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Fish Creek Provincial
Park’s forest is a mix of Visitors can enjoy the facilities A tree-lined path in the
white spruce, aspen, all year round, includ ing riding Fish Creek Provincial
and balsam poplar. on the bobsleds and luge Park in fall
tracks, mountain biking, and
zip-lining. The views toward
the Rockies and over Calgary that furnish and decorate the
e from the 295-ft- (90-m-) high village have been donated by
residents of Calgary and the
Olympic Ski Jump Tower are
Fish Creek stunning. The Park is home to sur rounding towns, and vary
Provincial Park Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, from teacups to steam trains.
with 12 interactive galleries Among the most thrilling of
⌂ Bow Bottom Trail SE and some 100,000 artifacts. the exhibits are three original,
# Daily ∑ albertaparks.ca
operating steam locomotives
Established in 1975, this park and a working 19th-century
covers 5 sq miles (13 sq km) amusement park, which has
of forest along the Fish Creek t "\-= several rides. Cruise around
valley. Park guides hold slide Heritage Park the Glenmore Reservoir on a
shows on the region’s ecology Historical Village replica paddle boat, ride on an
and history, detailing the park’s electric streetcar to the park’s
many archeological sites. ⌂ 1900 Heritage Drive SW front gates and walk down an
# Village: May–Oct;
In winter, many of the hiking museum and café: all year urban street from the 1930s.
trails become cross-country ski ∑ heritagepark.ca The sense of stepping back in
trails. The Canada goose, the time at the village is enhanced
great blue heron, and the bald Heritage Park Historical Village by the clip-clopping of horse-
eagle are among the birds that sits on the shore of Glenmore drawn carriages, and by the
visit the park during the year. Reser voir and contains more smells and sounds of shops
than 70 historic buildings, such as the working bakery
from outhouses to a two-story and the blacksmith’s – all
hotel, that have been brought staffed by costumed guides.
r "- here from sites all over western
Canada Olympic Park Canada. The buildings have
been organized into time The sense of stepping
⌂ 88 Canada Olympic Rd SW
§ (403) 247 5452 # Daily periods, which range from an back in time at the
1880s fur-trading post to the village is enhanced
WinSport’s Canada Olympic shops and homes of a small
Park was the site of the 1988 town between 1900 and 1914. by the clip-clopping of
XV Olympic Winter Games. Most of the 45,000 artifacts horse -drawn carriages.
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