We spent the entire day at Heritage Park in Calgary. Many
historic buildings from Alberta have been reassembled here (or in some cases
reproduced) to present the history of the province. There are different
sections of the park for the various times in history: the time of fur trappers
and military outposts, the coming of the railroad, the farming community, and
the largest exhibit was the boom times of 1900-1914 displaying many different
buildings of the period. The place was swarming with families and children.
They kept them happy with a train ride, boat ride, wagon ride, and an amusement
park with rides primarily from the 1920-30’s.
Our favorite part of the day was talking with the fur trader, who showed us how to set a muskrat trap and invited us back to set the bear trap that night. We managed to easily spend six hours here: touring the various buildings, taking the train and boat ride, talking to the people explaining many of the exhibits. At the end we briefly visited the Gasoline Alley Museum with many antique vehicles, early gasoline stations, and a large collection of gas pumps.
Our favorite part of the day was talking with the fur trader, who showed us how to set a muskrat trap and invited us back to set the bear trap that night. We managed to easily spend six hours here: touring the various buildings, taking the train and boat ride, talking to the people explaining many of the exhibits. At the end we briefly visited the Gasoline Alley Museum with many antique vehicles, early gasoline stations, and a large collection of gas pumps.
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Heritage Square |
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