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Uncover ancient mysteries and celebrate the diversity of Only two hours southeast of the Royal Tyrrell Museum, the This magnificent restored Victorian sandstone mansion Transported by glacial ice far from its place of origin, life on Earth, billions of years in the making. The world- Field Station is located in beautiful Dinosaur Provincial was the home of Sir James and Lady Isabella Lougheed. “The Big Rock” is part of the Foothills Erratics Train, renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum, in the spectacular Alberta Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the best Treat yourself to a delightful culinary experience and a group of rocks carried along the front of the Rocky badlands, features Canada’s largest collection of dinosaurs. places in the world for fossil discoveries. The Station is an marvel at the rich décor of the original dining room. Mountains and dropped as the ice melted some 10,000 Explore the fascinating science of palaeontology and see outpost for researchers to work at while in the field, and During a tour, hear fascinating stories about the Lougheed years ago. This is a significant spiritual site to the what’s new with the prehistoric past… because just like the associated Visitor Centre allows visitors to experience family’s influence on the development of western Canada. Blackfoot people, and the name of the erratic is derived the history of life, the Museum is constantly evolving. the world of palaeontology. For more information, visit Stop by the elegant Treasures Gift Shop and then stroll from the Blackfoot word for rock, okatok. www.dinosaurpark.ca. through the beautiful estate gardens. Location: 6 km northwest of Drumheller on Hwy 838 Location: 50 km northeast of Brooks, off Hwy 1 Phone: 403-823-7707 Phone: 403-378-4344 Location: 707 13th Avenue, SW Calgary Location: Hwy 7, 10 km west of Okotoks OPEN YEAR-ROUND May 15 to Aug. 31: daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., OPEN YEAR-ROUND Camping and self-guiding opportunities; Phone: 403-244-6333 Phone: 403-297-4049 Sept. 1 to 30: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 1 to May 14: Tuesday to Public programs and Visitor Centre/Field Station open daily mid-May OPEN YEAR-ROUND (closed on Good Friday) OPEN YEAR-ROUND Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Mondays except holiday Mondays) to mid-October Open Wednesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Discover the fascinating story of how a century ago the On April 29th in 1903, 90 million tons of rock thundered Canadian Pacific Railway built the Brooks Aqueduct within from Turtle Mountain and buried part of a town. Immerse their expansive irrigation network. Like a giant centipede yourself in survivor accounts – who lived and who died? stretching 3.2 kilometres across the parched prairie, See the awesome power of North America’s deadliest Brooks Aqueduct was the largest concrete structure of rockslide. Find yourself emotionally connected with its kind when built, suspending its flume up to 20 metres Crowsnest Pass history as you view the award-winning above the ground. Walk along the interpretive trail and features in the theatre. Hike the trail through the rock appreciate the significance of wetland habitats. avalanche debris or listen to the stories told by our guides. Location: 1.5 km off Hwy 3, Crowsnest Pass Location: 8 km southeast of Brooks, off Trans-Canada Hwy 1 Phone: 403-562-7388 Phone: 403-653-5139 OPEN YEAR-ROUND (closed Dec. 24, 25, Jan. 1 & Easter Sunday) OPEN SEASONALLY July 1 to Labour Day: daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Open daily May 15 to Labour Day Labour Day to June 30: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Explore the graceful ruins of the only Canadian owned and operated coal mine in the Crowsnest Pass. Enjoy beautiful scenery, the scents of wildflowers, and the music of a fast-flowing mountain stream. Take a guided tour, talk with a knowledgeable storyteller, read the interpretive panels, and hear the listening post’s voices from the past. Investigate the power house, mine manager’s residence, tipple, washery and coke ovens at the “bad luck mine.” Location: Hwy 3, Crowsnest Pass FOR INFORMATION VISIT Phone: 403-562-7388 ExperienceAlbertaHistory.com OPEN SEASONALLY May 15 to Labour Day: open daily

T Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump U Remington Carriage Museum ANNUAL PASS alberta’aUNESCOlb WORLDerta’ HERITAGE SITE s hhistoryistory alberta’alberta’s hhistoryistory Alberta’s history comes alive! Purchase an Experience Alberta’s History Pass and receive unlimited admission to a network of provincial historic sites, museums and interpretive centres in Alberta for one full year. Passes are available at all major facilities and at all Alberta Motor Association (AMA) offices. Admission is charged at all provincial historic sites and museums. Call toll-free in Alberta through 310-0000 followed by the phone number of the heritage facility you would like to reach. Discover one of North America’s oldest and best preserved Canada was transformed by horsepower, from wagons buffalo jumps. Immerse yourself in Blackfoot culture. carrying farm families to fine coaches carrying royalty. Note: hours and special events subject to change. Connect with the landscape where plains people thrived Hear stories from the Old West while touring the largest Find information online at ExperienceAlbertaHistory.com for thousands of years. Learn how the buffalo provided collection of horse-drawn vehicles in North America. Visit all that was needed for a joyful life. Explore the award- the craftsmen in the restoration shop, see horses being winning Interpretive Centre and nature trails. Participate in groomed and harnessed in the stable, and then enjoy a Drumming & Dancing every Wednesday in July and August. carriage ride you will never forget.

Location: 90 minutes south of Calgary, on Secondary Hwy 785 Location: Main Street, Cardston Phone: 403-553-2731 Phone: 403-653-5139 OPEN YEAR-ROUND (closed Dec. 24, 25, Jan. 1 & Easter Sunday) OPEN YEAR-ROUND (closed Dec. 24, 25, Jan. 1 & Easter Sunday) May 15 to Labour Day: daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 1 to Aug. 31: daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Labour Day to May 14: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 1 to June 30: daily 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. alberta’alberta’s Printed in Canada for free distribution 2015 hhistoryistory alberta’alberta’s hhistoryistory A Oil Sands Discovery Centre B Historic Dunvegan C Victoria Settlement D Fort George & Buckingham House alberta’salberta’serta’ hhistoryNATIONAListor AND PROVINCIAL HISTORIC ySITE alberta’salbPROVINCIAL HISTORICerta’serta’ SITE hhistoryPROVINCIAListor HISTORIC SITE y

Discover what the oil sands are all about. Feel what Connect with the fur trade and mission history within Connect with the fur trade story within the 1864 Clerk’s At this Provincial Historic Site follow in the footsteps of fur bitumen is really like and find out how the oil is extracted Historic Dunvegan Provincial Park on the banks of the Quarters of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Run your fingers traders, explorers, surveyors and the cartographers Peter from the sand using different technologies. Take a selfie mighty Peace River. Sign up for a tour of the restored log through fox or beaver pelts and try the bitter-sweet taste Fiddler and David Thompson. Hike along the bank of the while standing beside the “Big Truck” with 3.6 metre buildings. Relive stories about the Dunne-za First Nation of licorice made over a wood stove. Learn about the North Saskatchewan River to the archaeological sites of (12 foot) tall tires, then climb up into the driver’s seat to and barter for goods at the Revillon Frères store as you founding of the Methodist Mission by Reverend George Fort George and Buckingham House, both constructed in experience what it would be like to work in the mine. run your fingers through fur pelts. Marvel at the stunning McDougall. Hear stories of how the Métis suffered small 1792 as competing fur trading forts. Interpreters will teach paintings within the 1867 St. Charles Church. pox, faced economic upheaval, and were impacted by the you traditional wilderness survival skills like igniting 1885 North West Rebellion. a fire using flint and steel. Location: 515 Mackenzie Blvd, Fort McMurray Phone: 780-743-7167 Location: 26 km south of Fairview, on Highway 2 Location: off Hwy 855, near Smoky Lake Location: 13 km southeast of Elk Point, off Hwy 646 OPEN YEAR-ROUND (closed Dec. 24, 25, Jan. 1, Easter Sunday) Phone: 780-835-7150 Phone: 780-656-2333 Phone: 780-724-2611 May 15 to Labour Day: daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Labour Day to OPEN SEASONALLY OPEN SEASONALLY OPEN SEASONALLY May 14: Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Mondays May 15 to Labour Day: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 15 to Labour Day: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 15 to Labour Day: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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The relationship between government and First Nations At the core of St. Albert’s French missionary history and in Canada has always been complicated and sometimes, Métis settlement is the 1861 Father Lacombe Chapel, tension resulted in violence. The events in and around Alberta’s oldest standing structure. Sit in a wooden pew Frog Lake in 1885 took the form of tragic battles and imagine being at Catholic Mass 150 years ago. between police, Métis and Cree tribes. Walk the trails Tour the crypt where Father Lacombe and Bishop Grandin and with the help of interpretive signs, learn about and are buried or walk down to the Sturgeon River where contemplate this complex period of Alberta’s history. voyageurs transported supplies and furs by canoe as part of Canada’s fur trade.

