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Roadside Attractions

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Create your own Roadside Attractions Tour today!

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• Vegreville Pysanka (Hwy 16)

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• Vilna Mushrooms (2 blocks off main street)

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Vermilion

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• Lloydminster Border Markers (Hwy 16)

• Willingdon Label Pin Replica (Hwy 45)

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• Lloydminster Sundial (Bud Miller Park)

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• Mundare Sausage (Hwy 855)

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Onion Lake

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• Dewberry Chuckwagon (Downtown)

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Our Lady of the Highway Shrine

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Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

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Frog Lake

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vEGGFest - Celebratin g 40th Anniversary of the Pysanka! Aug 28-29 See page 70.

• The Bison - North America's largest land mammal Wainwright (Hwy 14) - See Canada’s largest buffalo statue at the entrance to town and live buffalo at the Bud Cotton Buffalo Paddock.

Elk Island National Park (Hwy 16) - See herds of bison throughout the park.

• Lamont County - Church Capital of North America - There are more churches here per capita than anywhere in North America.

• Lloydminster Home Hardware Giant Adirondack Chair - 2802 - 50 Avenue, Lloydminster, AB • Myrnam Dove (downtown) • Redwater Oil Derrick (Just off Hwy 28) • Thorhild Sunflower (on Hwy 827 in Thorhild) • Vegreville - Our Lady of the Highway Shrine (Hwy 16) • Viking Ribstones (east of Viking on Hwy 14)

Killam Sedgewick Lougheed

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Fabyan Train Trestle

Wainwright

Edgerton

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Forestburg

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Chauvin

Hughenden Alliance Czar

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Canada’s Largest • Bonnyville Angus Shaw Statue (Located at the Bonnyville Museum) • Edmonton Baseball Bat (97 St & 118 Ave) • Elk Point Peter Fidler Statue (Hwy 41) • Fabyan Train Trestle (near Wainwright off Hwy 14) • Heisler Baseball Glove (downtown) • Saddle Lake Cree Indian Metal Sculpture • Smoky Lake Pumpkin Park (Downtown) • St. Paul U.F.O. Landing Pad (Hwy 28) • Waskatenau R.C.M.P. Memorial Statue (South & East on the Victoria Trail) • Wainwright Free Standing Clock Tower (Downtown)

DID YOU KNOW? East Central Alberta is Western Canada’s Roadside Attractions Capital!

Go East Roadside Attractions

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Attractions Arts, Culture & Heritage – Boasting a wealth of cultural heritage, east central Alberta is laced with over 50 museums and historic sites throughout the region, featuring a variety of interesting collections all ages will enjoy. Historic Main Streets, murals, and unique roadside attractions are located throughout communities across the region.

Photo by Heather Loewen

Community

Vegreville Regional Museum

Strathcona County Museum & Archives

See ad page 72.

See ad page 67.

TOP PICKS Central Rural East Alberta Museum (CREAM) Check out the great collections on a CREAM museums tour.

Experience railway history, grain elevators, old school houses, farm machinery, military history, a telephone museum, and much more!

Enjoy heritage demonstrations and special events throughout the summer. Create a driving tour with your choice of 19 museums along highways 16, 14 and 13.

COMMUNITY MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES Saddle Lake Museum & Cree Indian Sculpture 780-726-3829 Smoky Lake Museum Off Hwy 28. 780-656-3033.

Thorhild Museum located in Thorhild Library 210-7Ave. 780-398-3502 VICTORIA SETTLEMENT

NORTHEAST - HWY 28 & 29 Alberta Railway Museum 24215 – West of Fort Sask 780-472-6229 Bonnyville & District Museum 4401-54Ave. 780-826-4925 Cold Lake Museums 780-594-3546 Elk Point Mural 100' long historical mural on 50th Ave. 780-724-3810 FORT GEORGE & BUCKINGHAM HOUSE SE of Elk Point.

780-724-2611. See ad page 20.

Frog Lake Massacre National Historic Site Heinsburg Gibbons Museum 4709-48 Ave. 780-923-2148.

