Dedicated
to preserving the architectural heritage in St. Albert, Heritage
Sites manages the Little White School, St. Albert Grain
Elevator Park and River Lot 23 and 24 and its associated houses and agricultural buildings.
St.
Albert Grain Elevator Park
The
St. Albert Grain Elevator Park opens for the summer season
on Victoria Day weekend and will be open until Labour Day. Please note that in 2010, the grain elevators will be under construction for the purpose of restoration and there will be access to the Train Station only.
The Park features two of Alberta's designated wooden grain
elevators the 1906 Alberta Grain Company Elevator and the
1929 Alberta Wheat Pool Elevator. Both these important
landmarks received their designation as Provincial Historic
Resources in January 2007. The St. Albert Grain Elevator
Park is also home to the St. Albert Train Station and Visitor
Centre. The original new train station was built in
2005 and is designed as it would have appeared in the 1920's,
after it was extended to increase the baggage handling area.
When you visit the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park our interpreters
will take you on a guided tour of the train station and historic
grain elevators.
Open:
May
16 to Labour Day, Wednesday to Sunday from
10:00am to 5:00pm
Official opening: Saturday, May 23, 2009
*Please note that there is only access to the Train Station, not the grain elevators due to restoration
Location:
4A Meadowview Drive, St. Albert, Alberta
Admission:
Free, donations accepted
Contact:
For more information please call 780-419-7354
Little White School
The Little White School was built in 1948 and is one of Alberta's oldest standing two-room school houses. The Little White School is open year round for school programs, birthday parties, tours, meeting space and pictures.
Open: all year
Location: 2 Madonna Drive, St. Albert, Alberta
Admission: Free, donations accepted
Contact: For more information please call 780-459-4404 or 780-459-1528
Horse-drawn sleigh going by the Little White School, photo taken by Ben Lemphers, courtesy of the St. Albert Gazette
Father
Lacombe Chapel
Visit
the Father Lcombe Chapel at Mission Hill and take a tour of
Alberta's oldest building and one of Alberta's Provincial
Historic Sites. The log chapel was built in 1861 by Father
Lacombe and the local Metis and was the beginning of the missionary
settlement of St. Albert. Interpreters will give you a tour
of the chapel, the crypt where Father Lacombe, Bishop Grandin
and Father Leduc are buried, the grotto and the cemetery where
you will recognize many of the names of St. Albert's founding
families.
Open:
May 15 to Labour Day (1st Monday in September) Daily, 10:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location:
On St. Vital Avenue just off the St. Albert Trail,
in St. Albert
Admission: Free, donations accepted
Contact:
780-459-7663 Summer (May 15 - Labour Day) or father.lacombe@gov.ab.ca
780-431-2300 Winter or marianne.mack@gov.ab.ca
Chevigny House: River Lots
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