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MUSEUMS & HISTORY
Last modified February 28, 2005

Museums & Historic Sites In The Region

 Map #

 Site Name

 Location

 Telephone
 1  Impacts of Irrigation Museum  Taber on Hwy 3  403 223-
 2  Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park    403 647-2877
 3  Etzikom Museum &
 Historical Windmill Centre		    403 666-3737
 4  Manyberries CPR railway station    403 868-2003
 5  Echo Dale Historic Farm  8 km west of Medicine Hat on Hwy 3; May-October  403 527-7344
 6  Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery  Intersection of Hwy 1 & 3  403 502-8580
 7  Clay Industries National Historic District
(includes Medalta Pottery Nat. Historic Site)		  Medicine Hat; Industrial Avenue SE  403 529-1070
 8  Prairie Memories Museum  Irvine  403
 9  Tom Trott Forestry Museum  Elkwater  403 893-3777
 9  St. Margaret's Anglican Church & Cemetery  Eagle Butte Road  403 893-2470
 10  Stampede Archaeological Site  Elkwater  403 893-3777
 11  Fort Walsh National Historic Site    
 12  Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre  Maple Creek  306 662-2434
 13  SW Saskatchewan Oldtimer's Museum  Maple Creek  306 662-2474
 14  Vidora Archaeological & Historical Museum    
 15  Wallace Stegner Historic Home  Eastend  
 16  T. rex Discovery Centre  Eastend; open daily year round  306 295-4009
 17  Eastend Museum  Open May-September  306 295-3375
 18  Gull Lake Museum  Afternoons  306 672-4377
 19  Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre  Shaunavon; closed Sundays  306 297-3882
 20  Frontier Museum  Open Sunday afternoons, June-August  306 296-2147
 21  Climax Community Museum  Open daily July-August  306 293-2051

Historic Trails

Many trails were developed linking the various posts and settlements. Prior to the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883, most supplies were brought up the Missouri River to Fort Benton, Montana. From there, trails went to Fort Whoop-Up, near present-day Lethbridge, and to Fort Walsh. This north-south trading is described by the Old Forts Trail.

Historic Cemeteries

Cemeteries are one of the most enduring artifacts of our earliest communities, and are valuable reminders of days gone by. Many of the cemeteries near the Cypress Hills in Alberta have been located, documented and restored. A summary of the information is presented here. If you choose to visit these sites, please show respect both to the cemetery and to the adjacent landowners.


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