Heinsburg - Railway Theme Park 780-943-2333 Lac La Biche Mission National Historic Site 780-623-3274 Mallaig & District Museum 780-635-3757 McGuire Tractor Museum South of Gibbons. 780-973-6296 MÉTIS CROSSING North Sask. River & Hwy 855 780-656-2229 See ad page 20.

Musee St. Paul Museum 5409-50 Ave, St. Paul. 780-645-5562 RCMP Memorial Statue - SE of Waskatenau. 780-358-2208.

REDWATER MUSEUM Downtown.

780-942-3206. See ad page 117.

Rich Lake Museum 780-623-7756

South of Smoky Lake.

780-656-2333. See ad page 20.

Vilna Poolhall & Barbershop 780-636-3620

EAST - HWY 15 & 45 Basilian Fathers Museum Mundare 780-764-3887 BOIAN HALL & ROMANIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM Willingdon 780-367-2337 See ad page 62.

Canadian Moravian Museum Bruderheim 780-436-8190 Chipman Historical Foundation 780-363-2383 Dewberry Valley Museum Next to village office. 780-847-3053.

FORT SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE Downtown.

780-998-1783. See ad page 54.

Lamont County Churches Historic Tours 780-895-2233 Shandro Museum Willingdon.

By appt July & Aug 780-603-0616.

Two Hills & District Historical Museum 780-657-2438

Ukrainian Museum of Canada Alberta Branch The museum houses many colorful exhibits and artifacts from Ukraine and the early Immigration Period in Alberta.

Open: May 1 to August 31 Mon. - Fri. 10 am to 4 pm and by appt.

10611 - 110 Ave NW, Edmonton

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Go East Community Attractions

EAST - HWY 16

SOUTHEAST - HWY 13

Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre Lloydminster 306-825-5655 Beaver Lake Cairn Historical Site SW of Mundare. 780-456-0407 Innisfree Prairie Bank Of Commerce Museum Mainstreet 780-592-3886.

Lavoy Akasu Hill Minburn County.

Mannville Historical Telephone Exchange and Cross Roads Museum 780-763-2304.

Ranfurly & District Museum 780-658-2107 Paradise Valley Climb Thru Time Museum – 780-745-2150.

Strathcona County Bremner House 780-416-6739 STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES - 913 Ash St., Sherwood Park. 780-467-8189. See ad pg 67.

UKRAINIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE VILLAGE on Hwy 16. 780-662-3640.

See ad page 21.

VEGREVILLE REGIONAL MUSEUM 1 km east of Vegreville.

780-632-7650. See ad page 72.

Vermilion Heritage Museum 5310 – 50 Ave – 780-853-6211.

Alliance Museum 780-879-3911 BODO ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER

SOUTHEAST - HWY 14 VIKING MUSEUM N end of mainstreet.

780-336-3066. See ad page 84.

Viking Ribstones Historic Park See page 90.

BUFFALO ADVENTURES (Buffalo Park Centre). Wainwright. 780-842-9247 See ad page 95.

WAINWRIGHT MUSEUM 1001 – 1 Ave, Wainwright 780-842-3115. See ad page 95.

WAINWRIGHT RAIL PARK & BATTLE RIVER TRESTLE 780-842-3138. See ad page 94.

EDGERTON MUSEUM Hwy 894 780-755-2189. See ad page 96.

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See page 35.

South of Provost 780-753-6353.

See ad page 113.

Chauvin Museum 4810-1st Ave. 780-858-3881 DIPLOMAT MINE MUSEUM SW of

Forestburg. See ad page 107.

FORESTBURG HISTORICAL MUSEUM 780-582-2298. See ad page 107.

LOUGHEED IRON CREEK MUSEUM Hwy 13. 780-386-2337.

See ad page 111.

