There are many places in Alberta, Canada that are '''off the beaten path'''.

Big Stuff Tour

  • World's biggest '''Beaver''' - Beaverlodge
  • World's biggest '''Bee''' - Falher
  • World's biggest '''Chuckwagon''' - Dewberry
  • World's biggest '''Dinosaur''' - Drumheller
  • World's biggest '''Golf Putter''' - Bow Island
  • World's biggest '''Mallard Duck''' - ''Whitford Lake Bird Sanctuary'' (Andrew)
  • World's biggest '''Mushrooms''' - Vilna
  • World's biggest '''Oil Lamp Replica''' - Donalda
  • World's biggest '''Perogy''' - Glendon
  • World's biggest '''Piggy Bank''' - Coleman_(Alberta)
  • World's biggest '''Pysanka Easter Egg''' - Vegreville
  • World's biggest '''Sausage''' - Mundare
  • World's biggest '''Softball''' - Coleman
  • World's biggest '''Star Trek Enterprise Replica''' - Vulcan
  • World's biggest '''Sun dial''' - Lloydminster
  • World's biggest '''Tipi''' - Medicine Hat
  • World's first '''UFO landing pad''' - Saint Paul
  • World's Biggest '''Baseball Bat''' - Edmonton
  • For more, visit: [http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/alberta.htm Large Canadian Roadside Attractions]

    Lesser-known Natural Areas

  • Whitegoat Wilderness Area / David Thompson Country
  • Willmore Wilderness Park
  • First Nations Events and Historic Sites

  • Powwows
  • *Hobbema (Ermineskin)
  • *Peace River
  • *Saddle Lake
  • *Long Lake
  • *Beaver Lake
  • *Kehewin
  • *Wesley
  • *[http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html Calendar]
  • *[http://www.powwow-power.com/powwowetiquette.html Powwow etiquette]
  • [http://www.head-smashed-in.com/ Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump]: designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981
  • [http://www.frankslide.com/ Frank Slide]: site of a massive rockslide at the beginning of the 20th century
  • Rodeos and Stampedes

  • Ponoka Stampede
  • Tourism for Engineers

  • Paintearth Coal Strip Mine (Luscar) and Battle River Power Plant (ATCO), Forestburg
  • Old Man Dam
  • Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Fort McMurray
  • Turner Valley Gas Plant National Historic Site
  • Pincher Creek wind farm
  • Other Cultural and Historic Sites

  • Visiting Hutterite Colonies
  • Fort McLeod RCMP Musical Ride
  • Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin
  • Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, East of Edmonton
  • Favourite Rural Cafes

  • Donalda
  • Big Valley
  • Lacombe
  • Camrose: Ruffingtons, and the Valley Tea Room
  • Longview: Ian Tyson's Navajo Mug