Heritage Park Historical Village
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Heritage Park is Canada's largest living historical village. This 66 acre park showcases the settlement of Western Canada from 1864 - 1914, including the fur trade, ranching, a pre-railway settlement and a railway prairie town.
Waymark Code: WMTCB
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 10/06/2006
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Lots of parking and good access via public transit. Heritage Park is also situated adjacent to Calgary's extensive network of biking / walking trails.
This 176 acre park includes several distinct areas: an old-time amusement park (1904 carousel, swing ride, ferris wheel); a replica fur trading fort (1860); a pre-railway settlement (buildings from 1874 thru 1903 including a schoolhouse, tent-cabins, a North West Mounted Police post); ranching (ranch house, barn, soddy); a railway prairie town (includes operating steam train, several shops, houses, church, schoolhouse all dating between 1887 and 1910); resource development (mining, Dingman discovery well, etc.)
Basic admission includes access to the park, access to all buildings and a free pancake and sausage breakfast, served daily in Gunn's Dairy Barn. Daily admission prices range from approx. $9 (child) to $14 (adult) to $46 (family). You may also purchase a ride bracelet, good for all amusement park rides and the train. Or you may pay for your train and amusement park rides individually.
See the website for more details and a virtual tour of the park.
Stay-tuned for a huge expansion of Heritage Park, getting underway the fall of 2006.
There is one Alberta Survey Control marker located within Heritage Park which can be logged at geocaching.com (GC43F3).
Theme:
This living cultural history museum highlights the settlement of Western Canada, from 1864 - 1914.
Street Address:
1900 Heritage Drive SW
Calgary, AB
403-268-8500
www.heritagepark.ca
Food Court: yes
Gift Shop: yes
Hours of Operation:
Open daily from the Victoria Day long weekend each may through Labour Day weekend each September, 9 am to 5 pm. Open weekends only starting the weekend after Labour Day through Thanksgiving weekend in October, also 9 am to 5 pm. Open for the 12 Days of Christmas, weekends only, from mid-November through Christmas. Check website for specific dates and times.
Cost: 14.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Large
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
In order to log this waymark in this category, you must be able to provide proof of your visit. Please post a picture of yourself or your GPSr in front some identifiable feature or point of interest either in the museum, or on the museum grounds.