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The Best Attractions In Wetaskiwin

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Wetaskiwin is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located 70 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word wītaskiwinihk, meaning the hills where peace was made.Wetaskiwin is home to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum, a museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of the machine as well as the Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum, which documents the pioneer arrival and lifestyle in Wetaskiwin's early years. Southeast of Wetaskiwin, the Alberta Central Railway Museum acknowledges the impact that the railway had on Central Alberta. Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame is also located a short walk...
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  • 1. Reynolds-Alberta Museum Wetaskiwin
    The Reynolds-Alberta Museum, in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada is one of 19 provincially owned and operated historic sites and museums. It traces the mechanization of Alberta's transportation, aviation, agricultural, and industrial past from the 1890s to present, as cars and trucks replaced horse-drawn buggies and wagons, huge factories replaced the village blacksmith shop, and mechanized equipment replaced animal and human-powered farm implements. The stories told by each exhibit reveal how the daily lives of Albertans were affected during this period of rapid change. The Main Gallery is designed as a highway through time, beginning with a horse-drawn carriage of the late 19th century and featuring four stations; a 1911 factory, a 1920s grain elevator, a 1930s service station, and a 1950s dr...
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  • 2. Pigeon Lake Provincial Park Wetaskiwin
    Pigeon Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada. The park is located on the south-western shore of Pigeon Lake. It was established on May 26, 1967.
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  • 3. Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum Wetaskiwin
    Wetaskiwin is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located 70 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word wītaskiwinihk, meaning the hills where peace was made.Wetaskiwin is home to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum, a museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of the machine as well as the Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum, which documents the pioneer arrival and lifestyle in Wetaskiwin's early years. Southeast of Wetaskiwin, the Alberta Central Railway Museum acknowledges the impact that the railway had on Central Alberta. Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame is also located a short walk away from the museum. The city is well-known in Western Canada for the slogan and jingle Cars cost less in Wetaskiwin, from the Wetaskiwin ...
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  • 4. Alberta Central Railway Museum Wetaskiwin
    The Alberta Central Railway Museum is a railway museum located south-east of the City of Wetaskiwin, in Central Alberta, Canada. The main building was designed as a scaled-down version of the City's 1907 Canadian Pacific Railway depot. The depot includes a waiting room, baggage room and telegraph office, as well as exhibits and railroad artifacts. Railroad equipment includes locomotives, a sleeper car, passenger coach, freight equipment, cabooses, freight cars and a snowplough. Attractions include a model train layout of the original Wetaskiwin railyard. The museum also features a 1906 Alberta Grain Co. grain elevator which was moved from Hobbema. The elevator is known to be Alberta's second-oldest grain elevator in the Province. Rides are given on a one-mile loop of track.
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  • 5. Edmonton International Raceway Wetaskiwin
    Edmonton International Raceway is a 1/4 mile paved oval auto racing facility, located outside Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, approximately 50 kilometres south of Edmonton. The track is the first in Alberta to be sanctioned by NASCAR, and hosts races in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. It hosted its first NASCAR Pinty's Series race in 2014.
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  • 6. Twin Lakes Wetaskiwin
    Twin Lake is a lake in Alberta.
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  • 10. Sylvan Lake Provincial Park Sylvan Lake
    Sylvan Lake is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 25 kilometres west of the City of Red Deer along Highway 11 or Highway 11A. It is situated on the southeast edge of Sylvan Lake, a 15-kilometre-long freshwater lake, in Red Deer County. The lake is a popular destination for tourists from around Alberta, with over 1.5 million visitors each year. Popular tourist activities include sunbathing, swimming, water-skiing, and visiting Camp Woods. Camp Woods in Sylvan Lake hosted the 12th Canadian Scout Jamboree in July 2013.
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