River 8 Way, (31 episodes, 2000-2002) a mod- ern drama series on YTV in Canada and MOVIES Nickelodeon in the United States. Th e FILMED IN THE REGION series follows 13-year-old orphan Caitlin Seeger as she shuffl es through the foster- OKOTOKS home system before being sent to the coun- Moondance Alexander (2007) try home of her second cousins in Montana. Word of Honour (2002) Also used in Caitlin’s Way is Evelyn’s Viva Las Nowhere (2001) Memory Lane at 118 Fourth Ave. SW. hurch, TURNER VALLEY St. Thomas’ Anglican C Viva Las Nowhere (2001) High River was also used in Carolina Moon – Brokeback Mountain Dinton HIGH RIVER (2007), a made-for-TV thriller based on Carolina Moon (2007) Nora Roberts’ novel. Scenes were fi lmed at Courtesy www.FindingBrokeback.com Caitlin’s Way (TV Series) Vespucci’s at 111 Th ird Ave. SW; the town Highway 547 to the hamlet of Dinton for two Heartland (TV Series) cemetery on Th ird Avenue, and historic Brokeback Mountain scenes: St. Th omas’ Moondance Alexander (2007) Wallace House at 145 MacLeod Trail SW. Anglican Church was used for the wedding of Ennis and Alma, while a nearby fi eld was Carolina Moon (2007) Moondance Alexander (2007) with Kay turned into the drive-in movie lot at which Th e Ron Clark Story (2006) Panabaker and Don Johnson, was fi lmed in they enjoyed a picture. Medicine River (1992) the Okotoks area, and also used the High Unforgiven (1991) River Cemetery. Th e fi lm, based on a true Backtrack to Highway 24 and continue north Superman III (1982) story, is about a teenaged girl who fi nds to Carseland, where, at 110 Railway Avenue, Superman (1977) herself with the help of a horse. you’ll fi nd the Blue Bar, an unnamed drinking Golden Rod (1975) spot in Brokeback Mountain, where Ennis East of High River, just off Highway 23, is and Jack share stories. Carseland is also part BLACKIE our next stop, Blackie, home to a Brokeback of the movie’s opening sequence: Ennis gets Brokeback Mountain (2005) Mountain (2005) moment at the corner of out of the truck (Carseland) and walks down MOSSLEIGH Railway Avenue and Aberdeen Street, site the street (Cowley). Jack then drives up Brokeback Mountain (2005) of the Th anksgiving fi ght in front of the and parks (Cowley). Th ey notice each other Riverton bar. Th e building used for the bar is CARSELAND (Cowley). Joe drives up (Cowley). After a former hardware store. Brokeback Mountain (2005) Ennis and Jack leave the trailer (Cowley), Hi-Lo Country (1998) Following Highway 23 east brings us to they introduce themselves (Cowley) be- Highway 24 and the northbound return fore walking into the bar (Carseland). to Calgary; there’s some stops to make Considering Cowley is roughly 200 kilome- fi rst, however. At Mossleigh, turn west on tres from Carseland, you get a sense of the lengths directors will go to create the “per- fect” sequence of shots, even for a minute or two of the fi lm. Also fi lmed here in 1998 was Th e Hi-Lo Country with Sam Elliott. Complete your drive north through Cheadle to Highway 1 and head east to Calgary. d Blue Bar, Carselan Railway Aven ue, Blackie – Brokeback Mountain – Brokeback Mountain keback.com

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