Howdy! Our main building is currently open Tuesday - Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
The Pioneer Village will be open over the winter by appointment only. Please call ahead!
We will be closed for Remembrance Day on Monday, November 11 and Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
One of the most fascinating frontiersmen of southwestern Alberta was that of Andrew Christie whose contributions were in terms of coal mining, trading furs and recording weather conditions
HISTORICAL TRAGEDIES OF THE BEAVER MINES COAL INDUSTRY
Although resource extraction brought economic good times to this settlement nestled in the foothills to the west, local coal mining was not without its tragedies and loss of life.