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GRANDE PRAIRIE & REGION <strong>2017</strong> VISITOR <strong>GUIDE</strong>
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1....................................................Front Page<br />
3.................Table of Contents / Download App<br />
5..............................................Welcome Page<br />
6.................................................Where To Eat<br />
12.....................................What To See And Do<br />
21............................Nitehawk Adventure Park<br />
22 ........................................Country Roads RV<br />
24 ..............................Preferred Campgrounds<br />
26 ......................................Camp Tamarack RV<br />
31 ..............................................Encore Suites<br />
32 .........................Preferred Accommodations<br />
34 ...........................................Sandman Hotel<br />
36 ............................Service Plus Inns & Suites<br />
38 ................................................<strong>2017</strong> Events<br />
48 ...........................City of Grande Prairie Map<br />
50 ..................................City of Grande Prairie<br />
54 ...................................The Heart of the City<br />
58.........................................Relocation Guide<br />
60 ..........................Some General Information<br />
62 ...............................Golfing the Exceptional<br />
64....................................Hunting and Fishing<br />
68..............................County of Grande Prairie<br />
72 ......................County of Grande Prairie Map<br />
76 ....................................................Bezanson<br />
77.......................................................Kleskun<br />
78........................................Town of Sexsmith<br />
80...................................La Glace and Valhalla<br />
82 .....................................Saddle Hills County<br />
84........................................Town of Wembley<br />
86...................................Town of Beaverlodge<br />
88 ..........................................Village of Hythe<br />
90.........................................MD of Greenview<br />
93 ............................................Coupon Frenzy<br />
95............................................Evergreen Park<br />
96 ............................................Eastlink Centre<br />
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To The<br />
Grande Prairie Region<br />
Spend some time with us…<br />
We’ll both be glad you came.<br />
Start your journey at the Visitor Information Centre;<br />
Where the coffee is always on and smiles await!<br />
Open year -round, it is your one-stop shop for regional and provincial<br />
information, maps, souvenirs and knowledgeable, friendly staff, who will<br />
be happy to help you in any way they can. See the Fossil Display, have a<br />
coffee, peruse our gift shop and visit the Heritage Discovcery Centre<br />
Museum, on the lower level.<br />
If you need to stretch your legs, there are over 28km of walking trails and<br />
playground areas in Muskoseepi Park that begin at the Visitor Centre. The<br />
Trails follow the picturesque Bear Creek and a recently built dinosaur<br />
playground has been a great addition to the outdoor amenities. There is<br />
also a 40 ft Sundial, road side attraction, that tells time better than a<br />
watch at the intersection to the Centre. Join us this summer, June thru<br />
August for Welcome Wednesdays; Complimentary food and beverages<br />
all day, every Wednesday for visitors- and the ROTARY BUS TOURS - Free<br />
tour of the city every Tue. Wed, Thurs. (6:30 pm start).<br />
Grande Prairie & Region Guide<br />
The <strong>2017</strong> Grande Prairie & Region Guide is published by the Grande Prairie<br />
Regional Tourism Association. Locally designed and printed, Westkey<br />
Graphics - Grande Prairie.<br />
Lead- Louise Cote. Contributors & special thanks to Reah Jarvis, Crystal<br />
Martens, Jenn Vos.<br />
Content recognition<br />
Videos - Front Cover - AR video Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum,<br />
Brenden Gibbins, Kane Media, Pure Instincts, <strong>GP</strong>3d, City of Grande<br />
Prairie.<br />
Photos - Tammie Diesel (Diesel Powered Images) - Darrel Comeau<br />
(photography) - Liza Curtiss (photography) - Marilyn Grubb (Chipabirdee<br />
Images) Dawson Oursien (photography) - Tyler Weber - Laura Beauchamp<br />
( Beauchamp Photography) Kelsey Pelletier (White Lightning<br />
Adventures), Denis Aberson (photography)<br />
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the listings and<br />
information in this Guide. The <strong>GP</strong>RTA regrets any errors; as information<br />
is always subject to change without notice. Any reproduction of contents<br />
in whole or in part is prohibited without written consent of the publisher.<br />
All rights reserved<br />
Contact: Louise Cote, Louise@gptourism.ca, 114-11330-106 Street<br />
Phone: 1-866-202-2202.<br />
Photo - Denis Aberson<br />
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Over 100 Dining Opportunities from A to Z<br />
Whatever your mood . . . We have the Food!!!<br />
Breakfast & More<br />
Cora’s<br />
10716-82 Avenue, Unit 101<br />
780-402-2670<br />
Denny’s<br />
(Sandman Hotel)<br />
9805 - 100 Street<br />
780-513-0103<br />
Humpty’s Family<br />
Restaurant<br />
13211-100 Street<br />
780-532-7446<br />
110, 11601-101 Avenue<br />
780-539-4803<br />
Laurel’s Peace Country<br />
Preserves<br />
10023-100 Avenue<br />
780-830-2776<br />
Major’s Family<br />
Restaurant<br />
12002-100 Street<br />
780-539-5500<br />
Smitty’s Restaurant<br />
115, 11070-100 Street<br />
780-513-1223<br />
Café & Bistro<br />
Grains Bakery Cafe<br />
101, 10408-67 Avenue<br />
780-538-9398<br />
<strong>GP</strong>RC Cafeteria<br />
10726-106 Avenue<br />
780-539-2950<br />
Jeffrey's Cafe Co.<br />
101, 10014-99 Street<br />
780-539-3131<br />
10605 West Side Drive<br />
780-539-3131<br />
9909-102 Street<br />
780-539-3131<br />
10136-101 Avenue<br />
780-539-3131<br />
Joker's Café<br />
Great Northern Casino<br />
10910 - 107a Avenue<br />
780-882-6513<br />
Mama & Papas<br />
7001-98 Street, Clairmont<br />
780-832-3878<br />
Prairie Cafe<br />
(Stonebridge Hotel)<br />
1210-100 Avenue<br />
780-539-5661<br />
Tito's Bistro<br />
101, 10006-101 Avenue<br />
780-539-4881<br />
Tito's - Eastlink Centre<br />
780-533-3544<br />
Tito's - Crossplex<br />
587-259-0940<br />
Casual & Family<br />
Burger Heaven<br />
103, 9805-116 Street<br />
780-532-4140<br />
Husky House 24HR<br />
Restaurant<br />
(Ramada)<br />
7201-99 Street, Clairmont<br />
780-814-7174<br />
JNJ Cuisine Corp<br />
9903 - 116 Avenue<br />
780-401-8001<br />
Moxie's<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
212, 11801-100 Street<br />
780-532-4401<br />
Monica's<br />
(Stanford Inn)<br />
11401-100 Avenue<br />
780-539-5678<br />
Motley Que BBQ<br />
11109-100 Street<br />
780-533-7427<br />
Ricky’s All Day Grill<br />
12335-99 Street<br />
780-533-3353<br />
Swiss Chalet<br />
10820-100 Avenue<br />
780-831-0355<br />
The Office<br />
11633-100 Street - Pomeroy Hotel<br />
780-832-2441<br />
Viewpoint Restaurant<br />
& Lounge, The<br />
10610 Airport Drive<br />
780-539-5270<br />
Dessert<br />
Marble Slab Creamery<br />
103A, 10416-116 Avenue<br />
780-532-4140<br />
Menchie's<br />
Frozen Yougurt<br />
Unit 106, 6829 Kateri Drive<br />
780-532-3113<br />
Yogurty's Froyo<br />
10716-82 Avenue<br />
780-402-8888<br />
Ethnic<br />
Acropolis - Greek<br />
10011-101 Avenue<br />
780-538-4424<br />
Bento Sushi<br />
12225-99 Street<br />
780-830-9505<br />
China Rose - Chinese<br />
102, 0635 Westside Drive<br />
780-357-0033<br />
Don's Dining - Chinese<br />
106, 9840-97th Avenue<br />
780-513-2888<br />
East Side Kitchen<br />
- Chinese<br />
9316-100 Avenue<br />
780-539-7727<br />
Edo Japan - Japanese<br />
101, 9833-116 Street<br />
780-538-2600<br />
106, 10712-80 Avenue<br />
780-830-1125<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
252, 11801-100 Street<br />
780-538-3551<br />
El Norento Tacos<br />
- Mexican<br />
10032-101 Avenue<br />
780-978-8093<br />
Golden Star<br />
Restaurant - Chinese<br />
10112-101 Avenue<br />
780-532-7546<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Ranch Restaurant<br />
- Asian<br />
13920-99 Street<br />
780-532-8878<br />
Guerino's - Italian<br />
10635 Westside Drive<br />
780-513-3630<br />
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Hong Kong House<br />
- Chinese<br />
10833-100 Street<br />
780-532-5086<br />
Hong Fah - Thai<br />
105, 11735-105 Street<br />
780-357-9988<br />
Horn of Africa<br />
10004A-100 Avenue<br />
780-532-6976<br />
Imperial Garden<br />
Restaurant - Chinese<br />
10018-100 Avenue<br />
780-538-1611<br />
Jackpot Grill, The<br />
- Chinese<br />
10904-92 Avenue<br />
780-538-1212<br />
Mah’s Family Restaurant<br />
- Chinese<br />
Towne Centre Mall<br />
780-532-3718<br />
Mama Panda - Chinese<br />
12309-100 Street<br />
780-538-1600<br />
Opa! Souvlaki - Greek<br />
9833 116 Street<br />
780-532-5414<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
264, 11801-100 Street<br />
780-539-3454<br />
Oriental Wok - Chinese<br />
9920 92 Street<br />
780-402-8787<br />
Padrino's - Italian<br />
10745-117 Avenue<br />
780-814-7171<br />
Pho House<br />
- Vietnamese & Thai<br />
108, 11745-105 Street<br />
780-832-9831<br />
Pho One - Vietnamese<br />
11301-100 Street<br />
780-533-5588<br />
Prairie Sushi<br />
- Japanese<br />
10030-116 Avenue<br />
780-357-9088<br />
Sizzling Wok - Chinese<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
11801-100 Street<br />
780-882-8709<br />
Soto Teppanyaki<br />
& Fusion Sushi<br />
- Japanese<br />
106, 10210-111 Street<br />
780-533-3323<br />
The Pyramids<br />
- Egyptian<br />
10032-100 Aveune<br />
780-978-5455<br />
Tokyo Ichiban<br />
- Japanese<br />
10902-105 Avenue<br />
780-882-0098<br />
Wally’s Kitchen<br />
- Chinese<br />
9302-100 Street<br />
780-532-6969<br />
Waa Sushi - Japanese<br />
10416-116 Avenue<br />
780-882-2002<br />
Wok Box - Asian<br />
113, 10915-104 Avenue<br />
780-532-9269<br />
Fast Food<br />
A & W<br />
11441-100 Avenue<br />
780-539-5001<br />
12205-100 Street<br />
780-532-4565<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
11801-100 Street<br />
780-538-0552<br />
Arby’s<br />
12023-100 Street<br />
780-538-2729<br />
Bad Jack’s Sub, Wraps<br />
105, 9606-100 Street<br />
780-814-7971<br />
Booster Juice<br />
102, 6815 Kateri Drive<br />
780-357-9660<br />
101, 10661-108A Street<br />
780-532-5200<br />
Burger King<br />
10860-100 Avenue<br />
780-814-8181<br />
Carl's Jr.<br />
10740-76 Avenue<br />
780-832-0085<br />
Costco Restaurant<br />
9901-116 Street<br />
780-538-2788<br />
Dairy Queen<br />
9509-68 Avenue<br />
780-402-2008<br />
10004-105 Avenue<br />
780-532-2007<br />
Fat Burger<br />
10664-108A Street<br />
780-533-3330<br />
Five Guys Burger<br />
& Fries<br />
11222-103 Avenue<br />
780-402-7016<br />
Harvey’s<br />
101 - 11509-Westgate Drive<br />
780-357-9568<br />
10502-67 Avenue<br />
780-532-5140<br />
Kentucky Fried<br />
10813-100 Street<br />
780-532-3669<br />
10533-100 Avenue<br />
780-532-8520<br />
Mary Brown’s<br />
103-9919, 92 Street<br />
780-532-5333<br />
10210 111 Street<br />
587-299-9008<br />
McDonald's<br />
11469-100 Avenue<br />
780-513-2330<br />
11802-100 Street<br />
780-532-7232<br />
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(Hwy 40)<br />
10714-79 Avenue<br />
780-532-4504<br />
(Walmart)<br />
11050-103 Avenue<br />
780-532-3342<br />
Mucho Burrito<br />
101, 9837-116 Street<br />
780-532-8800<br />
New York Fries<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
11801-100 Street<br />
780-814-7220<br />
Orange Julius<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
250, 11801-100 Street<br />
780-402-2828<br />
Taco Time<br />
10821-100 Street<br />
780-539-1003<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
258, 11801-100 Street<br />
780-357-1223<br />
Wendy’s Restaurant<br />
12411-100 Street<br />
780-532-6886<br />
10007-99 Avenue<br />
780-538-3828<br />
Healthy<br />
Convenience<br />
Chopped Leaf<br />
Suite 108, 10902-105 Avenue<br />
780-532-0999<br />
Jugo Juice<br />
Jugo Juice<br />
10 Knowledge Way<br />
780-538-3411<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
101,10915-104A Avenue<br />
780-532-1048<br />
Pita Pit<br />
103, 10001-97 Avenue<br />
780-532-7215<br />
103, 10661-108a Street<br />
780-538-9198<br />
Quizno's<br />
104, 10661-108a Street<br />
780-402-0220<br />
101, 10712-78 Avenue<br />
780-538-3336<br />
102, 10001-97 Avenue<br />
780-882-2350<br />
Subway<br />
(Downtown)<br />
105, 10012-99 Avenue<br />
780-538-4644<br />
(Gateway)<br />
102, 10660-108A Street<br />
780-532-9133<br />
(Northside)<br />
10119-117 Avenue<br />
780-538-3746<br />
(Prairie Mall)<br />
11801-100 Street<br />
780-539-6095<br />
10003-92 Street<br />
780-539-9408<br />
10716-82 Avenue<br />
780-532-1146<br />
101-6829 Kateri Drive<br />
780-532-2073<br />
9837 116 Street<br />
780-538-3299<br />
9215 Lakeland Drive<br />
780-539-0048<br />
9837 116 Street<br />
780-538-3299<br />
9215 Lakeland Drive<br />
780-539-0048<br />
Licensed<br />
Bar One<br />
9805-100 Street<br />
780-513-6640<br />
Better Than Freds<br />
9903-101 Street<br />
780-532-4450<br />
Brown’s Social House<br />
108 - 11509, Westgate Drive<br />
780-357-0882<br />
Canadian Brewhouse<br />
10829-104 A Avenue<br />
780-538-2705<br />
Crown & Anchor Pub<br />
8022-100 Street<br />
780-532-5444<br />
Dunes Golf &<br />
Winter Club<br />
RR3 Site 4 - Resources Road<br />
780-538-4333<br />
Egan's Restaurant<br />
& Pub<br />
11920-100 Street<br />
780-533-5158<br />
Earl's Kitchen & Pub<br />
9825-100 Street<br />
780-538-3275<br />
Great Northern Casino<br />
10910-107A Avenue<br />
780-539-4454<br />
Howler's Lounge-<strong>GP</strong>RC<br />
10726-106 Avenue<br />
780-539-2962<br />
Jax Grill & Lounge<br />
(Podollan Inn & Spa)<br />
10612-99 Avenue<br />
780-830-4241<br />
Joey’s Urban<br />
104, 6829 Kateri Drive<br />
780-587-0397<br />
(Kids allowed to 8pm)<br />
Last Chance<br />
Restaurant & Pub<br />
(Western Budget)<br />
13920-99 Street<br />
780-832-0060<br />
Legends Restaurant,<br />
Golf and Country Club<br />
711040 Resources Road, South<br />
780-532-0340<br />
Maddhatters Lounge<br />
105-08-100 Avenue<br />
780-532-9080<br />
Original Joe's<br />
Restaurant Bar & Grill<br />
Restaurant Bar & Grill<br />
10704-78 Avenue<br />
780-830-3775<br />
Pines Restaurant &<br />
Bar & Casino<br />
Evergreen Park, Grande Prairie<br />
780-532-3265<br />
Red Rock Urban BBQ<br />
107, 10408-67 Avenue<br />
780-402-7431<br />
(Kids allowed to 8pm)<br />
Shark Club Bar & Grill<br />
9898-99 Street<br />
780-513-5450<br />
Skylark Lounge<br />
(Pomeroy Hotel and Conference<br />
Centre)<br />
11633-100 Street<br />
780-532-5221<br />
State & Main<br />
8302-100 Street<br />
587-299-1444<br />
(Kids allowed to 8pm)<br />
The Den Pub<br />
& Carvery<br />
10702-108A Street<br />
780-513-5511<br />
The Industry<br />
9734-100 Avenue<br />
780-532-6431<br />
Tilted Kilt<br />
10622-99 Avenue<br />
587-299-9729<br />
Tractor Jacks<br />
(Paradise Inn)<br />
11201-100 Avenue<br />
780-832-3346<br />
Trumps Pub<br />
(Stonebridge Hotel)<br />
1210-100 Avenue<br />
780-539-5561<br />
Pizza<br />
Boston Pizza<br />
12117-100 Street<br />
780-532-0310<br />
11250 Westgate Drive<br />
780-814-2331<br />
Burrito Zone & Pizza<br />
Depot<br />
#102 10320 111 Street<br />
587-259-9711<br />
Daddio’s Pizzeria<br />
105, 9505-68 Avenue<br />
780-539-1889<br />
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Domino’s Pizza<br />
10501-100 Avenue<br />
780-814-7500<br />
Famoso Neapolitan<br />
Pizzeria<br />
101, 10712-80 Avenue<br />
780-832-0164<br />
Firecrust Neapolitan<br />
Pizzeria<br />
100A, 10661-108A Street<br />
780-402-3204<br />
Panago Pizza<br />
9606-100 Street<br />
780-310-0001<br />
Papa John's Pizza<br />
8200-100 Street<br />
780-538-3010<br />
Papa Murphy's<br />
102, 10712-78 Avenue<br />
780-539-7271<br />
Pizza 73<br />
6815 Kateri Drive<br />
780-831-7373<br />
10012-99 Avenue<br />
780-831-7373<br />
Pizza Experts<br />
107, 10011-92 Street<br />
780-532-1644<br />
Pizza Hut<br />
12520-100 Street<br />
780-538-1991<br />
9701-84 Avenue<br />
780-538-1991<br />
Pizza Plus<br />
9927-97 Avenue<br />
780-532-2222<br />
Ramona’s Pizza<br />
10120-100 Avenue<br />
780-532-1534<br />
9201 Lakeland Drive<br />
780-532-1534<br />
Twisters<br />
9917C-97 Avenue<br />
780-402-7400<br />
Seafood<br />
Grand Banks Seafood<br />
10302-67 Avenue<br />
780-533-2876<br />
Joey’s Only Seafood<br />
10420-116 Avenue<br />
780-538-2722<br />
Steakhouse<br />
& Ribs<br />
Keg Steakhouse<br />
10532-100 Avenue<br />
780-539-6699<br />
Mr. Mikes<br />
Steakhouse Casual<br />
10214-116 Avenue<br />
780-538-9378<br />
Sawmill<br />
9929-101 Avenue<br />
780-513-0026<br />
Season's On Forty<br />
(Holiday Inn)<br />
9816-107 Street<br />
780-532-4201<br />
Memphis Blues<br />
Barbeque House<br />
105, 10706-79 Avenue<br />
587-202-7427<br />
Tony Roma’s<br />
102, 10745-117 Avenue<br />
780-538-4546<br />
Grande Prairie’s<br />
Favorite<br />
Neighbourhood Pub<br />
• Daily Drink Specials<br />
• Happy Hour Every Day<br />
4 pm - 7 pm<br />
• Tuesday Wing Night<br />
• Full Breakfast Menu<br />
Saturday and Sunday<br />
10 am - 2 pm<br />
• Thursday Steak Night<br />
• Karaoke Sundays<br />
• Teams and Group Discounts<br />
Live<br />
Entertainment<br />
Six Nights<br />
a Week!<br />
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55A KAFFEE<br />
10330 - 117 Avenue<br />
BAKED N’ BREWED<br />
105, 10416 116 Avenue<br />
CARDS BOARD GAME CAFÉ<br />
102- 10001 100 Avenue<br />
COMMON GROUND COFFEE<br />
SHOP (Shepherds Fold)<br />
9925 -100 Avenue<br />
ESQUIRES<br />
101-10635 West Side drive<br />
9839 - 103 Avenue<br />
9505 - Resources Rd<br />
701 10003 - 92 Street<br />
FUSION CUP<br />
9833 - 116 Street<br />
GRANDE PRAIRIE<br />
COFFEE CO<br />
9931- 100th Avenue<br />
GRAINS BAKERY<br />
& CAFÉ<br />
101, 10408 67 Avenue<br />
JOKERS CAFÉ<br />
10910 107A Avenue<br />
JEFFREY’S CAFÉ CO.<br />
106, 10605 West Side Drive<br />
101, 10014 - 99 Street<br />
9909 - 102 Street<br />
SECOND CUP<br />
10712 80 Avenue<br />
10 Knowledge Way<br />
- Inside the Eastlink Centre<br />
STARBUCKS<br />
104 - 9910 -92 Street<br />
9925 - 114 Avenue<br />
10948 - 100 Ave Riocan Centre<br />
101 - 6815 Kateri Drive<br />
8100 - 100 Street inside Safeway<br />
TIM HORTONS<br />
11740 -100 Street<br />
10206 -100 Street<br />
10432 - 100 Ave<br />
6624 - Poplar Drive<br />
10736 - 76 Avenue<br />
10726 - 106 Avenue<br />
9101 - 92 Avenue<br />
12410 - 99 Street<br />
11910 - 99 Avenue<br />
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Located fifteen minutes west of Grande Prairie on HWY 43 in Wembley<br />
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum is a world-class facility in the heart of<br />
the Peace Country on a 10 acre complex. Designed by Toronto-based<br />
Teeple Architects, Arndt Tkalcic Bengert (ATB) and Structural Engineers<br />
Fast & Epp, it has been featured in several architectural/design publications<br />
including AZURE, NUVO and MUSE magazines.<br />
The museum features extensive gallery spaces angled onto a unique set<br />
of beetle pine timber 7-beam nodal trusses, two classrooms, the 60-seat<br />
Aykroyd Family Theater, research and collections areas, the Dine-O-Saur<br />
restaurant, the Kaleidosaur gift shop, an outdoor discovery fossil walk<br />
and large outdoor playground. The museum exhibit experience transports<br />
the visitor to the Pipestone Creek bone-bed, devastation of the floodplain,<br />