Location: on St. Vital Avenue in St. Albert Phone: 780-459-7663 Location: east of secondary Highway 897 OPEN SEASONALLY OPEN YEAR-ROUND Open daily, May 15 to Labour Day alberta’saalberta’saG Ukrainianlblb Culturalerta’serta’erta’s Heritage Village hhistoryhhistoryistoristoryy alberta’saalberta’salblberta’serta’s hhistoryhhistoryH Royalistoristor Alberta Museum yy

Step back in time and witness early Ukrainian pioneer Travel thousands of miles and millions of years in one life in east central Alberta at this award-winning living amazing day and… make MAMMOTH memories! history museum. Have fun as you interact with costumed Discover all the natural regions of our province; be role-players portraying real people and events from the mesmerized by a breathtaking gem and mineral gallery; past. Explore more than 35 historic buildings including become captivated by a stunning exhibition featuring the three churches, a working grain elevator, blacksmith shop story of the First Peoples; and encounter exotic insects in and a real sod hut. Taste traditional Ukrainian food and the live bug room. Experience Alberta! The Royal Alberta visit our gift shop. Museum — where fun and learning meet! Location: 25 minutes east of Edmonton on Hwy 16 Location: 12845-102 Avenue, Edmonton. Phone: 780-453-9100 Phone: 780-662-3640 FOR INFORMATION VISIT OPEN daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Sept. 7, 2015 OPEN SEASONALLY ExperienceAlbertaHistory.com Open Friday to Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Dec. 6, 2015 May 15 to Labour Day: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NOTE: GLENORA LOCATION CLOSING DECEMBER 7, 2015

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Take pictures of this elegant Edwardian-era brick mansion The Provincial Archives of Alberta preserves and makes “Celebrating the Spirit of the Machine” with a vast collection of Restored to its 1927 appearance, enjoy the welcoming with its colourful heritage gardens, which was the home available for research both private and government cars, airplanes, tractors and industrial machines, this must-see ambiance of this historic country home of pioneer and of the first Premier of Alberta, Alexander Cameron records related to the history and culture of our province. attraction offers lots to see and do. In summer, let your inner prominent Icelandic poet, Stephan G. Stephansson. Rutherford. Maintaining the Rutherford tradition of The collection includes over 1.4 million photographs, aviator soar in an open cockpit biplane or take a vintage vehicle Costumed storytellers provide interpretive programs and hospitality, experience what life was like in 1915 on a tour 48 kilometres of textual records, thousands of hours tour of the museum grounds. Feature exhibitions and special house tours where you can experience the spinning of of this living museum with a costumed storyteller. Find an of sound, film and video recordings, as well as books, events happen year-round. wool, baking, household chores or poetry reading, all as it old-fashioned gift within The Lilac Tree Museum Shop. newspapers, maps and architectural drawings. Location: 6426 40 Ave, 2 km west of Wetaskiwin on Hwy 13 was in the 1920s. Phone: 780-361-1351 Location: 11153 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton Location: 8555 Roper Road (51 Avenue and 86 Street), Edmonton OPEN YEAR-ROUND (closed Dec. 24, 25, Jan. 1 & Easter Sunday) Location: 7 km north of Markerville off Hwy 781 & 592 Phone: 780-427-3995 Phone: 780-427-1750 May 15 to Labour Day: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 30 minutes southwest of Red Deer OPEN YEAR-ROUND May 15 to Labour Day: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., OPEN YEAR-ROUND Open Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Labour Day to May 14: Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 403-728-3929 Labour Day to May 14: Tuesday to Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays. Open Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., (no retrievals from 3:30 to 9 p.m.) (open holiday Mondays.) OPEN SEASONALLY May 15 to Labour Day: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.