Heritage Park Trips (2014-2015)
Husky Gasoline Station - Heritage Park
Husky Gasoline Station at Gasoline Alley from early 1900's
At Heritage Park
Bruderheim Windmill - Heritage Park
Wilhelm Mallon, a carpenter and blacksmith arrived in Canada in 1910. He discovered that the sandy soil of his farm near Bruderheim, Alberta, grew a good crop of spring rye. The next step was building a mill to make the sort of rye bread. From 1920 to 1924, Mallon completed this mill. Mallon used hand tools to shape the gears, wheels and shafts from scrub birch, and shaped his millstones from granite found in the North Saskatchewan River.
On Steam Locomotive Train
At Heritage Park
Glenmore Reservoir from Heritage Park
At Heritage Park
Portrait taken at Heritage Park overlooking Glenmore Reservoir
Miners Cabin & Standard Gauge Railway Track
On Right: Standard gauge track (four feet, 8½ inches wide) at Heritage Park.
On Left: Miners Cabin - Built behind Banff's 'Wilson & Fear General Store' around 1885, this cabin originally served as a taxidermy shop frequented by Banff tourists hunting game animals. While not part of the many gold rushes that took place in Alberta and British Columbia between 1858 and 1912, this cabin does illustrate the sort of rustic lodgings used by miners at the time.
Steam Locomotive Train - Heritage Park
Steam Locomotive No. 2023 runs on Standard Gauge Track
Steam Locomotive Train - Heritage Park
Steam Locomotive No. 2023 runs on Standard Gauge Track
Sakshi on railway track at Heritage Park
Sakshi on railway track at Heritage Park
Glenmore Reservoir from Heritage Park
Glenmore Reservoir from Heritage Park
Glenmore Reservoir from Heritage Park
Bruderheim Windmill - Heritage Park
Wilhelm Mallon, a carpenter and blacksmith arrived in Canada in 1910. He discovered that the sandy soil of his farm near Bruderheim, Alberta, grew a good crop of spring rye. The next step was building a mill to make the sort of rye bread. From 1920 to 1924, Mallon completed this mill. Mallon used hand tools to shape the gears, wheels and shafts from scrub birch, and shaped his millstones from granite found in the North Saskatchewan River.
Steam Locomotive Train - Heritage Park
Steam Locomotive runs on standard gauge track
At Heritage Park
At Heritage Park
Railway Sand House (Right) & Railway Water Tower (Left)
Railway Sandhouse: Snow, fog, rain, ice and frost can make tracks slippery and dangerous. The steep grades through the Rocky Mountains can also cause a locomotive to lose traction. To give an engine extra traction, sand is blown onto the rails directly in front of the driving wheels. During the 1920s, the Canadian Pacific Railway built this sand tower at the Alyth Yards in Calgary.
Railway Water Tower: Heritage Park's working locomotives, Nos. 2023 and 2024, each have a water tender capacity of 3,000 gallons. Every morning, the engine being used is filled up from this water tower. Heritage Park built this enclosed water tower and tank in 1973 from a 1902 Canadian Pacific Railway plan
LAGGAN Station
The pristine wilderness of the Canadian Rockies attracted many tourists, and the Canadian Pacific Railway built this station in about 1890 on its main line at Laggan, now Lake Louise. This station and the one at Banff, which was also built to accommodate the tourist trade, were designed to have both an air of coziness and a proximity to nature, complementing their mountain settings.
Maulik & Urvashi at Laggan Station
Dining Room - Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
1894 Cooking Stove - Prince House
1894 Refrigerator - Prince House
Prince House - Kids Play Room
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
Bedroom - Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
Bedroom - Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
1894 Fireplace - Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
Living Room - Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
Prince House
Prince House was built in 1894 and owned by Peter Anthony Prince, a local, wealthy entrepreneur. Prince formed the Calgary Water Power Company in 1890, built a dam on the Bow River to harness hydroelectricity. The Prince House was preserved and relocated to Heritage Park in 1967
Sanstone House
After the great fire of 1886, which destroyed 14 timber buildings, Calgarians started building in sandstone, which was fireproof, easily workable and readily available in the area. Many buildings, such as banks, houses, schools and courthouses were made from sandstone, earning Calgary the nickname "Sandstone City" prior to the First World War.The original house, upon which the 2/3-scale Heritage Park replica is based, was built in 1887
Sanstone House
After the great fire of 1886, which destroyed 14 timber buildings, Calgarians started building in sandstone, which was fireproof, easily workable and readily available in the area. Many buildings, such as banks, houses, schools and courthouses were made from sandstone, earning Calgary the nickname "Sandstone City" prior to the First World War.The original house, upon which the 2/3-scale Heritage Park replica is based, was built in 1887