through to cretaceous and Devonian periods on to today’s oilexploration<br />
in Alberta.<br />
The main gallery of the museum is focused on two exciting topics: new<br />
discoveries from Alberta and the diversity of life in the Wapiti Formation<br />
ecosystem. The museum will have on display five newly named dinosaurs<br />
from Alberta that have never been displayed as reconstructions anywhere<br />
else in the world. Using these new discoveries and our understanding of<br />
the botany, geology, climate and geography of the Grande Prairie region<br />
during the Cretaceous period. Visitors are guided through the process of<br />
reconstructing the ancient environment of the dinosaurs, to show the<br />
decades of work that go into understanding the make-up of extinct<br />
ecosystems.<br />
The permanent exhibit galleries of the museum provide a time-travel<br />
through paleo-fauna and flora discoveries dating back millions of yearsmany<br />
from the pipestone creek bone-bed. Designed by the award winning<br />
Reich+ Petch international from Toronto, the exhibits use a combination<br />
of conventional display methods and modern technology.<br />
The museum has a temporary exhibit that hosts 3-4 traveling exhibits<br />
each year. With plans of receiving and creating in-house capability to<br />
generate topical traveling exhibits, the museum intends to expand its<br />
reach and presence for regional, national and international audiences.<br />
The museum also offers summer programs, public programs, kids zone,<br />
distance education, lecture series. A new and very popular program<br />
is “ NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM” which includes a movie, stories<br />
from the Education department, Cretaceous music, snacks<br />
and breakfast!<br />
Helicopter Tours of Pipestone Creek Bone-bed is also<br />
an option if wanting something extra to do and see.<br />
Each guest is given an iPad with a documentation<br />
PowerPoint that encompasses the entire region.<br />
Also visit the Dine-O–Saur restaurant and gift<br />
shop, and make it part of your<br />
GRANDE EXPERIENCE!<br />
For more information<br />
dinomuseum.ca Ph: 587-771-0662<br />
Closed Mondays and Holidays<br />
Photo - Candice Popik<br />
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The Grande Prairie region has an amazing variety of<br />
attractions for all ages and interests.<br />
Get ready for non-stop fun!<br />
Heritage & Culture<br />
PHILIP J. CURRIE DINOSAUR<br />
MUSEUM (Open Year Round)<br />
This new “world class facility” is located 15<br />
minutes west of Grande Prairie off Hwy 43 at<br />
Wembley, it is a 41,000 Sq. Ft. State-of-the-art<br />
building with jaw dropping exhibits. The Facility<br />
includes a Gallery of skeletons, an interactive dig<br />
wall, a re-created bone bed, a time spiral staircase,<br />
two simulated prehistoric ecosystems, a discovery<br />
tent, paleontology lab, smart-technology classroom,<br />
a gift shop, restaurant, and so much more!<br />
(587) 771-0662 Dinomuseum.ca<br />
GRANDE PRAIRIE MUSEUM<br />
(Open Year Round) located in Muskoseepi Park,<br />
10329 101 Avenue; boasts an exceptional gallery<br />
of pioneer artifacts, a heritage village that<br />
displays many of Grande Prairie’s historic<br />
buildings. (780) 830-7090 www.cityofgp.com<br />
THE HERITAGE DISCOVERY<br />
CENTRE (Open Year Round) located on the lower<br />
level of the Visitor Information Centre, 11330 106<br />
Street- a family friendly, hands – on museum,<br />
interactive games, displays, life size animatronics'<br />
dinosaur, aboriginal component and a gallery of<br />
rotating displays. (780) 532-5790 www.cityofgp.com<br />
FORBES HOMESTEAD &<br />
PIONEER HOSPITAL<br />
(Summer Season) 10424- 96 Street – This provincial<br />
Heritage Resource Site is one of the oldest log homes<br />
still standing in Grande Prairie. (780) 830-7090<br />
www.cityofgp.com<br />
BAD HEART STRAW CHURCH<br />
(Summer Season) North on 733 to 750, East to range<br />
road 25 and North 1.5 miles. Father Dales a penniless<br />
priest built a church with 400 straw bales. Please call<br />
ahead to ensure you can arrange a viewing.<br />
(780) 830-7090 countygp.ab.ca<br />
HYTHE TOURIST INFORMATION<br />
BOOTH AND MUSEUM<br />
(Summer Season) This historic guiding was originally<br />
built in 1910 as a tack shop. West of Grande Prairie<br />
and just off Hwy 43 in the Village of Hythe. Hythe.ca<br />
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KLESKUN HILL PARK & MUSEUM<br />
(Summer Season) This historical site is located 20 Km<br />
East on Hwy 43 to RR41. Grande Prairie’s very own<br />
BADLANDS. Once part of a prehistoric river delta, the<br />
natural area protects some of the last remaining<br />
native grassland in the region and boasts a museum<br />
village, fossils, walking trails, 9 Unserviced campsites,<br />
and a native burial ground. (780) 567-3685<br />
countygp.ab.ca<br />
MCNAUGHT HOMESTEAD<br />
Located south of Beaverlodge on HWY 722, is an<br />
Alberta Provincial Historical Site & features artist<br />
retreats, workshops, festivals, events, restored<br />
buildings, nature trails & boardwalk. On Site Caretaker.<br />
(780) 354-2864 mcnaught-homestead-heritage.com<br />
MELLSNESS MERCANTILE<br />
West on Hwy 59 to Valhalla Centre. A Provincial<br />
historical site, is a great place to stop and savor some<br />
delicious home-made food and peruse the local crafts<br />
and historic resources. Scandinavian heritage has<br />
been preserved and 3 ft. hand carved wooden trolls in<br />
their beautiful garden will be waiting for you.<br />
(780) 356-3535<br />
MONKMAN HOMESTEAD Saskatoon<br />
Trail Hwy 724, 20 km. northwest of Grande Prairie.<br />
Provincial Heritage Site of legendary fur trader and<br />
explorer Alexander Monkman, represented the first<br />
Euro-Canadian settlement on the Grande Prairie. The<br />
Visitor Information Centre has information on the<br />
memorial trail, which is spectacular.<br />
Historicalplaces.ca<br />
SEXSMITH BLACKSMITH SHOP<br />
MUSEUM & PASZKOWSKI HOUSE<br />
Sexsmith, 24 kms. north of Grande Prairie on Hwy 2<br />
– Town of Sexsmith downtown core has been<br />
transformed to showcase a 1920-1930 theme. Step<br />
back into time and visit the 1916, fully functional<br />
Blacksmith Shop and the 1911 Paszowski Farm<br />
House, Sexsmith Railway Station and Caboose, built<br />
in 1928 is one of the focal points of the down-town<br />
and peruse the shops. Bet you can’t get past the<br />
smell of the Bakery Shop without going in!<br />
(780) 344-8869 Sexsmith.ca<br />
SOUTH PEACE CENTENNIAL<br />
MUSEUM (Open May- September)<br />
Located between Beaverlodge and Hythe on<br />
Highway 43. This incredible open air museum has the<br />
largest and only working collection of steam<br />
powered equipment in Alberta.<br />
(780) 344-8869 spcm.ca<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Arts & Theatre<br />
ART GALLERY OF GRANDE<br />
PRAIRIE 9839-103 Avenue – As one of the<br />
largest square footage art museums in Alberta, the<br />
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie works to preserve,<br />
inspire and explore the world of art to share with the<br />
community and the region. Located within the<br />
Montrose Cultural Centre, we offer free admission to<br />
all of the art exhibitions in our 7 unique gallery<br />
spaces, along with guided tours, educational<br />
programs, and activities for all ages<br />
(780) 357-7486 www.aggp.ca<br />
BEAVERLODGE AREA<br />
CULTURAL CENTRE<br />
512-5th Avenue Beaverlodge – Hosts Tea Room, Gift<br />
Shop, Art Gallery, Classes, information located right<br />
behind the infamous Beaver.<br />
(780) 814-6080 beaverlodgegallery.com<br />
CENTRE FOR CREATIVE ARTS &<br />
FRIENDSHIP STATUE 9904-101 Avenue<br />
promotes a variety of arts programs, gift shop, and a<br />
Friendship statue that was given from our sister city<br />
Grand Prairie Texas<br />
(780) 814-6080<br />
www.creativecentre.ca<br />
CINEPLEX ODEON<br />
MOVIE THEATRE<br />
10330-109 Street – Modern<br />
multiplex cinema chain, screening<br />
the latest Hollywood films, plus<br />
new independent releases.(780)<br />
513-5521 Cineplex.com<br />
DJ CARDINAL PERFORMING<br />
ARTS CENTRE<br />
10726-106 - Located in the architectural wonder of<br />
the Grande Prairie Regional College. 508 seat<br />
beautiful unique performance venue. Host to a<br />
variety of live performances.<br />
(780) 539-2012 gprc.ab.ca<br />
GRANDE PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY<br />
Located in the Montrose Cultural Centre-9839-103<br />
Avenue- A learning centre and resource for<br />
information and recreation and community building.<br />
It offers a fully equipped computer training area,<br />
expanded computer stations with Wi-Fi access,<br />
spaces to study, a large selection of books,<br />
magazines, multimedia such as audio-visual &video<br />
viewing stations, DVD/CD players. There are<br />
numerous programs for kids and adults alike.<br />
(780) 532-3580 gppl.ab. ca<br />
SECOND STREET THEATRE<br />
10130- 98 Avenue - Part of <strong>GP</strong> Live Theatre produces<br />
seven plays each season, as well as concerts, movies<br />
and other special events. This venue offers the ability<br />
to have dinner and a play or concession snacks<br />
(780) 538-1616 gplt.ab.ca<br />
Action Packed<br />
BOWLING STONES<br />
Ten Pin Bowling & Arcade -1105-106 Avenue<br />
(780) 0538-4544 bowling stones.ca<br />
CLIMBING GYM<br />
10726-106 Avenue - Inside the Grande Prairie<br />
Regional College - Over 3,500 sq.ft. of wall space.<br />
Entire gym is open for bouldering and traversing,<br />
bouldering cave,30’ lead wall, fully textured climbing<br />
surfaces. (780) 539-2089<br />
gprc.ab.ca/community/climbing_gym/<br />
EAST LINK AQUATIC &<br />
WELLNESS CENTRE<br />
This new facility boasts a located at #10 knowledge<br />
Way boasts 250,000 sq.ft state of the art Aquatic &<br />
Fitness facility. Swim, Surf, Slide, Dive, Tube down<br />
the lazy river, Workout, Eat, Shop, Play and so much<br />
more! (780) 830-5000 www.eastlinkcentre.ca<br />
HJ’S 5 PIN BOWLING<br />
9650-94 th Avenue<br />
(780) 538-2695 bowlinggp.com<br />
LUV 2 PLAY INDOOR<br />
PLAYGROUND- CAFÉ - ARCADE<br />
10016-110 Avenue - New in 2016, this 2000 Sq. Ft.<br />
facility has 3 levels of crawl tubes, slides,<br />
interactive/video games, special area for crawlers<br />
and toddlers and much more. (780) 933-3311<br />
luv2playindoorplayground@outlook.com<br />
THE INDOOR PLAYGROUND<br />
10117 – 93 Street, Army/Navy Building - A Non-<br />
Profit Organization that allows children and parents<br />
to enjoy interacting with others while the winter<br />
months are upon us. The playground is open to<br />
children, newborn to kindergarten from May to<br />
September. (780) 538-1336<br />
grandeprairieindoorplayground.com<br />
LASER TAG - Laser Tag Central -<br />
10010-102 Street - Grande Prairie’s only Laser Tag<br />
Arena. Open Year round, fun for the whole family.<br />
Our equipment is the best on the market and will<br />
challenge every skill level. Come and have a blast!<br />
(587) 299-9140 lasertagcentral.ca<br />
THE REACH PLAY CENTRE<br />
11850-108 Street - Indoor Playground for the kids, as<br />
well as a café upstairs<br />
Play Centre & Cafe Hours: MON - WED 9am – 1pm-<br />
THURS 9am-8pm, FRI - SAT 9am-6pm<br />
café! Birthday packages available as well.<br />
(780) 539-0501 reachgp.com<br />
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Beauchamp Photography<br />
TRAMPOLINE PARK<br />
- THE JUMP YARD<br />
#101-10101-118 Street - 20,000 square foot indoor<br />
facility in Grande Prairie, Alberta. With wall to Wall<br />
trampolines, a massive foam pit. Trampoline dodge<br />
ball and so much more, it is the go to place for fun in<br />
the Peace Region. (587) 299- 0454 Thejumpyard.ca<br />
Walking/Biking<br />
Trails/Hiking & More<br />
MUSKOSEEPI PARK<br />
102 Avenue & 102 Street<br />
Approximately 28 km of trails that follow Bear creek,<br />
as well as outdoor playground, water park, tennis<br />
courts, basketball courts, an Amphitheatre, miniature<br />
golf, lawn bowling, skateboard park, horseshoes, and<br />
a pet friendly pavilion offering food concession, and<br />
so much more. (780) 538-0451 cityofgp.com<br />
CRYSTAL LAKE WATERFOWL<br />
REFUGE – 116 Avenue & 94A Street<br />
Crystal Lake is a sanctuary for nature in the midst of<br />
the community. Many species of waterfowl, including<br />
our signature Trumpeter Swans nest on the lake. It is a<br />
great place to walk, have a picnic or relax and<br />
appreciate nature. cityofgp.com<br />
SASKATOON ISLAND<br />
15km west on Hwy 43<br />
This Provincial Campsite has great walking trails and<br />
has cross country trails in the winter.<br />
(780) 538-5350 Albertaparks.ca<br />
DOWNHILL MOUNTAIN BIKING<br />
Nitehawk Adventure Park - South on Hwy 40 then<br />
west on 666 – The most vertical, downhill mountain<br />
Bike park in Alberta! Lift assisted, Bike Rental Fleet<br />
(Norco & Kona)-There also great hiking trails.<br />
Remote Locations<br />
RED WILLOW FALLS<br />
West on Hwy. 43 then south at the Elmworth sign,<br />
then west on secondary Hwy 722, then turn left on<br />
Range Road 121, then right on Township Road 700<br />
and right again at the B.C. boarder. There is no sign<br />
indicating the B.C. boarder, use google maps/<strong>GP</strong>S.<br />
There is parking area off the side of the road. Roughly<br />
1.2 km hike to the edge of the valley with views of the<br />
Red Willow River. Keep right on the trail. On the left<br />
hand-side ropes tied to trees. The trail is quite steep,<br />
but is short. Once at the bottom, turn left and you will<br />
arrive at the falls.<br />
KAKWA FALLS<br />
South on Hwy 40 then West on Hwy 666 - Kakwa Falls,<br />
Alberta’s tallest waterfall, is a spectacular 30<br />
metres high. As beautiful as these falls are; getting<br />
there, is not for everyone. It is 168 km on mostly gravel<br />
road and then several water crossings that require<br />
ATV’s. Hiking: trails are not maintained - backcountry<br />
hikers must be completely self-reliant. Road access is<br />
weather dependant so please check with Alberta Parks<br />
before going – (780) 538-5350 albertaparks.ca<br />
ATV/ OFF ROADING<br />
THE DUNES<br />
South of Grande Prairie – The closest to the city: you can<br />
access just off Hwy 40, turn left at Camp Tamarack and<br />
staging is on the right. Or travel just south on Resources<br />
road till you see the Dunes Gold & Country Club sign,<br />
turn left there and there you will find lots of places to<br />
off load.<br />
This is an extensive trail system located just south of<br />
Grande Prairie providing approximately 35,000 acres of<br />
riding for all, and all l without seeing the same type of<br />
wildlife. Most of the riding is a difficulty of 1 to 2.<br />
* Cutbank Falls, Big Mountain, Two Lakes, Kakwa Falls, Nose<br />
Creek, Tin Town, Sherman Meadows, Deadhorse Meadow,<br />
Saddle Hills, Porcupine Flats, Horn Ridge, Clairmont Lake,<br />
are all areas available at ATVmaps.net<br />
Shuttler Flats: 80 km south of Grande Prairie on Two<br />
Lakes Road, OHV staging, reservations<br />
(780) 831-1214<br />
Diesel Powered Images<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Bird Watching<br />
Some of the best locations<br />
CRYSTAL LAKE WATERFOWL<br />
REFUGE<br />
116 Avene & 94A Street<br />
MCNAUGHT HOMESTEAD<br />
located South of Beaverlodge on Highway 722<br />
SASKATOON ISLAND<br />
15km west on Highway 43<br />
MUSKOSEEPI PARK - BEAR CREEK<br />
there are several observation points on the<br />
Muskoseepi Park trails<br />
SUNSET LAKE PARK<br />
at Wembley<br />
Horse Back Riding<br />
HORSE TREKKING ADVENTURES<br />
Offering trail rides for various skill levels and<br />
locations. Go where only those on horseback can go<br />
and be ready to be absolutely amazed with this truly<br />
authentic experience.<br />
(780) 835-4629 horsetrekkingadventures.ca<br />
Fishing<br />
Refer to the Fishing pages in this guide for a<br />
complete list.<br />
Golfing<br />
So many beautiful golf courses in our Region, as well<br />
as Disc golf - please refer to the Golf pages in this<br />
guide for all the info.<br />
Unique Things To Do<br />
CARDS BOARD GAME CAFÉ<br />
10001-100 Avenue, Let us be your living room away<br />
from home. Over 450+ games available. Lattes, food,<br />
licenced, tournaments, Stay & Play is only $5/person<br />
(780) 533-7777 facebook cardsboardgamecafe<br />
DUNVEGAN GARDENS<br />
Located south on Hwy 40 - As well as being a yearround<br />
garden Centre this gem is full of surprises!<br />
Chalk full of antiques, ladies clothing, footwear, an<br />
endless array of unique season is a winter<br />
wonderland that you must see to believe.<br />
(780) 532-8280 dunvegangp.ca<br />
GRANDE PRAIRIE<br />
FARMERS MARKET<br />
Located in the big Red Barn on the corner of 101 Ave.<br />
& 101 Street, Open Year-Round-Fridays and<br />
Saturdays, you will find baking, produce, meat,<br />
various crafts, jewellery & shoes, art, personal<br />
products and health services and so much more.<br />
(780) 814-8224 gpfarmersmarket.ca<br />
<strong>GP</strong> BREWING CO.<br />
Taste test some locally brewed Beer at Grande<br />
Prairie’s new micro brewery 10512 -100 Ave. Tasting<br />
room, Saturday Tours, and a retail store<br />
780-533-4677<br />
<strong>GP</strong> CORN MAZE<br />
Located 6.5 km North of Costco on 116 Street then<br />
left at Hwy 43 and into Country Roads RV Park. Open<br />
from August to October (weather permitting). Get<br />
lost in an 8-acre themed Corn Maze, find all the<br />
stations and your name will go into a prize draw.<br />
Featuring; flashlight nights, outdoor movie nights,<br />
haunted maze, paintball in the maze. Jump on the<br />
50ft. pad, have snacks and ice cream and walk the<br />
beautiful grounds. (780) 532-6323gpcornmaze.com<br />
GRANDE PRAIRIE<br />
ROTARY BUS TOURS<br />
tour of the city, every Tues. Wed. Thurs. (June-<br />
August). See the sights, receive a bag of goodies, hear<br />
some fun facts. Bus leaves at 6:30 P.M. from the<br />
visitor information Centre. Just come ten minutes<br />
before no need to reserve.<br />
(780) 539-7688 Gptourism.ca<br />
HELICOPTER TOURS<br />
Book a helicopter tour of the Pipestone Creek<br />
Bonebed from The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum<br />
(780) 512-1402<br />
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HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES<br />
Sun Dance Balloons offers hot air balloon rides where<br />
you will be privy to some spectacular views.<br />
(780) 567-3198 Sundanceballons.com<br />
PETTING ZOO – DOWN TO EARTH<br />
FARMS PETTING ZOO<br />
Located 20km north on Hwy2, right on 674 and left<br />
on RG Rd 51. A unique attraction for all ages. Come<br />
out and interact with the gentle animals in a fun and<br />
safe environment. The variety of animals is incredible,<br />
even (Lil’l Roo) the Kangaroo will be happy to see you.<br />
Included is a picnic area, playground and fire pit.<br />
Spend the day on the farm, enjoy the spectacular view<br />
and make memories that will last a lifetime.<br />
(780) 512-1402<br />
Facebook Down To Earth Farms Petting Zoo<br />
PUMPKIN PATCH<br />
Also located at Country Roads RV Park in October –<br />
Hundreds of pumpkins to choose from and fun<br />
for all. (780) 532-6323<br />
RIVER BOATING -WILD RIVER<br />
ADVENTURE TOURS<br />
In the summer – Experience a tour of a lifetime on<br />
this 24Ft. river boat. Book one of the popular<br />
destinations or customize your tour and enjoy some of<br />
the Peace Country’s most breath-taking scenery.<br />
(780) 830-8848 Wildrivertours.ca<br />
TRAPPED<br />
You have 45 minutes and one objective – W=Escape!<br />