Provost & District Museum 780-753-6667 St. Norbert's Rosenheim Church South East of Provost. 780-753-6697

GRAIN ELEVATORS Andrew Grain Elevator Interpretive Centre Downtown. 780-365-2237 Paradise Valley Climb Thru Time Museum 780-745-2150 LOUGHEED IRON CREEK MUSEUM Hwy 13. 780-386-2337.

See ad pg 111.

Radway Krause Grain Elevator 780-736-3542

ART GALLERIES Fort Saskatchewan Dow Centennial Centre Art Gallery 780-992-6400.

Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre 4420-50 Ave. 306-825-5655 Strathcona County Art Gallery @ 501 780-410-8585 THE GALLERY IN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH 4916 - 49 Ave. Holden 780-603-9387 See ad page 89.

THE ROOT COMMUNITY EMPORIUM Lloydminster 306-825-5885. See ad page 84.

Tofield Beaverhill Lake Nature Centre Art Gallery 780-662-3269 VEGREVILLE HISTORIC TRAIN STATION ART GALLERY 780-632-2288. See ad pg 73.

Viking The Station Gallery & Arts Centre Guild 780-336-3466 White Earth Gallery of Art CN Station, Smoky Lake. 780-656-3918

Central Rural East Alberta Museums Chipman

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Mundare

Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

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Create your own path of history...

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Camrose & District Centennial Museum 53 St-47A Ave 780-672-3298 Victoria Day-Labour Day Tues-Sun 10-5 pm www.camrosemuseum.ca

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Innisfree Prairie Bank of Commerce Museum 5203-50 Ave (mainstreet) 780-592-3886 or 780-787-0574 Victoria Day-Labour Day Tues-Sun 9-1 pm

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Mannville Crossroads Museum* also Tourist Information Booth 1 km north of Hwy 16 on Hwy 881 780-763-2304 July-Aug www.mannvillemuseum.com

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Camrose Heritage Railway Station & Park* 4407-47 Ave 780-672-3099 Victoria Day-last Sat in Aug Tues-Sat 10-5 pm www.canadiannorthern.ca

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Irma Museum north end of mainstreet 780-754-3755/2261 mid-May to Thanksgiving Wed-Fri, Sun 1-4 pm www.irma.ca

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Paradise Valley Climb Thru Time Museum 780-745-2150/2412/2442 May-Sept 10-5 pm daily

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Ryley Museum 5107-49 St 780-663-3653/2372/3752 July-Aug Wed, Fri, Sat 1-5 pm; open 3rd Sat in June www.ryley.ca

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Edgerton Museum west side of Edgerton 780-755-2189/2248/3945 Victoria Day-Labour Day Mon-Fri 1-4 pm Sat-Sun 2-4 pm Holden Historical Society Museum 4928-50 Ave 780-688-3593 Mid-May to Labour Day Fri-Sun 12-4 pm www.village.holden.ab.ca

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Kingman Regional School Museum mainstreet 780-672-8220/6969/ July-Aug Mon-Fri 10-4:30 pm Winter Mon-Wed 2-4:30 pm

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Lougheed Iron Creek Museum* east side of Lougheed 780-386-2337/3970 or 780-888-2123 www.villageoflougheed.com Mannville Historical Telephone Exchange* mainstreet 780-763-2304 July-Aug www.mannvillemuseum.com

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Sedgewick Archives Gallery & Museum; Goose Creek School 4702-48 St 780-384-3741/3571/3645 Year-round Tues & Thurs 1:30-4:30 pm www.sedgewick.ca Strome Sodbusters Archives Museum 5029-50 St 780-376-3688 June-Aug Th-Sun 12-4 pm

www.CreamMuseums.ca

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Tofield Museum* 5020-48 Ave, service road off Hwy 14 780-662-3269/3191 Mid-June-Labour Day Wed-Sat 10-5 pm, Sun 1-5 pm

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Vegreville Regional Museum* 1 km east of Vegreville Hwy 16A 780-632-7650 June-Aug Sat-Sun 1-5 pm Tues-Fri 11-5 pm www.vegreville.com

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Vermilion Heritage Museum* 5310-50 Ave 780-853-6211 Victoria Day-Labour Day 1-5 pm daily

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Viking Museum* north end of mainstreet 780-336-3066 Victoria Day-Labour Day

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Wainwright Museum 1001-1 Ave 780-842-3115 May-Aug 9-5 pm daily Sept-April 12-4 pm Thurs-Sun *Call for summer hours/additional hours. *Call for winter hours & visits by appointment.

