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The Best Attractions In Millarville

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Millarville is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies at an elevation of 1,185 metres . The hamlet is located northwest of the intersection of the Cowboy Trail and Highway 549, approximately 11 kilometres north of Turner Valley and 35 kilometres southwest of Calgary's city limits. The hamlet consists of residential, commercial and environmental reserve parcels. Millarville Community School is located in the hamlet. The school includes a kindergarten program through to grade eight. The hamlet is within census division No. 6 and in the federal riding of Macleod...
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  • 3. Royal Tyrrell Museum Drumheller
    The Royal Tyrrell Museum is a Canadian tourist attraction and a centre of palaeontological research known for its collection of more than 130,000 fossils.Located 6 km northwest from Drumheller, Alberta and 135 km northeast from Calgary, the museum is situated in the middle of the fossil-bearing strata of the Late Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation and holds numerous specimens from the Alberta badlands, Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Egg Site.The Royal Tyrrell Museum is operated by Alberta's Ministry of Culture.
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  • 4. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site Fort Macleod
    Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a buffalo jump located where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie 18 km west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada on highway 785. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of the museum of Blackfoot culture. Joe Crowshoe Sr. – Aapohsoy’yiis – a ceremonial Elder of the Piikani Nation in southern Alberta, was instrumental in the development of the site. The Joe Crow Shoe Sr. Lodge is dedicated to his memory. He dedicated his life to preserving Aboriginal culture and promoting the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and in 1998 was awarded the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for saving the knowledge and practices of the Blackfoot people.
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  • 5. Okotoks Erratic - The Big Rock Okotoks
    Okotoks is a town in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is situated on the Sheep River, approximately 18 km south of the City of Calgary. The town is a member of the Calgary Regional Partnership, a cooperative of municipalities within the Calgary Region. Okotoks has emerged as a bedroom community of Calgary. According to the 2016 Census, the town has a population of 28,881, making it the largest town in Alberta.
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  • 6. Elbow Falls Provincial Recreation Area Bragg Creek
    Elbow Pass is the mountain pass between the Highwood and Elbow areas in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. It contains Elbow Lake which is the headwaters of the Elbow River. The pass is formed between Mount Rae of the Misty Range and Gap Mountain of the South Banff Ranges. Good hiking and mountain biking routes connect the Little Elbow recreation area at the end of Highway 66 to the Highwood Pass area on Bighorn Highway.
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  • 7. Frank Slide Interpretive Centre Crowsnest Pass
    The Frank Slide was a rockslide that buried part of the mining town of Frank, Northwest Territories, Canada at 4:10 am on April 29, 1903. Over 82 million tonnes of limestone rock slid down Turtle Mountain within 100 seconds, obliterating the eastern edge of Frank, the Canadian Pacific Railway line and the coal mine. It was one of the largest landslides in Canadian history and remains the deadliest, as between 70 and 90 of the town's residents were killed, most of whom remain buried in the rubble. Multiple factors led to the slide: Turtle Mountain's formation left it in a constant state of instability. Coal mining operations may have weakened the mountain's internal structure, as did a wet winter and cold snap on the night of the disaster. The railway was repaired within three weeks and the...
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  • 8. Bar U Ranch National Historic Site Longview
    The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, located near Longview, Alberta, is a preserved ranch that for 70 years was one of the leading ranching operations in Canada. At its peak, the ranch extended over 160,000 acres with 30,000 cattle and 1000 Percheron horses. Two owners were instrumental in the establishment of the Calgary Stampede, forming part of the Big Four. The ranch was founded by Fred Stimson, whose North West Cattle Company kept cattle on 147,000 acres of open range between 1881 and 1902. Stimson used the Bar U brand for NWCC stock. From 1902 to 1925 the Bar U was operated by George Lane and his business partners, whose business ventures included meat packing, mills and other farms and ranches. Lane renamed the operation the Bar U Ranch, buying out his partners in 1908. Lane rais...
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