Participants are immersed in a storyline where they<br />
must become a modern-day Sherlock Holmes to<br />
solve the mystery and escape from the room. There<br />
are no physical activities or physical challenges<br />
involved in the games. (780) 539-3799<br />
trapped<strong>GP</strong>.com<br />
More Fun? YOU BET<br />
GREAT NORTHERN CASINO<br />
10910-107 A Avenue - Poker room, slots, table<br />
games, entertainment lounge and show room with<br />
great food and live entertainment every weekend.<br />
(780) 532-3279 greatnortherncasino.net<br />
PINES RESTAURANT & CASINO<br />
Offers opportunity for off track betting, (both live &<br />
simulcast racing), slots and/or just to relax and enjoy<br />
chef inspired meals. The casino features 99 slot<br />
machines and VLTs. The Pines is open everyday from<br />
10 A.M. to 1 A.M. Except For Dec. 24,25 and Jan. 1!<br />
(780) 532-3265 evergreenpark.ca<br />
LIVE PARI-MUTUEL<br />
HORSE RACING<br />
Is a unique experience in the Peace Country.<br />
Evergreen Park is one of only three Alberta cities that<br />
features an extended full season of pari-mutuel<br />
horse racing –The race season starts on Saturday,<br />
July 8 and continues every Friday, Saturday and<br />
Sunday (and holiday Monday, Aug. 8) until the final<br />
race on Sunday, August 27. (780) 532-3279<br />
evergreenpark.ca<br />
ROAD SIDE ATTRACTIONS/<br />
POINTS OF INTEREST<br />
LA GLACE MEMORIAL<br />
3km N of Sexsmith and 30km W on Hwy 59 –<br />
Memorial Cairn & Heritage Park<br />
MILLENNIUM SUNDIAL-ROAD<br />
Just off the highway 43 bypass, next to the Visitor<br />
Information Centre. The second largest sundial in North<br />
America. Built in the year 2000 it tells time as better<br />
than a Timex, as it never runs out of batteries!<br />
It is synchronous with the Region’s Daylight Savings<br />
time. (780) 539-7688<br />
SASKATOON MOUNTAIN<br />
VIEW POINT<br />
Accessed north at Huallen off Highway 43, offers one of<br />
the most spectacular views of the south and the west<br />
portions of the County. Visitors can explore over 2200<br />
acres for bird watching, hiking, picnicking, and cross<br />
country skiing.<br />
countygp.ab.ca<br />
SWAN STATUE<br />
10 ft tall Trumpeter Swan located in Jubille Park<br />
100 Street & 103 Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB<br />
THE 15FT BEAVER<br />
Located 43km west of Grande Prairie, in the town of<br />
Beaverlodge. You just HAVE to get your picture taken<br />
with the Beaver!<br />
SHOPPING<br />
BOX STORES - WESTGATE DRIVE<br />
There are a large faction of new stores and restaurants<br />
on the west side for your shopping pleasure. Home<br />
Sense, Bed Bath and Beyond, Pier 1, The Gap, Old Navy,<br />
Browns Social House, just to name a few.<br />
DOWNTOWN -100 AVENUE<br />
Over 400 stores and services. If you are looking for the<br />
non-traditional stores, this is the place to go. Explore the<br />
diversity of these truly unique shops, historical buildings<br />
and restaurants.<br />
Gpdowntown.com<br />
PRAIRIE MALL<br />
Located 11801- 100st – over 100 stores, restaurant and<br />
food court (780) 532-1810 shopprairiemall.com<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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WINTER FUN<br />
Cross Country Skiing<br />
Wapiti Nordic Centre (780) 538-9050<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
Muskoseepi Park (780) 538-0451<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
Saskatoon Mountain<br />
Does not have a set track<br />
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 (780) 532-9722<br />
Saskatoon Island Provincial Park<br />
Hwy 43 - West (780) 538-5350<br />
Young’s Point Provincial Park<br />
Hwy 43 - East (780) 538-5350<br />
Moonshine Lake Provincial Park<br />
Hwy 49 (780) 538-5350<br />
Spring Lake Ski Hill (780) 356-3045<br />
Valhalla or (780) 897-2055<br />
Curling<br />
Grande Prairie Curling Club (780) 532-7221<br />
10127, 99 Ave,<br />
Beaverlodge Curling Club (780) 354-2514<br />
Beaverlodge<br />
Bezanson Curling Club (780) 539-9858<br />
Bezanson<br />
Hythe Curling Rink (780) 356-2696<br />
Hythe<br />
La Glace Curling Club (780) 568-4511<br />
La Glace<br />
Mountview Curling Rink (780) 354-8530<br />
Elmsworth<br />
Sexsmith Curling Rink (780) 568-3633<br />
Sexsmith<br />
Downhill Skiing /<br />
Snowboarding/ Tubing<br />
Nitehawk Ski Area (780) 532-6637<br />
Hwy 40 then west on Hwy 666<br />
Spring Lake Ski Hill (780) 356-3045<br />
Valhalla or (780) 897-2055<br />
Hockey<br />
Canada Games Arena (780) 538-0334<br />
(Crystal Centre)<br />
10017-99 Ave<br />
CocaCola Centre (780) 513-5252<br />
#6 knowledge Way<br />
County of Grande Prairie (780) 830-7407<br />
Crosslink County Sportsplex<br />
7408-108 Street, Clairmont<br />
176,043sg.ft. state of the art facility. 50,000 sq,ft.<br />
indoor soccer, 2 NHL sized rinks. 240 metre running<br />
track, Outdoor Patio, Concession, Ernie’s retail Store,<br />
Programs & drop-in activities , just to name a few.<br />
Gpsportsplex.com<br />
Indoor Skating<br />
Canada Games Arena (780) 538-0334<br />
(Crystal Centre)<br />
10017-99 Ave<br />
CocaCola Centre (780) 513-5252<br />
#6 Knowledge Way<br />
County of Grande Prairie (780) 830-7407<br />
Crosslink County Sportsplex<br />
7408-108 Street, Clairmont<br />
Dave Barr Arena (780) 538-0469<br />
9535 Prairie Road<br />
Beaverlodge Arena (780) 354-2201<br />
Beaverlodge<br />
Hythe Arena (780) 356-3888<br />
Hythe<br />
Outdoor Skating<br />
In The City<br />
Muskoseepi Fish Pond (780) 538-0451<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
Crystal Park<br />
9351-116 Ave<br />
Harry Balfour<br />
9410 - 106 Ave.<br />
Hillside<br />
9410 - 106 Ave.<br />
Holy Cross<br />
I.V. Macklin<br />
J.C Mackie Park<br />
Kateri Mission<br />
7906 Mission Heights Dr.<br />
Montrose Jr. High<br />
Swanavon<br />
11011 - 90 St.<br />
8876 - 108 Ave.<br />
108 Ave. & 111 St.<br />
6431 - 98 St.<br />
8908 - 100 St.<br />
In The County<br />
Evergreen Park (780) 532-3279<br />
South off Resources Road<br />
Greg Walker Memorial<br />
Beaverlodge<br />
Snow Shoeing<br />
Muskoseepi Park (780) 538-0451<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
O’Brien Provincial Park<br />
Nitehawk Adventure Park<br />
Saskatoon Island Provincial Park<br />
(780) 538-5350<br />
Wapiti Nordic Centre (780) 538-9050<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
Snowmobiling<br />
With approximately 60 km of groomed trails in the<br />
Big mountain area and around the Kakwa Wildland,<br />
south of Grande Prairie, off Hwy 40, and crown land<br />
closer in, the area provides spectacular sledding for all<br />
ages and skill levels. Come to the Visitor information<br />
centre for trail maps and or contact the Swan City<br />
snowmobile club<br />
swancitysnowmobileclub.org<br />
Tobogganing<br />
Hill off 102 Street at 88 Avenue<br />
Muskoseepi Park just west of the pavilion<br />
Avondale Park- 113 Ave & 102 Street<br />
Hillside School-9410-106 Avenue<br />
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Aquatera TUBE ZONE<br />
NEW AD TO COME<br />
• 4 lane tube zone • 150 tubes available<br />
• Great for birthday parties & company functions<br />
• 600 ft wondercarpet lift to carry to the top<br />
The Peace Country’s Destination SKI AREA<br />
• Day & Evening Skiing & Snowboarding • Snowshoe Trails and Fat Biking<br />
• Terrain Parks - Wondercarpet, triple chair and platter lifts December<br />
to the beginning of April<br />
• Lesson Programs for all ages with certified instructors<br />
Your Community’s “Not For Profit”<br />
Recreation eation Area<br />
10 minutes south<br />
of Grande Prairie ie on<br />
Highway 40<br />
P: 780-532-6637 Fax:<br />
780-532-8370<br />
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Website: GONITEHAWK.COM<br />
Email: info@gonitehawk.com<br />
itehawk.com<br />
TEHAWK.COM<br />
Wilderness RV PARK<br />
• Hiking trails, clean restrooms, showers, laundry and sani-dump station<br />
• 21 Full Service, 80 Power and water sites<br />
• Large group site great for reunions and company parties<br />
• Sites includee 30 amp power and running water<br />
• Picnic tables, campfire pits and firewood<br />
Downhill Mountain BIKE PARK<br />
• Most diverse terrain with beginner, intermediate<br />
and advance trails • Most vertical of any park in Alberta<br />
• Lift assisted mountain biking<br />
• Bike Rental Fleet (Norco & Kona)<br />
• Lessons available with certified instructors<br />
• Summer Bike Camps - July & August<br />
66 GRANDE PRAIRIE & Chalet REGION 2015 facility VISITOR rentals <strong>GUIDE</strong>available for weddings,<br />
Reunions and Corporate Functions.<br />
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Discover<br />
the joy of<br />
nature<br />
At Select Provincial Parks<br />
• Maintained & forested campsites<br />
• Reservations<br />
• 30 amp electric service<br />
• Coin operated showers<br />
• Picnic tables, firepits & firewood<br />
• Dump stations<br />
Enjoy<br />
• Hiking trails<br />
• Nature programs<br />
• Fishing<br />
• Boating<br />
• Wildlife viewing<br />
• Playgrounds<br />
& bike parks<br />
Campground<br />
Details<br />
albertaparks.ca<br />
More Information<br />
780–538–5350<br />
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Offering a relaxing, quiet, down home country stay, nestled away in the<br />
Bear Creek valley, on our neatly landscaped grounds. Minutes away from<br />
all of the big city amenities, but far away from the traffic and noise.<br />
We are on the route to Mile Zero and Alaska.<br />
OPEN YEAR ROUND<br />
FULLY SERVICED SITES<br />
P: 780-532-6323<br />
or 1-866-532-6323<br />
4km West of Junction Hwy 43<br />
and Hwy 2 on Hwy 43X<br />
Stop in, say hello and stay awhile!<br />
• Extra large fully serviced sites for big rigs<br />
and slide-outs<br />
• Secure and gated<br />
• Gift shop, convenience store, rec room<br />
• Clean private showers & bathrooms<br />
• 24 hour coin laundry, RV supplies and LP gas<br />
• Brand new, reliable WIFI Highspeed internet<br />
• Picnic tables, fire pits and firewood<br />
• Old Barn Hall for meetings, gatherings<br />
and weddings<br />
• Log gazebo for group gatherings, BBQs<br />
and day use<br />
• Indoor RV pressure wash<br />
• 10 acre cornfield maze (weather permitting)<br />
• Playground, horse shoe pits and fish pond<br />
• New gated RV storage area<br />
• New Gem mining attraction on site
Grande Prairie<br />
Immediate Area<br />
Bear Creek Golf Course<br />
(Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-538-3393<br />
Web: www.bearcreekgolfclub.ca<br />
Email: Ramona@bearcreekgolfclub.ca<br />
11220 132 Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6W7<br />
20 Sites with Power/Sewer/Water, Open Year-Round, Daily,<br />
Weekly, & Monthly Rates Available, Golf Shop, Driving<br />
Range, Banquet Facilities for up to 60 Guests, Day-use<br />
Sites, Kitchen Shelter, Showers. Call for current rates.<br />
Camp Tamarack RV (Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-532-9998 Toll Free: 1-877-532-9998<br />
Fax: 780-532-9439<br />
Email: reservations@camptamarackrv.com<br />
Web: www.camptamarackrv.com<br />
South of Grande Prairie, 8.5km south of Hwy 43 &<br />
40 Junction<br />
Easy In/Out Pull through sits, Big Rig friendly. 89 Sites-<br />
Season: April-October, 51 Pull-thru Sites, 15, 30 & 50-<br />
amp electric service, 51 Sat/Cable Hook-ups, WIFI<br />
Available, Fire pits, Firewood, Horseshoe Pits & Bocce<br />
Ball, Playground, Coin Laundromat, Pets Allowed, Tap<br />
Water, Flush Toilets, Clean Restrooms & Showers, Sani-<br />
Dump, Convenience Store, Gas BBQ Available, 18-hole<br />
Golf Course/Driving Range Nearby, Overflow Area with<br />
Storage, Bike Trails, Caretaker, Crews Welcome, Extended<br />
Stay Rates. Call for current rates.<br />
Country Roads RV (Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-532-6323 Fax: 780-532-4310<br />
Toll free: 1-866-532-6323<br />
Email: rvpark@countryroadsrvpark.com<br />
Directions: 4 km W of Hwy 2 Junction; on Hwy 43X<br />
4 km W of Hwy 2 Junction; on Hwy 43X<br />
115 Sites, 61 Pull-thru & 54 Back-in Sites, Security<br />
Gated, Tenting, Indoor RV & Car Wash, Close to Several<br />
Golf Courses, Good Sam Park, RV Parts (limited), RV<br />
Storage, Gift Shop, Cornfield Maze, Gazebo, Lunch Café,<br />
Amps 15, 30 & 50, Big Rig Friendly, Caretaker, Crews<br />
Welcome, Extended Stay Rates, Fire pits, Firewood<br />
Available, Horseshoe Pits, Indoor Recreation Area, Playground,<br />
Hiking/Cycling, Fishing, Concession, Coin Laundry,<br />
Pets Allowed, Public Phone, Pull-thru Sites, Coin Showers,<br />
Flush Toilets, Tap Water, New Reliable High Speed WIFI<br />
Available. Call for current rates.<br />
Grande Prairie Rotary<br />
Campground & RV Park<br />
(Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-532-1137<br />
Email: gprotarycampground@telus.net<br />
Web: www.rotarycampground.com<br />
10747-108 St, in city on 108 St & Hwy 43 bypass<br />
Season- May 1 –September 30 - 61 Sites (21 full service<br />
(30Amp) (16 PW pull throughs (50AMP) (20 PW Back<br />
in (30AMP) (4 PW Back in (50AMP) - All Sites Have<br />
Services. On Site Management, Reservations Accepted,<br />
Dumping Station for Registered Guests Only, Fire pits,<br />
Firewood Available, On-site Laundry, Free Showers, Free<br />
Internet Through Strong WIFI, City Water, Muskoseepi<br />
Park Walking Trails Near By, Playground, Grocery Store &<br />
Casino Across the Street, Pets Allowed. Call or check<br />
website for current rates.<br />
Happy Trails Campground and<br />
Cabins (Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-814-6919 Fax: 780-814-7131<br />
Email: info@htcampground.com<br />
Web: www.htcampground.com<br />
TWP Rd 722 Rg Rd 64, minutes from Grande Prairie<br />
on Hwy 43<br />
240+ Full Service RV Sites, 30amp & 50amp Service, All<br />
Season Sites with Water/Power/Sewer Hook-ups, Tenting<br />
sites. Season: Open Year-Round, 24 h Access to Showers,<br />
Washrooms and Coin Laundry: Paved Roads, Bike &<br />
Walking Paths, Conference Room with Big Screen TV, Site<br />
Fencing with Privacy & Partition Fencing; Groups, Reunions,<br />
Weddings, Corporate & Company Events Welcome. Large<br />
Back-in Sites, Pull-thru Sites, Store, Sani-Dump, Big Rig<br />
friendly, Caretaker, Crews Welcome, Day-use Area, Extended<br />
Stay Rates, Fire Pits, Firewood Available, Group Camping,<br />
Horseshoe Pits, Basketball Nets. On Site Propane Refills,<br />
Long Term Storage Available Pets Allowed, public phone,<br />
Free WIFI. Call for current rates.<br />
McGoverns Campground<br />
(Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel : 780-933-1464<br />
Email : campgroundmanager@evergreenpark.ca<br />
Web : www.evergreenpark.ca<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
75 PW Sites, Flush Toilets, Showers, Pay Phone Only,<br />
Laundry, Firewood Delivery available, Sani-Dump, Hiking/Cycling,<br />
Horseback Trails, Convenience Store, Pines Restaurant<br />
and Casino nearby.<br />
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Nitehawk Wilderness RV Park<br />
Open Year Round<br />
Tel: 780-532-6637 – Toll Free 1-888-754-6778<br />
Fax: 780-532-8370 Email: admin@gonitehawk.com<br />
Web: www.gonitehawk.com<br />
South on hwy 40 then west on 666<br />
58 Full Service Sites, 15 Power &Water Sites 30/50 Amp<br />
Service, Picnic Tables, Campfire Pits, Firewood, Hiking<br />
Trails, Downhill Mountain Bike Park, Clean Restrooms &<br />
Showers, Laundry Facility, Sani dump station. Large<br />
Group Site for Reunions & Company Parties.<br />
O’Brien Provincial Park<br />
- Day Use Area (Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350 Mail: # 1301, 10320 – 99 Street,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6J4<br />
16 km south of Grande Prairie off Hwy 40<br />
Not open to vehicle traffic after November 1st.<br />
Fire pits, Walking Trails, Pit Toilets.<br />
North Access (Hwy 2)<br />
Bear Lake (Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-567-4105<br />
bearlake@countygp.ab.ca<br />
Directions: Just off Hwy 2, on Mercer Hill Rd, 20<br />
minutes NE of Grande Prairie, NW of Clairmont,<br />
just W of Highway 2.<br />
17 Unserviced Sites, Tenting Areas, Small Beach, Boat<br />
Launch, Windsurfing / Canoeing Conditions, Camp Kitchen,<br />
Family Picnic Sites, Swimming Area, Playground, free<br />
firewood, Ball Diamond, Privies. Group camping available<br />
for 5 or more units. Call for current rates.<br />
Heritage Park (Sexsmith)<br />
Tel: 780-568-3681<br />
In Sexsmith – 95 St off Highway 2<br />
30 Water & Power Sites, Season: May 1-September 30,<br />
Alcohol Policy in Effect, Amps 15 & 30, Day-use Area,<br />
Fire pits, Free Firewood, Horseshoe Pits, Free Showers,<br />
Water Tap, Kitchen Shelter, Flush Toilets, Mini Golf, Sani-<br />
Dump, Fishing, Hiking, Cycling, Playground. Call for<br />
current rates.<br />
Valhalla Park<br />
(Valhalla Centre) - Day Use Area<br />
Tel: 780-532-9727<br />
Located on Hwy 59<br />
5 Picnic Tables with Fire pits, located next to Melsness<br />
Mercantile Historic Site & Café, Museum, Garden Park,<br />
Troll Park, Tap Water.<br />
Nardam Lake Campground (Rycroft)<br />
Tel: 780-765-3687 Fax: 780-765-2002<br />
Mail: PO Box 360, Rycroft, AB T0H 3A0<br />
Email: receptionist@rycroft.ca<br />
Approx. 1 km W of Rycroft on Hwy 49<br />
17 Sites, Season: May-October 15, Stocked with Rainbow<br />
Trout, No Gas-Powered Boats Allowed, Playground,<br />
Fishing, Shopping & Laundry, Amps 15 & 30, Caretaker,<br />
Day-use Area, Cook House, Privies, Sani-Dump, Fire pits,<br />
Free Firewood, Horseshoe Pits, Pets Allowed, Pier, Site<br />
Stoves, Water Pump, Water Tap. Call for current rates.<br />
Chepi Sepe Municipal Campground<br />
(Spirit River)<br />
Tel : 780-864-3998 Fax : 780-864-3433<br />
Mail : PO Box 130, Spirit River, AB T0H 3G0<br />
Email: clerk@townofspiritriver.ca<br />
Located along Highway 49 at the east entrance<br />
into Spirit River.<br />
12 Sites, Season: May 1-September 30, Free Firewood, Pets<br />
on Leash, Alcohol Policy in Effect, Amps 15 & 30, Caretaker,<br />
Crews Welcome, Fire pits, Free Showers, Flush Toilets, Tap<br />
Water, Picnic Tables, Picnic shelter. Call for current rates.<br />
Moonshine Lake Provincial Park<br />
(Spirit River)<br />
Tel : 780-538-5350 Fax :780-538-5617<br />
Mail : # 1301, 10320 – 99 Street, Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 6J4<br />
27km W of Spirit River on Hwy 49 & 7 km N on<br />
Hwy 725.<br />
110 Sites, Season: Early May-mid- October, Open Year-Round<br />
for Day-use. Ball Diamond, Boat Launch (electric boat motors<br />
only), Docks, Group Camping, X-country Skiing, Day-use Area,<br />
Fire Pits, Firewood, Fish Cleaning Stand, Horseshoe Pits, Ice<br />
Fishing, Pit Toilets, Power Sites (15 & 30 amps), Sani-dump,<br />
Coin Showers, Swimming Area, Tap Water.<br />
South Access (Hwy 40)<br />
Musreau Lake Provincial<br />
Recreation Area (Grande Prairie South)<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350 Fax: 780-538-5617<br />
Mail: #1301, 10320-99 St, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6J4<br />
80 km S of Grande Prairie on Hwy. 40 and 2 km E<br />
on access road<br />
69 Sites, Season: Mid May-mid October, Boat Launch (Power<br />
Vessels Prohibited in Posted Area), Day-use, Fire pits, Firewood,<br />
Group Camping, Hiking, Pit Toilets, Water Pump, Fish cleaning<br />
station, swimming, canoeing/kayaking, beach area.<br />
Big Mountain Creek Provincial<br />
Recreation Area<br />
(Grande Prairie South)<br />
Tel: 780-876-0052 for info and reservations<br />
40 km S of Grande Prairie on Hwy. 40 and 10 km E<br />
on access road.<br />
Big Mountain Creek is a group campground and snowmobile<br />
staging area that provides year-round access to forest trails<br />