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Major

Attractions Battle River Railway Excursions

See ad page 107.

Enter to Win tickets and passes to Major Attractions!

See page 36.

Camrose Resort Casino

See ad page 100.

TOP PICKS Enjoy Ukrainian museums, aboriginal culture, forts and fur trading posts. See the only Romanian Museum in Alberta at Boian. Take a ride with the Battle River Railway. Play the slots and enjoy great entertainment at the Camrose Resort Casino!

Photo by Laura Stanley

Romanian Pioneer Museum of Boian See page 62.

Métis Crossing See ad below.

1 hr NE of Edmonton

Site rental available for Weddings and Family Reunions

In the creation of the Métis Crossing Site. Located on 512 acres of riverfront property, just 15 km south of Smoky Lake, Alberta.

Métis Crossing will be Alberta’s first and only centre dedicated to the history and culture of the Métis in Western Canada.

Site features: Guided Tours Campgrounds Gift Shop Showers Smoky Lake

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Open 11 am - 6 pm May long weekend September long weekend

780-656-2229 metiscrossing@metis.org

MetisCrossing.com

Go East Major Attractions

Fort Saskatchewan Museum & Historic Site See ad page 54.

Bodo Archaeologocial Center

Bodo Archaeological Center by Laura Stanley See page 113.

TOP PICKS

History comes alive at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, an open-air living history museum where costumed role-players recreate the life of east central Alberta’s early Ukrainian pioneers. Step back in time to 1892-1930 and hear real stories of triumphs and hardships in Canada's oldest and one-time largest bloc settlement of Ukrainian pioneers. Explore more than 30 historic structures by foot or hop on a free horse-drawn wagon. Make your experience complete with mouthwatering Ukrainian food.

This summer, five newly restored historic buildings will open, including the Morecambe School, South River Teacher’s Shack, Luzan Post Office, along with the Grekul Barn and Granary. These structures will be formally unveiled on Monday, May 18 as part of the Celebration of Dance special event.

This summer’s feature exhibit – Making the Grade: School life at the end of the 1920s – complements the formal unveiling of the Morecambe School and South River Teacher’s Shack. This exhibit, on display until Labour Day, examines the growth and development of two-room schools in Alberta. Explore the development of teacher training and teaching standards and other topics that elevated education standards across the province.

Get an enhanced cultural or agricultural experience at our special events, which provide additional activities and entertainment for the entire family to enjoy.

Special Events

Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

Celebration of Dance – Monday, May 18 Join us in the excitement of our opening weekend with one of Alberta's largest Ukrainian dance extravaganzas.

Vintage Day – Sunday, June 28 Experience Alberta's history by driving back in time with a special display of historic vehicles on Vintage Day. Ukrainian Day – Sunday, August 9 A celebration of all things Ukrainian past and present, Ukrainian Day recognizes the rich tapestry of Alberta's Ukrainian community today.

Friends' Ukrainian Music Fest – Sunday, August 23 Bring your lawn chair and enjoy a live concert featuring Ukrainian-Canadian bands and musicians.

Harvest of the Past & Harvest Food Festival – Sunday, September 13 Join us for our final special event of the season and witness traditional harvest activities from the period of 1892-1930. Enjoy culinary treats at The Harvest Food Festival.

Located: only 25 minutes or 50 km (30 miles) east of Edmonton on Highway 16, just 3 km (1.8 miles) east of Elk Island National Park.

Open daily: 10 am - 5 pm, from Victoria Day weekend to Labour Day (September 7). Admission is charged. Show your current Experience Alberta's History pass or Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society membership card and get in free!

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