Tag: Drumheller

The 1884 Survey That Found Coal And A Dinosaur Skull

Joseph Burr Tyrrell mapped Red Deer River coal seams in August 1884…

The Two-Headed Calf That Became a Drumheller Legend

A two-headed calf born near Beiseker in December 1970 lived only hours,…

We Are Loving Alberta’s Hoodoos to Death

The capped stone towers of the Drumheller badlands are among the most…

The Last Wooden Coal Tipple Standing In All Of Canada

A seven storey wooden coal tipple still leans into the valley wind…

How a Dying Prairie Hamlet Became Alberta’s Own Hollywood

Rowley grew along the Alberta Midland Railway from 1911 to about 500…