south of Grande Prairie.<br />
Shuttler Flats Provincial<br />
Recreation Area (Grande Prairie South)<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350<br />
<strong>GP</strong>S: Lat: 54.7696565301 Long: 119.559454322<br />
Located halfway between Grande Prairie and Two<br />
Lakes. 80 km South of Grande Prairie.<br />
25 Sites, Group Camping only (call 780-538-5350 for<br />
reservations), Cook Shelters, Fire pits, Fishing, Hiking/Cycling,<br />
Canoeing/Kayaking, Horseback Riding, Pit Toilets, Snowmobiling<br />
(off-site), Water Pump.<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Kakwa River Provincial<br />
Recreation Area (Grande Prairie South)<br />
Tel: 780-524-7601 (for info)<br />
780-538-5350 (Alberta Parks #)<br />
90km S of Grande Prairie on Hwy 40<br />
14 Unserviced Campsites, Fire pits, Firewood, Fishing,<br />
Hiking, Horseback Trails, Pit Toilets, Water Pump Note:<br />
"User maintained" campground; there is also a 16-unit<br />
park<br />
Two Lakes Provincial Park<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350 (Alberta Parks) Fax: 780-538-5617,<br />
Toll Free 866-427-3582<br />
Mail : #1301, 10320-99 St, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6J4<br />
130 km SW of Grande Prairie on Hwy 666/Two<br />
Lakes Road<br />
86 Sites, Season: Mid May - mid October, Access is weather-dependent.<br />
Day-use, 3 Campgrounds (Gunderson<br />
Meadows & Pine Hollow on North Lake, Moberly Flats<br />
on South Lake), Kakwa Wildland Park Staging Area,<br />
Boat Launch (Power Boats Prohibited on North Lake, 12<br />
km/h Speed Limit on South Lake), Fire pits, Fishing, Fish<br />
Cleaning Stand, Hiking and Horseback Trails, Ice Fishing,<br />
Pit Toilets, Water Pump.<br />
West Access (Hwy 43 west)<br />
Demmit Park (Demmit)<br />
Tel: 780-897-6764<br />
Located near the BC border on Highway 43.<br />
15 Unserviced Sites, Season: May 1 to Mid-October, Dayuse<br />
Sites, Camp Kitchen, Privies, Fire pits, Firewood. Call<br />
for current rates.<br />
Hommy Park (Beaverlodge)<br />
Season: May 15-October 15,<br />
Tel: 780-354-8039<br />
NW of Beaverlodge on Hwy 43, Located on banks<br />
of Beaverlodge River 0.5km NW of Beaverlodge,<br />
1km off Hwy 43, half way between Beaverlodge &<br />
Hythe.<br />
23 Sites, 30 Amp, Baseball Diamond, Caretaker, Day-use<br />
Sites, Fire pits, Free Firewood, Gated, Horseshoe Pits, Pets<br />
Welcome, Privies, Non-potable Water, Camp Kitchen,<br />
Playground, Trails. Call for current rates.<br />
Hythe Municipal Campground<br />
Tel: 780-356-3888 Cell:780-296-0641<br />
25 Sites, Two Shelters, Amps 15 & 30, Fire pits, Free<br />
Firewood, Showers, Flush Toilets, Tap Water, Sani-Dump,<br />
Playground. Rates are $20.00 per night, $125.00 per<br />
week. $500.00 per month.<br />
Legion Campground<br />
May to September Weather Permitting<br />
“EVERYONE WELCOME"<br />
Tel:780-766-3663 or 780-518-0215<br />
E-mail - ktzidcamp@gmail.com<br />
Directions from Grande Prairie - 16 KM West of<br />
Costco On Hwy 43 - 3 KM North on Range Road<br />
#74 (Grandview Road)<br />
Tents Welcome, Cash Only, Grassed Sites, No Services,<br />
Water Tap, Clean Out Houses, Yard Games, Horse Shoe<br />
Pits, Playground, Weekend or Day Group Bookings for<br />
Private Functions - Camp Kitchen, BBQ'S -Propane &Charcoal.<br />
Firewood on Site Donations Appreciated, Pets on<br />
LEASH Permitted, Also Winter Storage Available October<br />
- April $25 Per Month. Please Call for Prices, Availability,<br />
and private weekend rentals.<br />
Pioneer Campground (Beaverlodge)<br />
Tel: 780-897-0146<br />
Email: campground@beaverlodge.ca<br />
Web: www.beaverlodge.ca<br />
11 Street and Hwy 43, in Beaverlodge by the IGA<br />
21 Powered Sites (10 Full Service) & 7 tent sites. Season:<br />
Mid May - Mid October (weather permitting), Cash/<br />
Cheque/Visa/MC/Debit, Day-use Sites, Fire pits, Firewood,<br />
Public Phone, Showers, Tap Water, Kitchen Shelter,<br />
Electricity, Flush Toilets, Sani-Dump, Hiking/Cycling. Call<br />
or visit the Town Website for current rates and more information.<br />
Pipestone Creek Park (Wembley)<br />
Season: May 15-October 15<br />
Tel: 780-766-2391<br />
Email: pipestone@countygp.ab.ca<br />
14km S of Wembley on the Wapiti River.<br />
99 Sites, Ball Diamond, Dinosaur Museum, Frisbee Golf<br />
Course, Free Washrooms/Showers, Caretaker, Day-use<br />
Area, Fire pits, Free Firewood, Gated, Group Camping,<br />
Horseshoe Pits, Playground, Interpretive Trails, Pets<br />
Allowed, non-potable water, Sani Dump. Call for current<br />
rates.<br />
Red Willow Park (Elmworth)<br />
– Day Use<br />
Tel: 780-532-9727<br />
Located on Secondary Hwy 722, N of the Wapiti<br />
River, SW of Beaverlodge, 50 km W-SW of Grande<br />
Prairie. Travel S of Beaverlodge on Hwy 722 and<br />
then W on Highway 667.<br />
Ideal Family Picnic Spot, Rustic Setting, 5 Picnic Tables<br />
with Fire pits, Playground, Camp Kitchen<br />
Saskatoon Island Provincial Park<br />
(Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350 Fax:780-538-5617<br />
For reservations: www.reserve.albertaparks.ca<br />
or call 1-877-537-2757<br />
21 kms W of Grande Prairie on Hwy 43, then 4 km<br />
N on access road<br />
103 Sites, 5 Walk-in Tent Sites, Season: Early May – mid-<br />
October, Open Year-Round for Day-use. Power Sites (15 &<br />
30 amps), Bike Trails, Wheelchair Accessible Bird Viewing<br />
Platform, X-country Skiing, Day-use, Fire pits, Firewood,<br />
Hiking, Horseshoe Pits, Interpretive Programs, Kitchen and<br />
Warm-up Shelters, Playgrounds, Pit Toilets, Sani-Dump,<br />
Coin Showers, Tap-water.<br />
Spring Lake (Hythe)<br />
Tel: 780-356-2498<br />
Take secondary Highway 721 north for 7km, turn<br />
east 2km on Highway 59, then north again on<br />
gravel road for 18km<br />
Spring Lake Campground Has 38 Family Campsites. There<br />
Are No Services. Each Site Has a Picnic Table and Fire pit.<br />
Firewood Is for Sale. Each Site Is Well Treed. There Is a<br />
Store. Access to The Beach Area Is from The Day-Use Area.<br />
There Is Some Sand for The Children, Roped Off Swimming<br />
Area, Kids Playground, Horseshoe Pits, Cleaning Fish<br />
Stations, Boat Launch and New Dock, Group Camping, Pit<br />
Toilets, Hiking Trails, Equestrian Camping. The lake is<br />
stocked with Rainbow Trout and Brook.<br />
Sunset Lake Park (Wembley)<br />
Telephone 780-766-2269 Fax 780-766-2868<br />
Email: office@wembley.ca<br />
Web: www.wembley.ca<br />
10128 – 99 Avenue, Wembley, AB<br />
Open May 15 – September 30 - 7 Electrical Sites with a<br />
Non-Serviced Overflow and Tenting Area, Washroom with<br />
Free Showers, Gazebo Shelter, Marsh Boardwalks, Spray<br />
Deck, Playground, Horse Shoes, Picnic Area, Sani-Dump,<br />
Fire Pits, Firewood, Call for current rates<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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East Access (Hwy 43 east)<br />
Debolt - Gunby Ranch Golf Club<br />
Tel: 780-957-2150<br />
Email:courses@coregolf.com<br />
Box 388, Debolt, AB TOH 1B0<br />
Fox Creek RV<br />
Tel: 780-622-3896 Fax: 780-622-4247<br />
Mail: Box 149, Fox Creek, AB TOH 1PO<br />
Email: mitch@foxcreek.ca Web: www.foxcreek.ca<br />
105 Campground Rd. Campground in town<br />
30 Sites (18 serviced & 12 Unserviced), Season: May-<br />
Early October, No Snowmobiling, No Reservations Accepted,<br />
Amps 15 & 30, Fire pits, Free Firewood, Pull-thru Sites,<br />
Day-use Sites, Flush Toilets, Privies, Sani-Dump, Showers,<br />
Tap Water, wheelchair access. Call for current rates.<br />
Iosegun Lake (Fox Creek PPA_RF2)<br />
Tel: 780-622-2418 Fax: 780-622-4247<br />
Mail: Box 149, Fox Creek, AB TOH 1PO<br />
Email: admin@foxcreek.ca Web: www.foxcreek.ca<br />
11 km N of Fox Creek off Hwy 43<br />
52 Sites, Season: Mid May-September, Group Camping<br />
Reservations: 780-622-3896, Water Skiing, X-country<br />
Skiing, Snowmobile Trails in the Area, Senior Discount<br />
(age 60+), First Come-First Served, Beach Day-use Area,<br />
Fire pits, Firewood Available, Fish Cleaning Stand, Motorboats<br />
Allowed, Pull-thru Sites, Swimming Area, Water<br />
Pump. Call for current rates<br />
Kleskun Hill Park (Grande Prairie)<br />
Tel: 780-567-3685<br />
Email: Kleskun@countygp.ab.ca<br />
15 minutes E of Grande Prairie on Hwy 43.<br />
4 KMs North on Rg RD 41<br />
Natural Protected Area with Hiking Trails. Campground<br />
with 9 Unserviced Sites, Firewood, outdoor washrooms,<br />
and Playground. Washrooms with showers at Day use<br />
Picnic sites, Historic Museum Village is open for tours on<br />
Saturday and Sunday during the Summer months.<br />
Little Smoky Motel<br />
and Campground (Little Smoky)<br />
Tel: 780-524-4178<br />
Address: PO Box 63, Little Smoky, AB T0H 3Z0<br />
Old Bezanson Town Site<br />
Campground (Bezanson)<br />
Tel: 780-532-9727<br />
10km SE of Highway 43<br />
Group camping by reservation only, Day Use sites, Kitchen<br />
Shelter, Non-potable water, Privies, Firewood, Playground,<br />
Fire Pits, Picnic Tables, and Ball Diamonds.<br />
Poplar Ridge (Fox Creek)<br />
Tel: 1-780-524-3912 / 780-622-3813<br />
Mail: Box 363, Fox Creek T0H 1P0<br />
44km north of Fox Creek then west on Hwy43<br />
10 KMs on access road<br />
25 Sites, Volleyball, 24 hr. Security, Electricity, Water, Flush<br />
Toilets, Privies, Showers, Phone, Laundry, Firewood, Playground,<br />
Horseshoe pits, Picnic shelter, Fire Pits, and Shelter.<br />
Call for current rates.<br />
Sherk’s RV Park (Valleyview)<br />
Tel: 780-524-4949 Fax: 780-524-4346<br />
Mail: Box 1504,Valleyview, AB T0H 3N0<br />
Web: www.sherksrvpark.com<br />
22356 TWP Rd 702, 1km SW of Valleyview off Hwy 43.<br />
56 Sites, Tenting sites, Season: May-September 30,<br />
Enclosed Gazebo w/fire pit, Walking Trails, Wash Bay,<br />
Rated Good Sam Park, Pull-thru & Back-in Sites, Full<br />
Hook-ups, Amps 15 & 30, Big Rig Friendly, Caretaker,<br />
Crews Welcome, Extended Stay Rates, Portable Fire pits<br />
(deposit required), Firewood Available, Gated, Horseshoe<br />
Pits, Laundry, Pets Allowed, Public phone, Coin Showers,<br />
Tap Water, WIFI Available. Call for current rates.<br />
www.peacerivercanada.comercanada.com<br />
877-835-1277<br />
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Simonette Provincial<br />
Recreation Area<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350<br />
45 km E of Grande Prairie; 10 km S of Hwy 43 on<br />
industry road.<br />
25 Unserviced Sites, Season: Early May-Late September,<br />
Firewood NOT available, Fire pits, Fishing, Pit Toilets,<br />
Water Pump, Swimming, Beach area. Off-highway vehicle<br />
use is prohibited within Simonette River Provincial Recreation<br />
Area, which includes the bed and shore of the<br />
river.<br />
Smoke Lake Recreation Area<br />
(Fox Creek PPA_PF1)<br />
Tel: 780-622-2418 Fax: 780-622-4247<br />
Mail: Box 149, Fox Creek, AB TOH 1PO<br />
Email: admin@foxcreek.ca Web: www.foxcreek.ca<br />
9 km SW of Fox Creek off Hwy 43<br />
47 Sites, Season: May-October, Year-Round Lake Access,<br />
Water Skiing, X-country Skiing, Seniors Age 60+, Weekly<br />
Rates, Maximum 16 Day Stay, No Reservations Accepted,<br />
Fire pits, Free Firewood, Fish Cleaning Stand, Swimming<br />
Area, Water Pump, Boat launch, Day Use Area. Recent<br />
work has been done to widen sites and roads.<br />
Legion<br />
Campground<br />
Everyone Welcome<br />
• Unserviced Grass Sites<br />
• Water Tap<br />
• Firewood<br />
• Playground<br />
• Group Sites<br />
• Tents Welcome<br />
Sturgeon Lake Campground<br />
Tel: 780-524-3306 / 780-532-0421<br />
Email: cmisley@telus.net<br />
Web: www.slcampground.com<br />
18km W of Valleyview, 85km E of<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
104 Sites, Tenting, Season: May-October, 55 Fully Serviced<br />
Sites, POW WOW Arbor, Pets on Leash, General Store,<br />
Coin Laundry, Playground, Amps 15 & 30, Beach, Caretaker,<br />
Crews Welcome, Day-use Area, Fire pits, Firewood Available,<br />
Gated, Group Camping, Pull-thru Sites, Coin Showers,<br />
Tap Water. Call for current rates.<br />
Swan Lake (South of RidgeValley)<br />
Tel: 1-888-524-7601<br />
East on HWY 43 to RR 262, then left on Township Rd<br />
705, then right on RR260 for 3km<br />
8 camping stalls (no hook –ups) On a first come- first<br />
serve basis, no charge to camp; Two Day use areas,<br />
Wood is provided, Toilets, Boat Launch –no gas-powered<br />
boats allowed.<br />
16 km W on Hwy 43<br />
then 3 km N<br />
on RGRD 74<br />
780-766-3663<br />
or 780-518-0215<br />
Waskahigan River Provincial<br />
Recreation Area (Little Smoky)<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350 Fax: 780-538-5617<br />
Mail: #1301, 10320-99 St, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6J4<br />
35 km SE of Valleyview and 3 km N on access road<br />
20 Sites, Season: Mid-May- mid September, Day-use,<br />
Fire pits, Canoeing/Kayaking, Fishing, Group Camping,<br />
Hiking, Pit Toilets, Shelter, Water Pump.<br />
Williamson Provincial Park<br />
(Sturgeon Lake)<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350 Fax: 780-538-5617<br />
Mail: #1301, 10320 – 99 Street, Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 6J4<br />
17km W of Valleyview on Hwy 43, then 2km N on<br />
access road.<br />
67 Sites, Season: Mid May-mid-September. Beach, Boat<br />
Launch, Change House, Day-use, Fire Pits, Firewood, Fish<br />
Cleaning Stand, Power Sites (15& 30 amps), Pull-thru<br />
Sites, Swimming, Tap Water.<br />
Young’s Point Provincial Park<br />
(Sturgeon Lake)<br />
Tel: 780-538-5350 Fax: 780-538-5617<br />
Mail: #1301, 10320–99 St., Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6J4<br />
80 km E of Grande Prairie or 26 km W of Valleyview<br />
on Hwy 43, NE 10 km on access road<br />
124 Sites, Season: Mid May-mid October, Open Year-<br />
Round for Day-use, Beach, Boat Launch, Day-use, Fire<br />
pits, Group Camping, Ice Fishing, X-country Skiing, Warm-<br />
Up Shelter, Playgrounds, Power Sites (15 &30 amp),<br />
Public Phone, Coin Showers, Sani-dump, Swimming<br />
Area, Tap Water, Flush Toilets.<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Grande Prairie’s McGovern's RV & Marine Campground is a great<br />
place for a weekend getaway or a place to stay while attending<br />
events at Evergreen Park. It is just minutes from downtown<br />
Grande Prairie.<br />
The campground offers firewood, fire pits, safe and visible<br />
children's playground, very clean public washroom/shower and<br />
laundry facilities as well as a dumping station. McGovern's RV &<br />
Marine Campground is within walking distance from the ENTREC<br />
Centre & The Pines Restaurant & Casino.<br />
Features & Amenities<br />
• 75 sites complete with power and water • 30 amp electrical service<br />
• Tent sites • Dump station • Clean public restrooms<br />
• Modern/clean shower facilities • Laundry facilities<br />
• Safe and visible playground area complete with modern equipment<br />
• Convenience store • Picnic tables, fire pits & firewood<br />
• Walking distance from The Pines Restaurant & Casino<br />
• Between two championship golf courses • Archery range<br />
• Walking paths • Horse trails<br />
Open From May to September<br />
Nestled in the beauty and freshness of our<br />
Evergreen Park forest,<br />
To book your reservation<br />
call 780-532-3279<br />
or email<br />
campgroundmanager@evergreenpark.ca
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Preferred<br />
Consider Grande Prairie for your next conference,<br />
trade show or retreat and experience our warm<br />
northern hospitality.<br />
Best Western Grande Prairie<br />
Hotel & Suites<br />
Tel: 780-402-2378 Fax: 780-402-8026<br />
Toll-Free: 1-866-852-2378<br />
Address: 10745-117 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7N6<br />
Web: www.bestwesterngrandeprairie.com<br />
100 Rooms; Refrigerators; Microwaves Available; FREE<br />
Full Hot Breakfast Buffet; Indoor Pool/Hot Tub; Pets<br />
Allowed; Free High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fitness<br />
Center; Fax/Photocopy Service; Business Center;<br />
Meeting/Banquet Facilities; Restaurants; RV/Bus/Truck<br />
Parking; Cold weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible;<br />
Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Group Rates.<br />
Canadian Motor Inn<br />
Tel: 780-532-1680 Fax: 780-532-1245<br />
Toll-Free: 1-800-291-7893<br />
Address: 10901- 100 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3J9<br />
Email: reception@canadianmotorinn.com<br />
Web: http//canadianmotorinn.com<br />
85 Rooms (suites, kitchenettes, & smoking rooms<br />
available); Refrigerators/ Microwaves; Free Continental<br />
Breakfast; Pets Allowed; High Speed Internet; Laundry;<br />
Fax/Photocopy Service; Wheelchair Accessible, Group Rates<br />
Days Inn<br />
Tel: 780-532-2773 Fax: 780-532-7057<br />
Toll-Free: 1-800-329-7466<br />
Address: 10218-62 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2<br />
Web: www.daysinn.ca<br />
Email: daysinngp_2009@hotmail.com<br />
or contact@daysinngp.com<br />
90 Rooms (suites & kitchenettes available); FREE<br />
Continental Breakfast; High Speed Internet; Laundry;<br />
Fax/Photocopy Service; Fitness Center; Business Center:<br />
Meeting/Conference Facilities; Game Room; Truck/Bus<br />
Parking; Cold Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible;<br />
Group Rates<br />
Encore Suites by Service Plus Inns<br />
Tel: 587-259-0425 Fax: 587-259-0472<br />
Address: 10639-110 Street Grande Prairie, AB T8V-7A9<br />
Web: www.encoresuites.ca<br />
Complimentary Hot Breakfast Buffet, Complimentary<br />
Return Airport Taxi Transfer, Complimentary High Speed<br />
Internet, Full State Of The Art Workout Facility,<br />
Kitchenettes With Full -Size Fridge, Microwave and<br />
Utensils, Variety of Full Walk Out Rain Showers & Tubs,<br />
Upscale Bathroom Amenities<br />
Gateway Motor Inn<br />
Tel: 780-532-8819 Fax: 780-539-3077<br />
Address: 10923-100 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3J9<br />
Email: gatewaymotorinngp@gmail.com<br />
44 Rooms (kitchenettes available); Refrigerators; Pets<br />
Allowed; High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy<br />
Service; Cold Weather Plug-ins<br />
Grande Prairie Regional College<br />
Housing - Available May to August<br />
ONLY<br />
Tel: 780-539-2802 Fax: 780-539-2924<br />
Toll-Free: 1-888-539-4772, Ext 2802<br />
Address: 10726-106 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4C4<br />
Email: gpresidence@gprc.ab.ca<br />
Web: www.gprc.ab.ca/services/housing<br />
360 Rooms (suites & kitchenettes); Laundry; High Speed<br />
Internet; Fax/Photocopy Service; Meeting Rooms on<br />
Campus; Cafeteria on Campus; Wheelchair Accessible,<br />
Group Rates, Will be FULL until May<br />
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton<br />
Tel: 780-538-0722 Fax: 780-538-0767<br />
Address: 10405 117 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6M8<br />
Web: www.hamptoninn3.hilton.com<br />
Heated, indoor pool, hot tub and waterslide,24-hour<br />
Suite Shop, Pets are welcome for a fee, connecting rooms,<br />
rollaway beds and cribs available upon request, Meeting<br />
space, Free hot breakfast, Clean and fresh Hampton bed,<br />
Free WIFI access in every room, Gym/fitness center use.<br />
Happy Trails Cabins<br />
Tel: 780-814-6919 Fax: 780-814-7131<br />
Address: Box 686, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3A8<br />
Web: http://htcampground.com<br />
Email: kiml@happytrailscampground.ca<br />
<strong>GP</strong>S: 55.22877, -188.87204<br />
37 cabin units available. (single queen, loft double queen,<br />
Jacuzzi and park models for and extra fee) They all have<br />
kitchens, satellite T.V., fireplaces and BBQ’s. Pets are not<br />
allowed in cabin units. We have a General Store, Laundry,<br />
Showers, Conference Room, Storage Yard, Truck Parking,<br />
