Heritage Park

Known as a living village, Heritage Park recreates early Western Canadian history through costumed interpreters, street theatre and over 150 buildings and exhibits. The Park's historical collections comprise 45,000 artifacts representing most aspects of a settler's life in pre-1814 Western Canada. At Heritage Park, you not only get to learn about life during the turn of the century, you get an opportunity to take part in it all. From learning how to make butter or ice cream to printing a newspaper, Heritage Park is an interactive museum that kids and adults of all ages can enjoy.

Heritage Park is divided into three time periods: 1860s fur trading era - when the settlers first started heading west and established the Hudson's Bay Company Fort to trade with the natives; the 1880s pre-railway settlement - the promise of the railroad encouraged more people to head west, small towns and ranches began to develop; and the circa 1910 western town - after the railroad was completed and oil and gas were discovered towns along the railroad began to boom. Some of the most popular exhibits in the town are: the Alberta Bakery, which serves mouth-watering fresh baking, each day of the season; the Vulcan Ice cream Parlour, which dishes up delicious ice cream for our guests to enjoy and the Lakeview Amusement Park, which includes antique midway rides and games for the family to enjoy.

The Park has three modes of transportation on site including: an authentic steam locomotive which operates around the perimeter of the park and makes stops at three of our authentic railway stations at the park; the S.S. Moyie Sternwheeler which cruises the reservoir and offers breathtaking views of the city and the mountains and horse-drawn wagon rides that take you through the park.