Fax/Photocopy Service, High Speed Internet, 247 full service<br />
RV Sites, Wheel Chair Accessible, Large Venue Area, and Sani<br />
Dump/Water fill Station. Pets are welcome in the RV Sites.<br />
Holiday Inn & Suites<br />
Conference Centre<br />
Tel: 780-402-6886 Fax: 780-402-6835<br />
Toll-Free:1-888-307-3529<br />
Address: 9816-107 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8E7<br />
Web: www.higrandeprairie.com<br />
Email: frontdesk@higrandeprairie.com<br />
145 Rooms (suites available); Refrigerators; Microwaves;<br />
Keurig; Indoor Pool/Hot Tub; Pets Allowed; FREE High Speed<br />
Internet; Laundry; Fitness Center; Fax/Photocopy Service;<br />
Business Center; Meeting/Conference Facilities;<br />
Restaurant/Lounge; Spa Facilities; RV/Bus/Truck Parking;<br />
Cold Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible; Airport<br />
Courtesy Shuttle; Group Rates.<br />
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ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME<br />
AND THE LUXURY YOU’VE COME TO EXPECT<br />
PROUDLY MANAGED BY<br />
HOLIDAY INN & SUITES<br />
SUPER 8<br />
CONFERENCE CENTER<br />
TH<br />
10050 - 116 AVENUE<br />
9816-107 TH STREET<br />
780.532.8288<br />
780.402.6886<br />
CONTACT EACH HOTEL DIRECTLY<br />
FOR SPECIAL PACKAGES AND OFFERS.<br />
BEST WESTERN HOTEL<br />
& SUITES<br />
10745 - 117 TH AVENUE<br />
780.402.2378<br />
STANDARD FEATURES INCLUDE:<br />
Large Rooms & Suites Convenient Locations<br />
Guest Laundry<br />
Free Airport Shuttle Service<br />
Indoor Pool & Fitness Center<br />
HOLLOWAY<br />
INN & SUITES<br />
11710 - 102 ND STREET<br />
780.831.2999<br />
Free High-Speed Internet<br />
Pet Friendly Rooms<br />
Holiday Inn Express<br />
Tel: 780-814-9446 Fax: 780-814-9466<br />
Toll-Free: 1-877-660-8550<br />
Address: 10226-117 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7S5<br />
Web: www.hiexpress.com<br />
Email: fd@hiexgp.ca<br />
102 Rooms (suites available); Refrigerators/Microwaves;<br />
FREE Breakfast; Indoor Pool/Hot Tub; Pets Allowed; High<br />
Speed Internet; Laundry; Airport Courtesy Shuttle;<br />
Fax/Photocopy Service; Fitness Center; Business Center;<br />
Meeting Facilities; RV/Truck Parking; Cold Weather Plugins;<br />
Wheelchair Accessible; Group Rates<br />
Millwood Country Inn<br />
(Bed & Breakfast)<br />
Tel: 780-814-8176<br />
Email: ryaklin@xplornet.com<br />
Address: 722072 RR 44 County of Grande Prairie No.1,<br />
T8X 4H9<br />
Web: www.millwoodcountryinn.com<br />
3 Rooms with Private Baths;<br />
Wedding/Party/Meeting/Retreat Facilities; Pets Allowed;<br />
High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/ Photocopy Service<br />
Motel 6<br />
Tel: 780-830-7744 Fax: 780-830-7745<br />
Toll-Free: 1-800-466-8356<br />
Address: 15402-101 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 0P7<br />
Web: www.motel6.com<br />
Email: fd@motel6gp.com<br />
132 Rooms (smoking rooms available); Refrigerators; Pets<br />
Allowed; High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy<br />
Service; RV/Truck Parking; Cold Weather Plug-ins;<br />
Wheelchair Accessible; Group Rates, Kids Stay FREE<br />
Paradise Inn & Conference Centre<br />
Tel: 780-539-6000 Fax: 780-532-1961<br />
Toll-Free: 1-800-661-7954<br />
Address: 11201-100 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 5M6<br />
Web: www.paradiseinngrandeprairie.com<br />
Email: frontdesk@paradiseinnandsuites.ca<br />
102 Rooms (suites, kitchenettes, & smoking rooms<br />
available); Mini Fridges/Microwaves; Complimentary Hot<br />
Buffet Breakfast; Pet- Friendly Rooms; Wireless High<br />
Speed Internet; 32″ HD LCD TV; Airport Courtesy Shuttle;<br />
Fitness Center; Business Center & Services;<br />
Meeting/Banquet Facilities; Restaurant/Lounge; Bus/Truck<br />
Parking; Cold Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible;<br />
Group Rates<br />
Podollan Inn and Spa<br />
Tel: 780-830-2000 Fax: 780-830-2902<br />
Toll-Free: 1-866-440-2080<br />
Address: 10612-99 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8E8<br />
Email: gp@podollan.com<br />
Web: www.podollanhotels.com/grande-prairie<br />
170 Rooms (suites); Hot Breakfast; Pets Allowed; High<br />
Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy Service; Fitness<br />
Center Passes; Meeting/Banquet Facilities; Restaurant;<br />
Spa Facilities; Underground Heated Parking; Wheelchair<br />
Accessible; Group Rates<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Tel: 780-830-2000 Fax: 780-830-3902<br />
Toll-Free: 1-866-440-2080<br />
Address: 11702-99 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8E8<br />
Email: gprezidence@podollan.com<br />
Web: www.podollanhotels.com/grande-prairie<br />
62 Rooms (studio, 1 & 2 bedroom suites, smoking rooms<br />
available); catering to extended stay guests; Fully<br />
Equipped and Furbished; Pets Allowed; High Speed<br />
Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy Service; Cold Weather<br />
Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible<br />
Pomeroy Hotel & Conference<br />
Centre<br />
Tel: 780-532-5221 Fax: 780-532-5441<br />
Toll-Free: 1-800-661-6529<br />
Address: 11633-100 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3Y4<br />
Web: www.pomeroyhotel.com/grande-prairie/<br />
Email: fd@pomeroyhotelgp.com<br />
202 Rooms (suites available); Refrigerators/Microwaves<br />
Available; Pets Allowed; Indoor Pool/Hot Tub/Steam<br />
Room; High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy<br />
Service; Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Fitness Center;<br />
Meeting/Banquet Facilities; Restaurant/Lounge; Covered<br />
Parking; Cold Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible;<br />
Group Rates; Hot Buffet Breakfast; Women’s Only Floor.<br />
Quality Inn and Suites<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
Tel: 780-831-2999 Fax: 780-513-1146<br />
Toll-Free: 1-877-977-4678<br />
Address: 11710-102 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7S7<br />
Web: www.choicehotels.ca<br />
152 Rooms (suites, kitchenettes & smoking rooms<br />
available); Refrigerators; Microwaves; FREE Full<br />
Breakfast Buffet; Indoor Pool/Hot Tub/Waterslide; Pets<br />
Allowed; FREE High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fitness<br />
Center; Fax/Photocopy Service; Business Center;<br />
Meeting/Conference Facilities; RV/Bus/Truck Parking;<br />
Cold Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible; Airport<br />
Courtesy Shuttle; Group Rates.<br />
Ramada Clairmont<br />
Tel: 780-814-7448 Fax: 780-814-7459<br />
Toll-Free: 1-877-814-7448<br />
Address: 7201-99 Street, Clairmont, AB T0H 0W0<br />
Web: www.ramada.com<br />
Email: fd@ramadagp.com<br />
98 Rooms (suites & smoking rooms available);<br />
Refrigerators/Microwaves; FREE Full Breakfast; Pets<br />
Allowed; High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy<br />
Service; Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Fitness Center; Business<br />
Center; Meeting/Conference/Banquet Facilities;<br />
Restaurant/Lounge; Bus/Truck Parking; Cold Weather<br />
Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible; Group Rates<br />
Redwood Inn and Suites<br />
Tel: 780-357-1916 Fax: 780-357-1847<br />
Toll-Free: 1-866-567-2427<br />
Address: 8117-99 Street, Clairmont, AB T0H 0W0<br />
Web: www.redwoodinnandsuites.com<br />
Email: gpinfo@rdwoodinnandsuites.com<br />
92 Rooms (suites & kitchenettes available);<br />
Refrigerators/ Microwaves; FREE Continental Breakfast;<br />
Indoor Salt Water Pool/Hot Tub/Waterslide; Pets<br />
Allowed; High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy<br />
Service; Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Fitness Center; Business<br />
Center; Meeting/Banquet Facilities; Truck Parking; Cold<br />
Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible; Group Rates<br />
Rotary House<br />
(Emergency Beds Only)<br />
Tel: 780-539-6777 Fax: 780-539-1792<br />
Sandman Hotel Grande Prairie<br />
Tel: 780-513-5555 Fax: 780-513-5131<br />
Toll-Free: 1-800-726-3626<br />
Address: 9805-100 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6X3<br />
Web: www.sandmanhotels.com<br />
Email: reservations@sandman.ca<br />
137 Rooms (suites & kitchenette available);<br />
Refrigerators/Microwaves Available; Indoor Pool/Hot<br />
Tub; Pets Allowed; High Speed Internet; Laundry;<br />
Fax/Photocopy Service; Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Fitness<br />
Center; Business Center; Meeting/Banquet Facilities;<br />
Restaurant/Lounge; Cold Weather Plug-ins; Group Rates<br />
Service Plus Inns and Suites<br />
Tel: 780-538-3900 Fax: 780-532-8558<br />
Toll-Free: 1-888-875-4667<br />
Address: 10810-107A Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7A9<br />
Email: grandeprairie@spis.ca<br />
Web: www.serviceplusinns.com<br />
122 Rooms (suites & single smoking rooms available);<br />
Refrigerators/Microwaves; FREE Hot Breakfast Buffet;<br />
Indoor Pool/Hot Tub/Waterslide; Pets Allowed; High<br />
Speed Internet; Laundry: Fax/Photocopy Service; Airport<br />
Courtesy Shuttle; Exercise Room; Meeting/Banquet<br />
Facilities; Restaurant/Bar; RV/Truck Parking; Cold<br />
Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible; Group Rates<br />
Silver Crest Lodge<br />
Tel: 780-532-1040 Fax: 780-539-9333<br />
Toll-Free: 1-877-814-7448<br />
Address: 11902-100 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4H5<br />
95 Rooms (kitchenettes & smoking rooms available);<br />
Weekly Rates; Continental Breakfast; Pets Allowed; High<br />
Speed Internet; Fax/Photocopy Service; Limited<br />
Wheelchair Accessibility<br />
Stanford Inn<br />
Tel: 780-539-5678 Fax: 780-538-3913<br />
Toll-free: 1-800-661-8160<br />
Address: 11401-100 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6M6<br />
Web: www.grandeprairiestanfordhotel.com<br />
Email: reservations@gpstanfordhotel.com<br />
204 Rooms (suites, kitchenettes & smoking rooms<br />
available); Refrigerators/Microwaves; Sauna; Peta<br />
Allowed: High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy<br />
Service; Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Fitness Center;<br />
Meeting/Banquet Facilities; Restaurant/Bar; RV/Truck<br />
Parking; Cold Weather Plug-ins; Group Rates<br />
Stonebridge Hotel<br />
Tel: 780-539-5561 Fax: 780-538-4636<br />
Toll-Free: 1-888-419-4657<br />
Address: 12102-100 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 5P1<br />
Email: fd@stonebridgegp.com<br />
Web: www.stonebridgehotel.ca<br />
126 Rooms (suites & smoking rooms available);<br />
Continental Breakfast; Refrigerators/Microwaves; Pets<br />
Allowed; High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fax/Photocopy<br />
Service; Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Fitness Center;<br />
Meeting/banquet Facilities; Restaurant/Bar; RV/Truck<br />
Parking; Cold Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible;<br />
Group Rates<br />
Super 8 Motel<br />
Tel: 780-532-8288 Fax: 780-532-8868<br />
Toll-Free: 1-888-888-9488<br />
Address: 10050-116 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V<br />
Web: www.super8grandeprairie.com<br />
Email: res@super8grandeprairie.com<br />
148 Rooms (suites, kitchenettes & smoking rooms<br />
available); Refrigerators; Microwaves; FREE Continental<br />
Breakfast with hot items; Indoor Pool/Waterslide; Pets<br />
Allowed; FREE High Speed Internet; Laundry; Fitness<br />
Center; Fax/Photocopy Service; Business Center;<br />
RV/Bus/Truck Parking; Cold Weather Plug-ins; Wheelchair<br />
Accessible; Airport Courtesy Shuttle; Group Rates.<br />
The Lodge Motor Inn<br />
Tel: 780-539-4700<br />
Toll-Free: 1-800-7874<br />
Address: 10909-100 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3J9<br />
Web: www.thelodgemotorinn.com<br />
Email: infogp@thelodgemotorinn.com<br />
52 Rooms (kitchenettes & smoking rooms available);<br />
Refrigerators; Pet Allowed; Wireless Internet; Laundry;<br />
Fax/Photocopy Service; RV/Truck Parking; Cold Weather<br />
Plug-ins; Wheelchair Accessible; Group Rates<br />
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March<br />
1-23 Miniature Show & Sale, Beaverlodge<br />
Cultural Centre<br />
1-23 Multi-Media/Jewelry Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
3 <strong>GP</strong> Storm vs Sherwood Park Crusaders,<br />
Revolution Place<br />
3 Rising of the Francophone Flag, École<br />
Nouvelle Frontière<br />
3 SERVUS "Free Ski Friday”, Nitehawk Year-<br />
Round Adventure Park<br />
4 Fossil Prep lab, Phillip J. Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
4 <strong>GP</strong> Storm vs Bonnyville Pontiacs,<br />
Revolution Place<br />
5 The Harlem Globetrotters, Revolution<br />
Place<br />
7 Tom Cochrane’s Mad Mad World Tour,<br />
Revolution Place<br />
9–11 Peace Country Classic Agri-Show,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
10 Morisette Amon Concert, People’s Church<br />
10-11 Spring Pop Up Market,<br />
Jackpot Grill & Bar<br />
11 PBR Classic, Teepee Creek Rodeo Grounds<br />
11 DH Mountain Bike Snowcross Race,<br />
Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
11 Kat Danser Trio Concert, Demmit<br />
Community Hall<br />
12 Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers,<br />
Grande Prairie Live Theatre<br />
12 Mommylicious, Pomeroy Hotel and<br />
Conference Centre<br />
17 St. Edmund’s Catholic Church,<br />
St. Patrick’s Day - Irish Stew, 11:00 am<br />
- 4:00 pm Hythe Golden Age Center<br />
call Carol 780-356-2293<br />
18 Lecture Series, Phillip J Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
18 Fossil ID Event, Phillip J Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
24-25 4th Annual Sexsmith Spring Antique<br />
and Collectable Sale, Sexsmith Civic<br />
Center<br />
24-26 <strong>GP</strong> Sports Expo, Evergreen Park<br />
26-Apr 27<br />
24th Annual Quilt Show Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
26-Apr 27<br />
Mixed Media/Fused Glass Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
31 Pharis and Jason Romero, Grande<br />
Prairie Live Theatre<br />
31-April 2<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Home & Garden Show, Evergreen<br />
Park<br />
31-April 2<br />
Grande Prairie Woman’s Show – Spring Edition,<br />
Revolution Place<br />
31-April 2<br />
Sexsmith Closing Bonspiel, Sexsmith<br />
Curling Club<br />
April<br />
1 Fossil Prep lab, Phillip J. Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
2 30th Annual Fiddlers' Jamboree,<br />
Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts<br />
Centre<br />
6-8 Grande Prairie Petroleum Associations<br />
39th Annual Men’s Open, Grande Prairie<br />
Curling Centre<br />
(Event dates are subject to change<br />
without notice.)<br />
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7 <strong>GP</strong> Petroleum Association’s Oilmen’s<br />
Bonspiel Banquet and Dance,<br />
Revolution Place<br />
7-9 Hunt Mania Gun & Sport Show, ENTREC<br />
Centre<br />
8 Art Auction #37, Grande Prairie Art<br />
Gallery<br />
8 Spring Extravaganza, Holiday Inn &<br />
Suites<br />
8 Lecture Series, Phillip J Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
9 Big Brothers Big Sisters 2nd Annual Curl<br />
for Kids Sake, Grande Prairie Curling<br />
Club<br />
13-29 That Darn Plot, Grande Prairie Live<br />
Theatre<br />
15 4th Annual Critter & Craft Sale,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
15 Easter Eggstravaganza, Muskoseepi<br />
Park<br />
22 James Keelaghan Concert, Demmit<br />
Community Hall<br />
22 2nd Annual Spring Fling Market,<br />
Holiday Inn & Suites<br />
14 Good Friday Easter Service, ENTREC<br />
Centre<br />
19 The Small Glories, Grande Prairie Live<br />
Theatre<br />
19 Community Pancake Supper Cooked by<br />
Council at 5- 7:00 pm, call Village at<br />
780-356-3888. Volunteer Appreciation<br />
Night<br />
21-22 Spring Spectacular NPBA Car Show,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
25 Volunteer Appreciation Banquet,<br />
Wembley Community Hall<br />
28 Holistic Health and Wellness Expo,<br />
Holiday Inn & Suites<br />
28-29 Antique & Collectible Sale, "D"<br />
Company Armouries<br />
30-May 25<br />
BRHS Art Students Show, Beaverlodge<br />
Area Cultural Centre<br />
30-May 25<br />
Watercolour/Multi-Media Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
TBD – Night at the Museum, Phillip J. Currie<br />
Dino Museum<br />
May<br />
May to Sept 30<br />
Hythe Motor Speedway Stock Car<br />
Racing Call Ken 780-933-7456<br />
ken.lett@peaceareamotorsports.com<br />
or Village at 780-356-3888<br />
May/June (TBA)<br />
Ladies Nite Out – Cocktails 5:30<br />
followed by dinner get your tickets by<br />
calling - 780-356-2778. A Fundraiser<br />
for the Hythe Community Centre.<br />
2 Mighty Peace Day, Revolution Place<br />
6 Town Clean Up, Sexsmith<br />
6 Fossil Prep lab, Phillip J. Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
9-15 Reel Shorts Film Festival, Grande Prairie<br />
Live Theatre<br />
12 2nd Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,<br />
The Community Village<br />
13 Town Wide Yard Sale, Sexsmith<br />
14 ZULU Challenge<br />
13-14 Monster Truck Throwdown, Revolution<br />
Place<br />
17-18 Peace Region Petroleum Show,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
26-26 Grande Prairie Children’s Festival,<br />
Montrose Cultural Centre<br />
26-28 Edmonton Oilers Hockey Clinic, Coca<br />
Cola Center – including a free<br />
community BBQ Friday night! Eastlink<br />
Centre -780-357-4970<br />
26-June 4<br />
Robin Hood & The Heroes of Sherwood<br />
Forrest, Grande Prairie Live Theatre<br />
27 Lecture Series, Phillip J Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
27 Spring Annual Garage Sale<br />
Hythe Community Centre<br />
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.<br />
Proceeds from lunch will go to the Fire<br />
Department 780-356-2778<br />
28-June 22<br />
Watercolour Show & Sale, Beaverlodge<br />
Cultural Centre<br />
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28-June 22<br />
Art Students Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
31-June 4<br />
Grande Prairie Stompede,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
June<br />
1 Doug Marshall Charity Classic Golf<br />
Tournament, The Dunes Golf and Winter<br />
Club<br />
2 Seniors Week, Wembley Arts Culture &<br />
Historical Centre<br />
3 Fossil Prep lab, Phillip J. Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
3 Chautauqua Day, Town of Sexsmith<br />
3-4 Evolution Baby Grande Special, Hythe<br />
Motor Speedway<br />
10 Lecture Series, Phillip J Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
10 PARDS 32nd Annual FUND Ride &<br />
Community Carnival, PARDS New Facility<br />
11 Eastlink Triathlon – including<br />
Standard, Sprint, Try a tri and Kids<br />
of Steel categories- Eastlink Centre<br />
14 Municipal Government Day,<br />
Muskoseepi Park<br />
14 Elks Steak & Lobster Nite<br />
Dennis 780-356-3955<br />
16-18 Guitars & Wagons, Evergreen Park<br />
17-18 Wembley Mud Bog, Wembley Motor<br />
Sports Field<br />
21 Royal Canadian Family Circus Spectac,<br />
Revolution Place<br />
24 Sizzling Sidewalk Sale,<br />
Downtown Grande Prairie<br />
24-25 Wembley Mayhem,<br />
Wembley Motor Sports Field<br />
25-July 27<br />
Print Making Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
25-July 27<br />
Acrylic Painting Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
29 Josh Turner & High Valley Concert,<br />
Happy Trails Campground & Cabins<br />
30 Canada Day Evening Kick off,<br />
Muskoseepi Park<br />
30-July 3<br />
Rio Grande Rodeo, Rio Grande Rodeo<br />
Grounds<br />
TBD Night at the Museum, Phillip J. Currie<br />
Dino Museum<br />
July<br />
1 Canada Day, Eastlink Centre<br />
1 Canada Day, Muskoseepi Park<br />
1 Canada Day Parade,<br />
City of Grande Prairie<br />
1 Canada Day Activities,<br />
City of Grande Prairie Museums<br />
1 Canada Day Cupcakes and Crafts,<br />
Grande Prairie Information Centre<br />
1-2 Canada’s 150th Super Celebration,<br />
Historic Dunvegan Park<br />
3-7 Nitehawk Original Bike Camp,<br />
Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
8 Through The Years, Town of Sexsmith<br />
8-9 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
8 Rick Price Memorial Legends National<br />
Qualifier, Hythe Motor Speedway<br />
9 Special Event, Hythe Motor Speedway<br />
9 Rick Price Memorial,<br />
Hythe Motor Speedway<br />
10-14 Multisport Adventure Camp,<br />
Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
12-14 Mini Groms Bike Camp, Nitehawk<br />
Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
13-16 Teepee Creek Stampede Pro Rodeo,<br />
Teepee Creek<br />
14-16 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
15-16 Pioneer Days, South Peace<br />
Centennial Museum<br />
17-21 Nitehawk Advanced Bike Camp,<br />
Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
17-21 Nitehawk Original Bike Camp, Nitehawk<br />
Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
21-22 East Coast Garden Party, Bear Creek<br />
21-23 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing, Evergreen<br />
Park<br />
21-23 Street Performers Festival, Downtown<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
23 Alberta Derby & Grande Prairie Derby,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
24-28 Girls Multisport and Connection Camp,<br />
Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
28-30 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
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30-Aug 24<br />
Watercolour Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
30-Aug 24<br />
Acrylic Paintings Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
31-Aug 4<br />
Girls Leadership Camp, Nitehawk<br />
Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
August<br />
4-6 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
7 Heritage Day, Eastlink Centre<br />
7 Heritage Day Activities, City of Grande<br />
Prairie Museums<br />
7 Heritage Day Entertainment,<br />
Muskoseepi Park<br />
8-11 Nitehawk Original Bike Camp, Nitehawk<br />
Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
11-13 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
12-13 Big Rig Collision Eve of Destruction Hit<br />
to Pass, Hythe Motor Speedway<br />
14-18 Girls Multisport and Connection Camp,<br />
Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
18-20 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
18-20 Bear Creek Folk Festival,<br />
Muskoseepi Park<br />
20 Hythe Agricultural Fair, Tiffany Skinner<br />
– 780-402-1760<br />
tiffanylskinner@gmail.com<br />
21-25 Nitehawk Original Bike Camp, Nitehawk<br />
Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
25-27 Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
27-Sept 28<br />
Stone & Wood Carvings Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
27-Sept 28<br />
Paintings & Jewelry Show & Sale<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
TBD Night at the Museum, Phillip J. Currie<br />
Dino Museum<br />
September<br />
2-3 IMCA Super Nationals / Evolution Cup<br />
Car Special, Hythe Motor Speedway<br />
9 Lecture Series, Phillip J Currie Dino<br />
Museum, Wembley<br />
9 Off the Grid Adventure Race, Nitehawk<br />
Year-Round Adventure park<br />
9 Wembley Parade, Town of Wembley<br />
9 Wembley Demolition Derby "Rock'n<br />
Smash'n", Wembley Sports Grounds<br />
9-10 Horses on Octane, Evergreen Park<br />
13 Fall Showcase, Town of Sexsmith<br />
17 Terry Fox Run, Town of Sexsmith<br />
24 Saskatoon Island Fall Fair, Saskatoon<br />
Provincial Park<br />
30-Oct 1<br />
Alberta Culture Days, Montrose<br />
Cultural Centre<br />
30-Oct 1<br />
Alberta Culture Days, <strong>GP</strong> Museums<br />
30-Oct 1<br />
Fall Home & Leisure Show,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
30-Oct 1<br />
Alberta Culture Days,<br />
Montrose Cultural Centre<br />
30-Oct 1<br />
Alberta Culture Days,<br />
City of Grande Prairie Museums<br />
30 Amber Ball, Pomeroy Hotel<br />
30 Stephen Fearing Concert,<br />
Demmit Community Hall<br />
October<br />
Oct/<strong>2017</strong>-April/2018<br />
Hockey/Arena Open, Curling/<br />
Curling Rink Open Arena -<br />
780-356-3737, Travis – 780-831-7002<br />
1-26 Acrylic Paintings Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
1-26 Pottery Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
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DO NOT MISS the 2ND Annual<br />
Bear Creek Folk Festival<br />
August 18-20th, Muskoseepi Park<br />
Tickets at <strong>GP</strong>LT box office: gplt.ca<br />
or call 780-538-1616<br />
For more information go to<br />
Bearcreekfolkfest.org<br />
Experience<br />
• Superior Craftsmanship<br />
• King Beds in every room<br />
• Water Park, includes Double Loop<br />
Water Slide, Salt Water Pool, Hot Tub<br />
• Free Hot Continental Breakfast<br />
• Free Shuttle Service • Jacuzzi Suites<br />
• Fitness Area • Business Area<br />
• Coin Laundry - Dry cleaning service<br />
• Banquet Facilities And much more !<br />
12-15 Grande Prairie Woman’s Show<br />
– Fall Edition, Revolution Place<br />
20-22 Sunrise Rotary’s Scarecrow<br />
Festival, Revolution Place<br />
20-22 Fall Hunt Mania & Sports Show,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
21 Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard Concert,<br />
Demmit Community Hall<br />
21 <strong>GP</strong>RC President’s Ball, Evergreen Park<br />
21 Fall Supper, Wembley Rec Centre<br />
28 MMA Fight Night, Evergreen Park<br />
28 Halloween Spooktacular,<br />
Muskoseepi Park<br />
28 Halloween Party, Downtown Association<br />
29-Nov 23<br />
Acrylic Art Show & Sale, Beaverlodge<br />
Cultural Centre<br />
31 Safe Halloween, Wembley Rec Centre<br />
TBD Night at the Museum, Phillip J. Currie<br />
Dino Museum<br />
November<br />
3 St. Edmund’s Christmas Craft Sale<br />
– 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Soup and<br />
Sandwiches available – Hythe Golden<br />
Age Centre call Carol 780-356-2293<br />
4 Hythe Annual Christmas Craft &<br />
Business Fair – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm,<br />
at Hythe Community Centre<br />
call 780-356-2778<br />
3-4 Nitehawk Ski Swap, Evergreen Park<br />
4-5 Western Canadian Taekwondo<br />
Championships- Eastlink Centre<br />
780-357-4970<br />
11 Remembrance Day Services,<br />
Town of Sexsmith<br />
11 Remembrance Day Services,<br />
Revolution Place<br />
11 Remembrance Day Service,<br />
Wembley Community Hall<br />
11 Hythe Legion # 93 Remembrance Day<br />
Ceremonies<br />
10:30 am - Hot Meal to follow<br />
17 Vegas Night, Downtown Grande Prairie<br />
17-18 Ronald McDonald’s House Christmas<br />
Craft Show, Revolution Place<br />
18 Festival of Tree’s Gala, Evergreen Park<br />
24 Northern Spirit Light Show Opening,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
24-26 Festival of Tree’s Weekend,<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
26-Dec 21<br />
Watercolour Art Show & Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
26-Dec 21<br />
BACS Christmas Gift Gallery Sale,<br />
Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
30-Dec 2<br />
Christmas Craft Show, Evergreen Park<br />
December<br />
1 Town Light Up, Sexsmith<br />
2 Reverse Santa Parade, Sexsmith<br />
3 Santa Parade, Grande Prairie<br />
4-23 Elf on the Shelf, Downtown Grande<br />
Prairie<br />
4-23 Mary Christmas, Downtown Grande<br />
Prairie<br />
8 Annual Christmas Dine & Dance,<br />
Cocktails 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm,<br />
Dance to Follow<br />
31 First Footings Celebrations, Muskoseepi<br />
Park<br />
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Info and tickets<br />
eastcoastgardenparty.com<br />
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Eastcoast Garden Party Yellowknife, NWT - June 16 & 17<br />
Friday - Godson, Who made Who (ACDC Tribute Act), The Trews, Classified<br />
Saturday - Taylor Soloy, St.James Gate,<br />
Derina Harvey Band, Trooper, Dallas Smith<br />
Wild West Country Festival - Fort McMurray, AB - July 7 & 8<br />
Friday - Tj Ruckas, David Lee Murphy, Lonestar<br />
Saturday - Mchelya, Casi Joy, The Washboard Union,<br />
Road Hammers<br />
presents<br />
East Coast Garden Party<br />
Grande Prairie - July 21 & 22<br />
South Bear Creek Park<br />
eastcoastgardenparty.com for info and tickets<br />
East Coast Garden Party - Cold Lake, August 11 & 12<br />
Lower Soccer fields at Imperial Park<br />
Check website for updated info<br />
East Coast Garden Party - Fort McMurray, AB - August 25 & 26<br />
Eastcoastgardenparty.com<br />
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July 13 - 16, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Teepee Creek, AB<br />
TEEPEE CREEK STAMPEDE<br />
4 Days in the WILD<br />
tpstampede.ca<br />
Don’t miss the western adventure of a lifetime, as<br />
we celebrate 101 years of rodeo history.<br />
Three Pro Rodeo Canada performances, four<br />
nights of professional chuckwagon action<br />
and live entertainment.<br />
Free camping all weekend!<br />
Get your Wild One pass today and join us for the<br />
genuine rodeo experience.<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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WEST SIDE TRAVEL STOP<br />
Highway 43 West<br />
24 Hour Fueling<br />
Showers<br />
5000 Sq.ft. Store<br />
Drivers Lounge<br />
HOT FOOD AVAILABLE<br />
NORTH SIDE - PETRO-CANADA<br />
A<br />
13211 100 Street<br />
Open 24 Hrs<br />
Ultra 94 now<br />
1000 Sq.ft. Store<br />
available<br />
Great Location<br />
Diesel on all pumps<br />
HOT FOOD AVAILABLE<br />
Towne Cent<br />
re Laundry<br />
Under New<br />
Ownership<br />
Open 7 days a week<br />
8 am - 10 pm<br />
Wash & Fold Service<br />
40 Coin-less Wa<br />
ashers and 28 Coin-less Dryers<br />
Free Pick-up and Delivery in City Limits<br />
Special Machines for Coveralls<br />
Always Staffed<br />
Alterations Available<br />
Largest, Friendliest Laundromat in Grande Prairie<br />
Lowest Pric ces in Town<br />
9606 100<br />
Grande Prair<br />
Phone: 780-5<br />
Fax: 780-539-<br />
Downtown<br />
Gateway<br />
Grande Prairie AB<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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www.cityofgp.com<br />
Grande Prairie is a bustling city strategically<br />
situated to serve residents from northeastern British<br />
Columbia, northwestern Alberta and as far away as the<br />
Yukon and Northwest Territories. As the largest commercial<br />
centre north of Edmonton and servicing an area<br />
population of more than 280,000, Grande Prairie offers<br />
an abundance of shopping and service opportunities<br />
not often found in cities of its size<br />
Grande Prairie is a four-season playground with many<br />
indoor and outdoor activities to keep residents and<br />
visitors busy throughout the year. Whether it’s surfing<br />
at the state-of-the-art Eastlink Centre, walking the<br />
trails of Muskoseepi Park, or planning a camping trip<br />
into the Rockies, Grande Prairie is abundant in<br />
recreational opportunities. The city also boasts a<br />
number of accessible parks, golf courses and<br />
spectacular green spaces while the foothills south of<br />
Grande Prairie providing year-round enjoyment for<br />
hikers, bikers, campers, snowmobilers, skiers, and<br />
outdoor recreationalists.<br />
Sports enthusiasts can cheer on the Grande Prairie<br />
Storm at an AJHL hockey game or catch one of the<br />
major local, national or even international sporting<br />
events that Grande Prairie has become known for<br />
hosting. Recent sporting events have included the<br />
2015 Tour of Alberta, the 2015 Canada Cup of Curling<br />
and the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the<br />
upcoming 2018 Alberta Summer Games.<br />
The city features a vibrant arts and entertainment<br />
scene. Revolution Place hosts world-class acts like<br />
Rihanna, Keith Urban and Elton John while the Grande<br />
Prairie Live Theatre regularly showcases local talent<br />
and produces plays, concerts and film festivals<br />
throughout the year. For a hands-on experience, the<br />
Centre for Creative Arts offers classes in painting,<br />
pottery, photography and more. Those looking for<br />
inspiration can visit the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie,<br />
the largest public art collection in the region or visit<br />
the Grande Prairie Public Library next door to curl up<br />
with a good book and a latte.<br />
Regardless of the season, Grande Prairie offers a<br />
variety of attractions, events, shopping, dining,<br />
recreation, spectacular scenery and so much more.<br />
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Location, Location, Location<br />
Grande Prairie is strategically located at the heart of a regional transportation<br />
network.<br />
West of the city, via Highway 43, connects to British Columbia and is only 108<br />
km (67 mi) to Dawson Creek, Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway. Two hours south<br />
on Highway 40 will bring you into Grande Cache and Rocky Mountain<br />
adventures, with white water rafting, hiking, beautiful lakes and spectacular<br />
scenery. Two more hours and you are in the magnificent Rockies of Jasper<br />
National Park with world-class skiing, hot springs, restaurants and more! To<br />
the north of the city, along Highway 2, you’ll encounter the majestic Peace<br />
River Valley while crossing the historic Dunvegan Bridge and connect to the<br />
Mackenzie Highway to the Northwest Territories.<br />
Retail<br />
Visitors and new residents are often surprised at the diversity of shopping<br />
available in Grande Prairie. As the only major centre in the area, Grande Prairie<br />
is home to major chains not often found outside of major cities.<br />
• Art Gallery of Grande Prairie<br />
• Bear Creek Golf Course<br />
• Centre for Creative Arts<br />
• Cineplex Movie Theatre<br />
• Corn Maze at Country Roads RV Park<br />
• Crystal Lake Waterfowl Refuge<br />
• Eastlink Centre<br />
• Forbes Homestead Historical Site<br />
• Friendship Statue<br />
• Grande Prairie Farmers’ Market<br />
• Grande Prairie Golf & Country Club<br />
• Grande Prairie Live Theatre<br />
• Grande Prairie Museum<br />
• Grande Prairie Regional College<br />
• Great Northern Casino<br />
• Heritage Discovery Centre<br />
• Millenium Sundial<br />
• Montrose Cultural Centre<br />
• Muskoseepi Park<br />
• Shopping Malls<br />
• Box Stores<br />
Prairie Mall is the largest indoor shopping centre in northwestern Alberta<br />
and northeastern British Columbia. In operation since March, 1975, it has<br />
become the predominant shopping centre in the region with over 90 local,<br />
national and international merchants.<br />
Downtown is the financial, commercial and cultural centre of Grande Prairie.<br />
It is home to over 500 establishments from banks to unique clothing<br />
boutiques, furniture stores and diverse restaurants. The Farmers’ Market offers<br />
hand crafted and locally grown products year round while the Grant Berg<br />
Gallery carries original works of art from local and Canadian artists.<br />
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Indoor Sport Facilities<br />
Coca-Cola Centre - Twin Ice Arenas<br />
#6 Knowledge Way | cityofgp.com/cocacolacentre<br />
• The Coca-Cola Centre features two ice surfaces with seating for nearly<br />
2,000 spectators. The facility is available for public events and private<br />
bookings but it also home to the over 750 Grande Prairie Minor Hockey<br />
players that practice and play at the centre in addition to the Grande<br />
Prairie Figure Skaters, old-timer and recreational hockey leagues.<br />
Revolution Place<br />
10017 99 Avenue | Revolutionplace.com<br />
• Revolution Place is the premiere entertainment and sport venue of<br />
the northwest. It houses the Revolution Area and the Bowes Family<br />
Gardens, a large hall for events and concerts. Revolution Place hosts<br />
sports, concerts, shows and entertainment for the whole family and<br />
is the home of our Grande Prairie Storm of the<br />
AJHL.<br />
The community centre is also home to the Kid’s Place, a City-run<br />
playschool and a variety of child and youth programs.<br />
Eastlink Centre<br />
10 Knowledge Way | eastlinkcentre.ca<br />
• One of the largest adventure and fitness aquatic venues in Canada,<br />
the Eastlink Centre boasts an Olympic-size 50m competition pool,<br />
diving towers, a surfing simulator, water slides and play area, indoor<br />
basketball, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, as well as an<br />
indoor track. The facility also has a variety of food and beverage<br />
vendors and health and wellness merchants. Visit this great facility to<br />
stay fit and have fun!<br />
Dave Barr Community Centre<br />
9535 Prairie Road | Cityofgp.com/davebarr<br />
• Dave Barr Community Centre offers hockey and<br />
skating in the winter months, and lacrosse and<br />
ball hockey in the summer.<br />
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Love the Outdoors!<br />
With over 1,600 acres of park land throughout the city, Grande Prairie is<br />
full of opportunities to get outside and stay active.<br />
Muskoseepi Park runs through the centre of the city with 18 km (11<br />
mi) of both paved and natural trails winding through the urban forest<br />
for walking, biking and cross country skiing. The park features two large<br />
playgrounds, a splash park, an all-season pond for fishing and skating,<br />
outdoor basketball, tennis and lawn bowling courts, mini golf, disc golf<br />
and bird watching facilities. Muskoseepi Park is<br />
the place to be for festivals and entertainment;<br />
Grande Prairie’s Canada Day, Heritage Day and<br />
Municipal Government Day celebrations are held<br />
in the park and the outdoor amphitheatre with<br />
its hillside seating provides the stage for concerts,<br />
dance performances and other shows<br />
throughout the season. Stop by the Ernie<br />
Radbourne Pavilion for information or to check<br />
out the fun and educational programs offered<br />
for children of all ages.<br />
At the north end of Muskoseepi Park, across<br />
from Centre 2000, Maskwoteh Park<br />
features 900 metres of new trails, picnic areas<br />
and three new playground areas for children to<br />
enjoy. These new areas feature an outdoor<br />
classroom, a fossil hunt section and a rocks and<br />
ropes area all with a unique dinosaur theme.<br />
South Bear Creek Park offers a wide variety of recreational<br />
activities and facilities including ball diamonds, beach volleyball courts,<br />
and a Par 3 Wee Links golf course. The park also features a pavilion and<br />
picnic area, walking trails and an off leash dog park.<br />
Check out the rest of the guide for more information on the<br />
many exciting activities and amenities that Grande Prairie has<br />
to offer!<br />
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We invite you to eat, shop, play, relax, and experience<br />
warm hospitality, outstanding customer service , and<br />
the sense of excitement that the Downtown conveys.<br />
We guarantee you won’t be disappointed!<br />
The geographic centre of the city, Downtown is clean, busy and attractive.<br />
With over 400, truly unique and interesting stores and services, Downtown<br />
represents what the City is, has been and wants to be. With over 60 events<br />
and initiatives annually, there is definitely something for everyone. You<br />
really need to take the time to explore the incredible diversity of the<br />
Downtown Core. It is the embodiment of urban soul and personality. It is<br />
the cultural, retail, recreational, financial and service hub, of the City.<br />
Downtown has an atmosphere that can turn the ordinary, such as working<br />
shopping, taking a walk or meeting neighbours into the extraordinary!<br />
Downtowners believe that the best way to maintain the history and<br />
tradition of the area is to provide an atmosphere that encompasses<br />
differences in ages, economic status and interest.<br />
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Welcome Services<br />
ACFA- Canadian French Association 780-532-6335<br />
Grande Prairie Regional<br />
Tourism Association 780-539-7688<br />
Grande Prairie Centre for<br />
Newcomers to Canada 780-538-4452<br />
Travel Alberta<br />
1-800-ALBERTA<br />
Welcome Wagon 1-844-299-2466<br />
Banks<br />
Beaverlodge<br />
ATB Financial 780-354-2235<br />
CIBC 780-354-2221<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
ATB Financial<br />
9907-106a st 780-539-7450<br />
11507-99 st 780-538-5225<br />
6801-Kateri Drive 780-538-8000<br />
BMO Bank of Montreal<br />
10705-West Side Drive 780-538-8150<br />
Business Development Bank<br />
10625 Westside Drive 780-831-2928<br />
Canadian Western Bank<br />
11226-100 ave 780-831-1888<br />
CIBC<br />
9933-100 ave 780-538-8300<br />
9825-116 st 780-538-8363<br />
Royal Bank<br />
9815-98 st 780-538-6500<br />
10720-80 ave 780-538-8288<br />
Scotiabank<br />
9834-100 ave 780-532-9250<br />
9829-116 st 780-833-1660<br />
Scotia Mcleod<br />
9829-116 st 780-513-3505<br />
Servus Credit Union<br />
9930 99 ave 780-831-2928<br />
10728 - 78 ave 780-402-2928<br />
10130 117 ave 780-532-8866<br />
TD Canada Trust<br />
10704-Westside Drive 780-538-8100<br />
9940-92 st 780-538-8144<br />
Hythe<br />
ATB Financial 780-356-3823<br />
Sexsmith<br />
ATB Financial 780-568-4055<br />
Royal Bank 780-568-3852<br />
Everything You Need to Know When You Get Here<br />
Valleyview<br />
ATB Financial 780-524-3965<br />
Bank of Montreal 780-524-3376<br />
Scotiabank 780-524-3395<br />
Wembley<br />
ATB Financial 780-766-2511<br />
Daycare Facilities<br />
A Bright Beginning Child Care Centre<br />
Building Blocks Daycare<br />
780-532-9170<br />
780-539-2782<br />
Kateri Mission YMCA Childcare 780-539-4280<br />
Kid's Place Pre-School & Kids<br />
Day Care Centre 780-538-0469<br />
Patterson Children's Centre 780-532-9656<br />
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital<br />
Child Care Centre 780-538-7100<br />
Stepping Stones Day Care<br />
& Family Day Home Program 780-532-9684<br />
Watch Me Grow Family<br />
Child Care Program 780-814-7050<br />
Wee Care Drop In Centre 780-357-0030<br />
Environmental Services<br />
Aquatera Landfill 780-538-0452<br />
Habitat ReStore 780-513-0100<br />
Recycle Plus I Bottle Depot 780-539-0871<br />
Recycle Plus II Bottle Depot 780-830-3647<br />
Health Care Resources<br />
QE2 Hospital 780-538-7100<br />
AISH 780-833-4399<br />
Alberta Health Services 1-866-408-5465<br />
Alberta Alcoholic and Drug<br />
Abuse Commission (AADAC) 780-538-5210<br />
Alberta Blue Cross 780-532-3505<br />
Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital 780-354-2136<br />
Bioclin Health Care Inc. 780-532-2585<br />
Canadian National Institute<br />
for the Blind 780-539-4719<br />
Canadian Mental Health 780-814-2349<br />
Canadian Red Cross 780-539-7127<br />
Peace Country Health 780-513-7500<br />
Central Peace Health Complex 780-864-3993<br />
Fox Creek Health Centre 780-622-3545<br />
Grande Prairie Public Health Centre 780-513-7500<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Community Cancer Clinic QEII 780-538-7588<br />
Northern Addictions Centre 780-538-5210<br />
Valleyview Health Center 780-524-3356<br />
HEALTHLink Alberta 1-866-408-LINK(5465)<br />
Health Link Alberta is available to you 24 hours a day 7 days<br />
a week. ALBERTA WELLNET- online network of health care<br />
links and resources. www.albertawellnet.org<br />
Grande Prairie Clinics<br />
After Hours Urgent Care - Primary Care Network<br />
201 10104-97 Ave 780-357-5520<br />
Chronnic Pain Clinic - Primary Care Network<br />
*Requies referral from a PCN Dr. 780-357-5526<br />
The College and Community Health Centre<br />
10620-104 ave<br />
*Call at 8:30 am for same day apt. 780-814-5800<br />
The Superstore Walk in Clinic<br />
12225-99 st 780-533-4444<br />
The Grande Prairie Walk In Clinic<br />
10121-97 st 780-539-4770<br />
Walmart Walk In Clinic<br />
10104-97 ave Suite 201 780-532-2332<br />
Prime Care Health<br />
201 9625-97 st 780-539-3618<br />
Eagles Medical Centre<br />
208 10127-121 ave 780-532-2145<br />
Parkland Medical Centre<br />
202 10127-121 ave 780-532-1004<br />
Northridge Medical Centre<br />
102 10127-121 ave 780-538-0111<br />
IMJ Medical Centre<br />
106 10055-120 ave 780-532-4415<br />
Crane Medical Centre<br />
104 10055-120 ave 780-539-9892<br />
Prairie Medical Clinic<br />
10309-98 st 780-539-4010<br />
Pioneer Medical Clinic<br />
102 9814-97 st 587-803-3902<br />
Employment Services<br />
Service Canada - EI Office & Job Bank Library<br />
Suite 101- 11601 101 ave<br />
Some Popular websites<br />
Grandeprairiejobshop.ca<br />
Kijiji.ca<br />
Gpworkplace.ca<br />
www.workopolis.com<br />
The information here is presented as a guide to the range of<br />
services and resources available; details were correct at press<br />
time but are subject to change. Please call to confirm<br />
information with supplier.<br />
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Housing Associations<br />
Canada Mortgage and<br />
Housing Corporation 1-800-668-2642<br />
Grande Prairie Real Estate Board 780-532-4508<br />
Grande Prairie Home Builders<br />
Association 780-538-4494<br />
Family and Community<br />
Support Services 780-538-0409<br />
Important Numbers / Emergency<br />
Grande Prairie RCMP 780-830-5700<br />
Grande Prairie Fire Department 780-538-0393<br />
Poison Centre 1-800-332-1414<br />
Emergency 9 1 1<br />
Media<br />
Radio Stations<br />
Big Country - CJXX<br />
93.1 FM<br />
2Day FM - CFRI<br />
104.7 FM<br />
Q99- CIKT 98.9 FM<br />
Reach FM - CJGY<br />
96.3 FM<br />
Rock 97 - CF<strong>GP</strong><br />
97.7 FM<br />
Newspaper<br />
Daily Herald Tribune<br />
Motor Vehicles & Licencing<br />
A1 Licence & Registry 780-539-5009<br />
The Licence Centre 780-532-4033<br />
AMA 866-989-6370<br />
Post Secondary<br />
Grande Prairie Regional College 780-539-2911<br />
Public Transportation<br />
Air Transportation<br />
Grande Prairie Airport 780-539-5270<br />
Bus Services<br />
Metobe Transport (Greyhound services) 780-539-1111<br />
City Transit 780-538-0337<br />
Drivers do not carry change or handle money - please<br />
have the exact fare ready. Adult fare $2.00 all others<br />
$1.50 - cityofgp.com for more info.<br />
Pass & Ticket Sales Outlets<br />
• City Hall<br />
• Eastlink Centre<br />
• Grande Prairie Public Library<br />
• <strong>GP</strong>RC, Bookstore<br />
• New Horizon Co-op Marketplace<br />
• Shoppers Drug Mart - Cobblestone<br />
• Shoppers Drug Mart - Patterson<br />
• Shoppers Drug Mart - Prairie Mall<br />
• Shoppers Drug Mart - Wapiti Road<br />
Taxi Cabs<br />
Blacktop Cabs <strong>GP</strong> 780-539-3339<br />
Canadian Cabs 780-539-4242<br />
Checker Cabs 780-402-6500<br />
Dial-A Cab 780-532-1111<br />
Golden Cabs 780-539-9949<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Cabs 780-814-6800<br />
Metro Cab 780-533-4000<br />
Prairie Cabs 780-532-1060<br />
Swan Taxi 780-539-4000<br />
Yellow Cab 780-539-3366<br />
VIP Cab 780-833-8333<br />
Wapiti Taxi 780-539-4333<br />
Car and Truck Rentals<br />
Avis Car & Truck Rental 780-539-4101<br />
Budget Rent A Car 780-538-3526<br />
Discount Car & Truck Rental 780-539-0945<br />
Enterprise Rent-A-Car 780-830-1930<br />
National Car & Truck Rental 1-877-222-9058<br />
Thrifty Car Rental 780-830-7275<br />
U-Haul Co. (Canada) LTD. 780-539-9576<br />
Visa Truck Rentals LTD. 1-800-361-7727<br />
School Boards<br />
Conseil Scholaire Du Nor Quest 780-814-7945<br />
Grande Prairie Public School Board<br />
District 780-532-4491<br />
Grande Prairie Catholic School<br />
District 780-532-3013<br />
Peace Wapiti School Division 780-532-8133<br />
Storage Facilities<br />
Aaims Storage 780-567-3002<br />
Advantage Relocation Systems 780-532-2662<br />
Border Moving and Storage 780-538-1444<br />
Borstad Cartage 780-532-7755<br />
Canadian Stor-All 780-539-5250<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Self Storage Inc. 780-538-1400<br />
Monument ATV, Boat and<br />
RV Storage 780-876-5668<br />
R Wald and Sons Moving<br />
Storage LTD. 780-539-4351<br />
Sexsmith Mini Storage and RV LTD. 780-831-8909<br />
Storage Pro Inc. 780-513-0068<br />
Superior Wash and Storage 780-567-4041<br />
Utilities<br />
Aquatera 780-538-0340<br />
ATCO Electric 1-800-668-2248<br />
ATCO Gas 780-539-2400<br />
Bell TV<br />
Direct Energy Regulated (GAS)<br />
1-888-759-3474<br />
1-866-420-3174<br />
and (ELECTRICITY) 1888-420-3181<br />
Eastlink TV 1-888-345-1111<br />
Enmax 1-877-571-7111<br />
Hawkeye Line Locators 780-876-1633<br />
PAM Line Locating LTD. 780-524-8843<br />
Peace Power 1-800-207-9410<br />
www.peace power.ca<br />
Telus 310-2255<br />
Property Management<br />
Bradick Company 780-524-4250<br />
Boardwalk Rental Communities 1-800-310-9255<br />
Center 100 (Amalgamated) 780-532-2110<br />
Country Estates Trailer Park 780-539-7131<br />
Emerald Apartment Inc. 780-538-2410<br />
Metis Urban Housing 780-539-1910<br />
Mountview Business Park 780-532-6614<br />
Northgate Apartments 780-532-9369<br />
Prime Property Management 780-538-2980<br />
Quality Property Management 780-539-7131<br />
Real Property Management 780-532-4900<br />
Richer Realty LTD. 780-539-5465<br />
Strata Completions 780-882-6588<br />
Wooden Shoe Property Management 780-532-3400<br />
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• Rental Vehicles for Sale<br />
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METRIC CONVERSION<br />
Canada uses the metric system. All highway and traffic<br />
indicators are in kilometres (km) and km/h, gas is sold<br />
by the liter, temperature is measured in Celsius, and<br />
the electrical current is 110 volts.<br />
1 kilometre = 0.62 miles<br />
100km/h = 62 mph<br />
3.8 litres = 1 gallon<br />
Temperature 25°C = 77°F<br />
Celsius readings are oriented from the temperature at<br />
which water freezes which is set as zero in Celsius; this<br />
is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.<br />
PETS<br />
Owners must accompany their pets when entering<br />
Canada. Owners of dogs and cats must bring a certificate<br />
issued by a veterinarian clearly identifying the pet<br />
and certifying that it has been vaccinated against<br />
rabies in the preceding 36 months. There are exceptions<br />
made for seeing-eye dogs and puppies or kittens that<br />
are younger than 3 months old. For details contact:<br />
Canada Customs Regional Office Bay 32, 3033-34 Ave<br />
N.E. Calgary, AB T1Y 6X2. Within Canada, call toll free:<br />
1-800-461-9999. Outside of Canada, call: 403-292-<br />
4613 or 204-983-3500 or visit: www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca<br />
Dog Parks<br />
South Bear Creek – 100 Street and 67 Ave<br />
Royal Oaks-108 Street and 117 Ave<br />
Crystal Ridge West – 98 Street<br />
Crystal Ridge Northeast – 127 Ave and 96 A Street<br />
RENTING an RV<br />
Go North Rv rentals has a selection of bumper pull<br />
trailers ranging from 18-28 ft. and tent trailers. Call<br />
780-814-3961- available April-Oct 15. Renting a motor<br />
home is also a convenient way to explore Alberta. You<br />
may purchase insurance at the time of rental. For<br />
lower rates, it is recommended that bookings be made<br />
three or four months in advance. For more information,<br />
visit www.travelalberta.com<br />
ROAD REPORTS<br />
Alberta Transportation has now set up a phone line<br />
for weather and road conditions. In Alberta call 511,<br />
from out of province call 1-855-391-9743. Or you can<br />
visit the AMA road report site at www.amaroadreports.ca.<br />
RV SANI DUMP SITES<br />
There are two Sani Dump Sites in the City. One is<br />
located just south of the Visitor information centre at<br />
11102- 106 street and the other south on 100 street,<br />
turn right on 66 avenue follow the road around it will<br />
be on the right hand side where you will see the sign.<br />
Weather permitting, the sites usually run from May to<br />
October.<br />
SPEED LIMITS and DISTANCES<br />
Speed limits and distances in Alberta and the rest of<br />
Canada are in the metric system. To convert from kilometres<br />
(km) to miles, multiply km by 0.62 = miles.<br />
Common highway speed limits are 100 km/hour = 62<br />
mph; urban areas are 50 km/hour = 30 mph; school<br />
zones are 30 km/hour = 20 mph.<br />
TAXES<br />
Alberta is the only province in Canada with no Provincial<br />
Sales Tax (PST). The Canadian Government charges a<br />
five per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on most<br />
purchases. GST rebates on some accommodations and<br />
purchases taken out of the country can be claimed by<br />
non-residents of Canada. For more information in<br />
Canada, call 1-800-66-visit; outside Canada, call<br />
902-432-5608, or visit www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax<br />
TRANSPORTATION<br />
AIRPORT<br />
The Grande Prairie Airport is serviced by Air Canada<br />
and WestJet offering 13 flights daily to Edmonton,<br />
and Calgary, and beyond, with connection destinations<br />
to the rest of Canada and the United States. Airport<br />
Services also include flight seeing tours, aircraft / helicopter<br />
charters, commercial flights, rental cars, taxi<br />
and limousine service, a restaurant and lounge.<br />
For more information go to<br />
www. grandeprairieairport.com<br />
or call 780-539-5270<br />
Air Canada Jazz-1-888-247-2262<br />
WestJet-1-800-538-5696<br />
Corporate Express 1-800-661-8151<br />
Grande Prairie Transit 780-538-0377<br />
Greyhound Bus Lines 780-539-1111<br />
Metobe Transport- 9918-121 Ave, Grande Prairie<br />
U.S. PORTS OF ENTRY<br />
International visitors driving to Canada can use any of<br />
the following ports of entry:<br />
• Aden, Alberta/Whitlash, Montana<br />
• Carway, Alberta/Peigan, Montana<br />
• Del Bonita, Alberta/Del Bonita, Montana<br />
• Coutts, Alberta/Sweetgrass, Montana<br />
• Chief Mountain, Alberta/Chief Mountain, Montana<br />
WEAPONS<br />
Revolvers, pistols, fully automatic firearms, other<br />
weapons and self-defense sprays (e.g. mace, pepper<br />
spray) are prohibited entry into Canada. All firearms<br />
(e.g. hunting rifles, shotguns) must be declared. To<br />
obtain information on firearms legislation, please call<br />
the Canadian Firearms Centre inquiry line at<br />
1-800-731-4000.<br />
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE<br />
(EVEN DADS)<br />
80+ STORES<br />
UNDER ONE ROOF<br />
Located in Grande Prairie, in the heart of<br />
northern Alberta’s Peace Region, Prairie Mall<br />
is the only enclosed shopping centre north<br />
of Edmonton. In operation since December,<br />
1974, the Prairie Mall has become the<br />
predominant shopping centre in the Peace<br />
Region, with over 80 merchants of local,<br />
national, and international roots.<br />
The Mall is open 7 days a week, with the<br />
only exceptions being Christmas Day, New<br />
Year’s Day, and Easter Sunday.<br />
WWW.SHOPPRAIRIEMALL.COM<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Golf Courses<br />
GRANDE PRAIRIE<br />
Bear Creek Golf Club<br />
18 Holes (780) 538-3393<br />
The Dunes Golf & Winter Club<br />
18 Holes (780)538-4333<br />
Grande Prairie Golf &<br />
Country Club<br />
18 Holes (780) 532-0340<br />
BEAVERLODGE<br />
Riverbend Golf & Country Club<br />
9 Holes (780) 354-2538<br />
DEBOLT<br />
Gunby Ranch Golf Course<br />
9 Holes (780) 957-2150<br />
GROVEDALE<br />
Grovedale Golf Course<br />
18 Holes (780) 539-9898<br />
TEEPEE CREEK<br />
River Stone Golf & Country Club<br />
9 Holes (780) 568-2860<br />
WEMBLEY<br />
Pipestone Putters Golf Club<br />
18 Holes (780) 766-2720<br />
SEXSMITH<br />
Morningview Park Golf Course<br />
9 Holes (780) 568-4357<br />
Spruce Meadows Golf &<br />
Country Club<br />
18 Holes (780) 568-4653<br />
VALLEYVIEW<br />
Greenview Golf Resort<br />
9 Holes (780) 524-3673<br />
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Disc Golf<br />
The Grande Prairie Disc Golf Club is a non-profit society dedicated to<br />
developing and supporting disc golf throughout Peace Country. The <strong>GP</strong>DGC<br />
maintains the Thrill Hill Disc Golf Course and runs regular leagues,<br />
tournaments, and events which are open to first timers and players of all skill<br />
levels. If you would like to try disc golf out, there is no charge to use the Thrill<br />
Hill Disc Golf Course- hole one begins at the top of Thrill Hill (102 St. & 88<br />
Ave). Club members are available to meet up with new players and lend them<br />
a disc, show them around the course, or provide a free lesson. For more<br />
information, go to www.gpdiscgolf.com or call Dylan at 780-402-4166<br />
Grande Prairie<br />
Golf & Country Club<br />
Your Peace Country Golf Destination<br />
711040 Resources Road, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3A7<br />
• 18 hole championship course • Pro Shop<br />
• Lessons • Legends Restaurant & Lounge<br />
Legends Lounge is beautifully located @ the Grande Prairie<br />
Golf & Country Club - Enjoy lunch or a beverage with lush<br />
green views of the coarse from Grande Prairies Largest Patio!<br />
Dine In / Banquets and Private Functions Available<br />
Call or go online to book your tee time today<br />
www.gpgcca.ca • 780.532.0340<br />
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Photo - Marilyn Grubb, Chipabirdee Images<br />
The Grande Prairie region is the perfect place if you love the<br />
wilderness and big game hunting. Whether you are a conventional<br />
hunter using a rifle, or enjoy the traditional use of a bow,<br />
Grande Prairie offers exceptional scenery with all the excitement<br />
and adventure anyone can dream about.<br />
In the spring, the region is a hunter’s paradise for trophy black bear.<br />
During the fall, bow and rifle hunters try for trophy elk, white-tailed<br />
deer, mule deer, bighorn sheep, and moose. The area also offers fine<br />
game bird hunting for goose, duck and grouse. Regional sporting goods<br />
stores also sponsor the annual Great Northern Whitetail Buck and Bull<br />
Elk Hunt and Awards Dinner every autumn.<br />
Hunting regulations and special licensing requirements vary depending<br />
on the type of hunting. Hunting is absolutely prohibited in all national<br />
and provincial parks. To get updated information on current hunting<br />
seasons, licensing, and other regulations, please refer to the Alberta<br />
Guide to Hunting Regulations available at www.albertaoutdoorsmen.ca<br />
or mywildalberta.com or pick up a copy of the Alberta Guide to Hunting<br />
Regulations at any licence vendor. If you have further questions related<br />
to hunting regulations in the Grande Prairie Area contact The Grande<br />
Prairie Fish and Wildlife office at 780-538-5265<br />
Marilyn Grubb, Chipabirdee Images<br />
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Outfitters<br />
Bredeson Guiding<br />
and Outfitting<br />
780-538-4251<br />
Mike’s Outfitting Ltd.<br />
780-864-3770<br />
Red Willow Outfitters<br />
780-524-4574<br />
Wild Alberta High<br />
Country Outfitters Inc.<br />
780-882-6664<br />
Wild Kakwa<br />
Outfitters Ltd.<br />
780-513-1338<br />
Fishing and Hunting Licences<br />
Barton’s Big Country<br />
Outdoors<br />
9927-116 Avenue<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
780-539-5414<br />
Canadian Tire<br />
11311-99 Street<br />
Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 2H6<br />
780-539-9292<br />
Freson Brothers<br />
(IGA)<br />
Southview<br />
8038-100 Street<br />
Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 6H7<br />
780-539-0760<br />
Northside<br />
11417-99 Street<br />
Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 2H6<br />
780-532-2920<br />
Golden Guns<br />
& Tackle Ltd.<br />
209-10 Street<br />
Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0<br />
780-354-8828<br />
Macleods-True Value<br />
108-10 Street<br />
Beaverlodge, AB<br />
T0H 0C0<br />
780-354-2124<br />
Tags Food & Gas<br />
Hwy 2, 100 Street<br />
Sexsmith, AB<br />
T0H 3C0<br />
780-568-4359<br />
Wholesale Sports<br />
11120-100 Avenue<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 7L2<br />
780-532-3300<br />
Aberson Photography<br />
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The Grande Prairie area offers some great fishing, whether you’re<br />
looking for Trout, Pike (jackfish), Walleye, Perch, or grayling. Bull<br />
Trout is catch and release only as it is a threatened Species.<br />
RSVP Photography<br />
Go to www.albertaoutdoorsmen.ca or mywildalberta.com<br />
for more info - Fish & Wildlife - 780-538-5265<br />
Fishin’ Holes<br />
East Dollar Lake<br />
North of Valleyview on Highway 49<br />
Rainbow Trout<br />
Grovedale Pond<br />
South of Grande Prairie on Highway 40 at junction<br />
of Grovedale Road turnoff<br />
Rainbow Trout<br />
Jackfish Lake<br />
Remote, no road access, behind Spring Lake<br />
Northern Pike<br />
Kakut Pond<br />
East of Woking on Secondary Highway 677<br />
Rainbow Trout and Perch<br />
Kakwa River and Tributaries<br />
Via Two Lakes Road, Highway 40 and various logging<br />
and lease access roads<br />
Arctic Grayling, Rocky Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow<br />
Trout, Bull Trout to 5 lbs.<br />
Little Smoky River<br />
Southwest of Fox Creek off Highway 43<br />
Special Regulations – see your fishing guide<br />
Arctic Grayling and Bull Trout<br />
Moonshine Lake Provincial Park<br />
West of Rycroft on Highway 725<br />
Rainbow Trout<br />
Muskoseepi Park Pond<br />
Muskoseepi Park, Grande Prairie<br />
Stocked Rainbow Trout – children and seniors only<br />
Nose Lake and North Cutbank River<br />
Via remote Nose Mountain Fire Tower Rd<br />
Rocky Mountain Whitefish, Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout to 2<br />
lbs. Also a remnant population of Brook Trout in North<br />
Cutbank River.<br />
Sheep Creek<br />
Via Highway 40 and 20 km north of Grande Cache<br />
Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout, and Arctic Grayling to 2 lbs.<br />
Snipe Lake<br />
Via Highway 669 east of Valleyview<br />
Pike to 15 lbs. and Walleye to 5 lbs.<br />
Spring Lake<br />
Via Highway 21 and 26 km north of Hythe<br />
Rainbow and Brook Trout<br />
Sturgeon Lake<br />
Via Highway 43, Williamson and Young’s Point Provincial<br />
Parks<br />
Pike to 30 lbs., Walleye to 5 lbs., White fish to 4 lbs., and<br />
Perch to 2 lbs.<br />
Swan Lake<br />
South of Ridgevalley<br />
Very large Rainbow Trout<br />
Torrens River<br />
South of Two Lakes on Kakwa Falls road<br />
Rainbow and Cutthroat Trout in upper river above falls.<br />
Arctic Grayling, Rocky Mountain Whitefish, and Bull Trout<br />
below the falls.<br />
Two Lakes<br />
South of Grande Prairie<br />
North Lake – Rainbow Trout<br />
South Lake – Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout<br />
Wapiti River and Tributaries<br />
Access south of Grande Prairie on Highway 40 and at<br />
Wapiti Gardens south of Beaverlodge<br />
Pike to 14 lbs., Walleye to 4 lbs. in lower river. Arctic<br />
Grayling, Rocky Mountain Whitefish, and Bull Trout to 4<br />
lbs. in upper reaches.<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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www.thelodgemotorinn.com<br />
10909 - 100 Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3J9<br />
Reservations: 1-800-661-7874 • Phone/Fax: 780-539-4700<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Judith Ann-Standring - Night Sky at Lake Saskatoon<br />
Spend even a few days exploring the County of Grande Prairie and you’ll begin to understand<br />
why we love this vast and dynamic landscape where we work and play. Located 460 km<br />
northwest of Edmonton, at the southern end of the Peace Country, the County of Grande Prairie<br />
is a study of contrasts: rich prairie, abundant rivers, creeks and small lakes, a mixed boreal forest,<br />
and the province’s northernmost badlands.<br />
You’ll see wildlife here, perhaps the majestic – and the still “threatened” – Trumpeter<br />
Swan that migrates to our lakes and sloughs in late April to nest and to raise its young,<br />
or you’ll see Canada geese snacking in fields or hear them honking as they fly overhead.<br />
If you keep a watchful eye, you’ll also spot moose, elk, mule deer, white tail deer, foxes,<br />
coyote and beaver.<br />
With a wide open sky that overlooks gently rolling prairie, Alberta’s first county has a<br />
little bit of everything within its borders. It spans the Saddle Hills in the north to the<br />
Wapiti River in the south, and stretches east from the Smoky River to the B.C. border.<br />
The county surrounds a mid-sized city and encompasses towns, a village, several hamlets,<br />
county residential communities and a First Nations reserve.<br />
Candace Tallman - Mountain View<br />
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You’ll see wildlife here, perhaps the majestic – and the still “threatened” –<br />
Trumpeter Swan that migrates to our lakes and sloughs in late April to nest<br />
and to raise its young, or you’ll see Canada geese snacking in fields or hear<br />
them honking as they fly overhead. If you keep a watchful eye, you’ll also spot<br />
moose, elk, mule deer, white tail deer, foxes, coyote and beaver.<br />
With a wide open sky that overlooks gently rolling prairie, Alberta’s first county<br />
has a little bit of everything within its borders. It spans the Saddle Hills in the<br />
north to the Wapiti River in the south, and stretches east from the Smoky River<br />
to the B.C. border. The county surrounds a mid-sized city and encompasses<br />
towns, a village, several hamlets, county residential communities and a First<br />
Nations reserve.<br />
Travelling west on sunny days, particularly in winter, you’ll catch tantalizing glimpses<br />
of our majestic neighbours, the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. From atop the<br />
3100 foot Saskatoon Mountain in the west county, you can view the panorama of land<br />
that inspires artists and that enamoured the homesteaders who travelled the<br />
harrowing Edson Trail just a century ago to settle here. But this rise of land is no<br />
stranger to human habitation; archeologists have found evidence of humans here<br />
dating back 9000 – 10,000 B.C. when the now fertile farmland below would have<br />
been covered by a vast glacier.<br />
The County of Grande Prairie is becoming known internationally for its prehistoric<br />
resources. Paleontologists are busy excavating dinosaur fossils at Kleskun Hill,<br />
Pipestone Creek and the Red Willow River.<br />
They’ve recently found skeletons of duck-billed hadrosaur dinosaurs along the Red<br />
Willow River, several of which even have preserved skin impressions showing their<br />
knobby, scaly hide. This dinosaur is very unique and grew up to three tons and ten<br />
feet tall.<br />
• Bad Heart Straw Church<br />
• Bear Lake Park<br />
• Crosslinks County Sportsplex<br />
• Demmitt Park<br />
• Evergreen Park<br />
• Hommy Park<br />
• Kleskun Hill Natural Area<br />
• Melsness Mercantile Valhalla Centre<br />
• Morningview Park Golf Course<br />
• Old Bezanson Townsite<br />
• Pipestone Creek Park<br />
• Pipestone Creek Golf Club<br />
• Red Willow Park<br />
• Riverbend Golf & Country Club<br />
• River Stone Golf Course & Campground<br />
• Saskatoon Island Provincial Park<br />
• Saskatoon Mountain Viewpoint<br />
• South Peace Centennial Museum<br />
• Spring Lake Resort<br />
• Spruce Meadows Golf and Country Club<br />
• The Dunes Golf & Winter Club<br />
• Valhalla Park<br />
• Wapiti Nordic Ski Trails<br />
The Pipestone Creek Bone-bed is one of the densest<br />
accumulations of dinosaur bones in the world and holds the<br />
remains of hundreds of horned dinosaurs washed onto a<br />
floodplain including the the first dinosaur named from the<br />
region, Pachyrhinosaurus Lakustai, was recently featured on<br />
the Royal Canadian Mint’s first glow-in-the-dark coin. This<br />
dinosaur was found in a massive bonebed at Pipestone Creek<br />
containing thousands of bones from animals the size of a<br />
dog up to the size of a rhinoceros. During the summer, you<br />
can take an interpretive walk at Pipestone Creek to visit an<br />
active dinosaur dig and imagine what the area was like 73<br />
million years ago when it teemed with dinosaurs, crocodiles,<br />
and turtles living in lush, swampy forests like those of the<br />
southern US instead of the more familiar aspen and spruce<br />
that fill the creek valley today.<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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The Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum is Canada's pre-eminent unidisciplinary<br />
museum in the making, dedicated to the study, research,<br />
collection and display of paleo-fauna and allied narrative drawn from the<br />
rich fossil heritage in northern Alberta. The 41,000 sq.ft. museum is located<br />
on a 10 acre-site with unprecedented sight-lines. It includes a theater, labs,<br />
classrooms, restaurant, a dino-playground and a Gift shop, in addition to<br />
nearly 11,000 sq.ft. of cutting-edge exhibit galleries.<br />
With its exposed layers of clay, sandstone and coal, the Kleskun Hill Natural<br />
Area to the east has the distinction of containing Alberta’s northernmost<br />
badlands, made up of rocks from the same age as those found in the<br />
badlands of Drumheller. Fossils of dinosaurs, lizards, fish and mammals<br />
were found in these badlands over 60 years ago, and more are found here<br />
every year. Kleskun has the most extensive and diverse native upland<br />
prairie vegetation in the Peace Region. You’ll even find prickly pear cactus<br />
here, a native plant more common to the grasslands of southern Alberta.<br />
But there’s still more to us than beautiful scenery and ancient fossils. For<br />
outdoor enthusiasts, we are an all-season recreational paradise. From<br />
picturesque rivers for canoeing and jet-boating, lakes for para-sailing, and<br />
creeks for fishing, to wildlife watching, geo-caching, hiking, cycling,<br />
snowmobiling, and riding ATV’s, the County of Grande Prairie offers<br />
recreation galore.<br />
If you want something a little less on the wild side, we have farmers’<br />
markets, festivals, cultural events, golf courses, museums, rodeos, historic<br />
sites, and pleasant country drives. We have plenty of campgrounds,<br />
restaurants, hotels, motels and coffee shops to help you enjoy our<br />
hospitality.<br />
The County Crosslinks Sportsplex is a 176,043 sq. ft. facility boasts two<br />
NHL sized hockey rinks, a 50,000 sq. ft. indoor field house, a 240 metre<br />
indoor running track, a 4,000 sq. ft. gym as well as a retail store, concession<br />
booth, outdoor patio and a fully licensed lounge. This 42 acre site is also<br />
home to eight outdoor playing fields, made up of a premier size<br />
soccer/football field, two full sized football fields, three youth soccer mini<br />
pitches, and two full-sized rugby fields.<br />
But if you come in the summer, what you’ll never forget are the indulgently<br />
long days when the sun rises just after 5 am and doesn’t set until nearly<br />
11 pm. Winters here can be crisp when the Chinook winds from the Rockies<br />
aren’t keeping things warm, but you’ll never tire of the sunshine; we have<br />
an average 314 sunny days waiting for you every year.<br />
Visit us and you’ll quickly understand why were called “la grande prairie”.<br />
But beware, legend says that once you taste the waters of the Peace River<br />
Country, you will always long to return.<br />
Melanie Alde - Splish Splash<br />
Dan Wever - in and out of focus<br />
Linda Shrafnagle - Wagon Rides<br />
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Judith Standring - Until the Cows Come Home
The County operates eight parks and<br />
campground facilities. Every<br />
campground has a golf course within a<br />
20-minute drive. Walk where the<br />
dinosaurs did, follow the wagon trail of<br />
the first pioneers, let the wind carry<br />
you across a lake, or just unwind, relax<br />
and learn something new.<br />
Overnight Camping<br />
Bear Lake Campground<br />
Located just 20 minutes northeast of Grande Prairie off<br />
HWY 2<br />
Phone: 780-567-4105 Season: May 11 to October 15<br />
• Rates: $25.00/night per campsite or $80.00/day for<br />
the shelter. Shelter fee is waived if a group booking is<br />
made for all camp sites.<br />
• Onsite caretaker<br />
• 17 sites; no hook-ups<br />
• 4 Remote tenting sites along the shoreline<br />
• Non-potable water available by tap<br />
• Shelter with wood stove, family day-use picnic site,<br />
outdoor restrooms, playground, ball diamond, firepits,<br />
free firewood<br />
Demmitt Campground<br />
Located NW of Hythe near the Alberta/B.C. border<br />
Phone: 780-897-6764 - Email: demmitt@countygp.ab.ca<br />
• Rates: $15.00/night or $50.00/day-time group, special<br />
events<br />
• 15 sites (overnight and day-use); no hook-ups<br />
• Shelter with wood stove, outdoor restrooms, firepits,<br />
free firewood delivered by caretaker on request<br />
Hommy Campground<br />
West of Grande Prairie off HWY 43 and 8km NW of<br />
Beaverlodge<br />
Phone: 780-354-8039<br />
Email: hommy@countygp.ab.ca<br />
Season: May 11 to October 1<br />
• Rates: $30.00/night per campsite or $80.00/day for<br />
Group Area<br />
• Onsite caretaker<br />
• 23 powered sites<br />
• Group day use area with shelter<br />
• Playground, trails, ball diamond, outdoor restrooms,<br />
non-potable water available from tap, firepits and<br />
free firewood<br />
Kleskun Hill Campground<br />
Located off Hwy #43 East , north on RRD 41 for 4 km.<br />
Follow signs to the park. Located adjacent to the Kleskun<br />
Hill Natural Area and Historical Village.<br />
Phone: 780-567-3685<br />
Email: kleskun@countygp.ab.ca<br />
Season: May 11 to October 15<br />
• Rates: $25.00/night per campsite or $60.00/day for<br />
Group Area<br />
• Onsite caretaker<br />
• 9 sites, no hook-ups<br />
• Nature themed playground<br />
• Potable water available from tap<br />
• Restrooms with showers, walking trails in natural<br />
area, historical village with hall rental available, 2<br />
playgrounds, firepits and free firewood.<br />
www.countygp.ab.ca<br />
Pipestone Creek Campground<br />
Located on the Wapiti River, 16 km south of Wembley<br />
Phone: 780-766-2391<br />
Email: pipestone@countygp.ab.ca<br />
Season: May 11 to October 15<br />
Phone: 780-567-3685<br />
Email: kleskun@countygp.ab.ca<br />
Season: May 11 to October 15<br />
• Rates: $25.00/night per campsite (unserviced);<br />
$35.00/night per campsite (power);<br />
$250.00/night for Group Area; $250.00/Group<br />
Day Use Area, Group camping with shelter and<br />
wood stove, power for 10 units.<br />
• 99 sites (14 sites with power)<br />
• Day use area with playground, outdoor restrooms,<br />
firepits, free firewood, trails, picnic tables, and small<br />
dinosaur museum complete with fossils<br />
• New dual public sani-dump, Firepits and free firewood,<br />
Non-potable water<br />
• Dinosaur themed playground, horseshoe pits, frisbee<br />
golf course, walking trails to dinosaur bonebed<br />
Day Use Parks<br />
No overnight camping or parking is allowed<br />
Old Bezanson Townsite<br />
Located just 12 km southeast of BezansonRed Willow<br />
Park: Located on secondary Hwy #722, southwest of<br />
Beaverlodge.<br />
Saskatoon Mountain Park<br />
Located approximately 32 km west of Grande Prairie on<br />
Hwy # 43<br />
Valhalla Centre Park<br />
Located in Valhalla Centre on Hwy # 59<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Photo Contest<br />
Enter your photos taken within the<br />
County of Grande Prairie in our photo contest.<br />
Submit photos to:http://www.countygp.ab.ca/EN/main/<br />
community/photo-contest/photo-upload.html<br />
Sam Kitt - 2 Swans<br />
Judith Ann-Standring<br />
- My Very First Pet, Thanks Papa!<br />
Bringing our co<br />
County of Grande Prairie No. 1<br />
Administration Building: 780-5<br />
For more info on events or act<br />
County of Grande e Prairie N No. 1 • Phone: 780-532-9722
Day Trip Route<br />
1. Information Centre - Centre 2000<br />
Grande Prairie Highway 43 By-Pass<br />
2. Kleskun Hill Park and Historical Site<br />
Highway 43 East to RR 41, North to Twp 724<br />
West to Park<br />
3. Bad Heart Straw Church<br />
East on Twp 724 to Secondary 733, North to Twp 750,<br />
East to RR25, North 1.5 mile<br />
4. Teepee Creek Museum<br />
Junction of Secondary 733/Secondary 674,<br />
West on Secondary 674 1/2 mile<br />
5. Kleskun Valley Viewpoint<br />
West on Secondary 674, to RR52, North to Twp 742<br />
Turn East, reconnect with RR52, lookout on West side<br />
6. Sexsmith Historical Town<br />
West on Twp 742 to Highway 2, South to Sexsmith<br />
7. LaGlace Memorial<br />
Junction of Highway 59/Secondary 674, West on<br />
Highway 59 to LaGlace<br />
8. Melsness Mercantile Valhalla Centre & Troll Park<br />
West on Highway 59 to Valhalla Centre<br />
9. Hythe Information and Tack Shop<br />
West on Highway 59 to Secondary 721, South to Hythe<br />
10. South Peace Centennial Museum<br />
Southeast on Highway 43<br />
11. Beaverlodge and Area Cultural Centre<br />
Southeast on Highway 43 to Beaverlodge<br />
12. Saskatoon Mountain Viewpoint<br />
Southeast on Highway 43 to RR 92, North four miles<br />
13. Pipestone Creek Park<br />
East on Highway 43 to RR 82, South through Wembley,<br />
continue South<br />
14. Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum<br />
East on Highway 43 to RR 82<br />
15. Grande Prairie Museum<br />
Highway 43 East to Grande Prairie (102 Ave and 102<br />
Street - Muskoseepi Park)<br />
16. Evergreen Park<br />
East to 98th Street (Resources Road),<br />
South of Twp 710<br />
mmunities and region closer together<br />
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JOIN US FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF<br />
ENTERTAINING SPORTING EVENTS!<br />
Crosslink County Sportsplex is the home of the<br />
Grande Prairie Sport Council. For more information<br />
call 780-532-1164 or visit www.gpsportcouncil.ca<br />
HOURS OF OPERATION (excluding holidays):<br />
Sportsplex 6:00 a.m. – midnight weekdays<br />
8:00 a.m. – midnight weekends<br />
Motion Fitness 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. weekdays<br />
8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. weekends<br />
Guest Services 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. daily<br />
Players’ Bench Weekdays: 5 p.m. to close<br />
Lounge Weekends: 11 a.m. to close<br />
Call 587-299-9001 for daily specials<br />
www.crosslinkcountysportsplex.com<br />
to view menu<br />
Tito’s Concession Open daily between 9-11 a.m. to close<br />
Call 587-259-0940 for daily meal specials<br />
ENJOY OUTDOOR TOP-OF-THE-LINE<br />
FULLY IRRIGATED ATHLETIC FIELDS<br />
WHICH INCLUDE:<br />
1 premier baseball diamond<br />
2 full-sized soccer pitches<br />
1 premier soccer/football field<br />
• 3 mini soccer pitches<br />
• Outdoor Playground With Fitness<br />
Component<br />
SPORTS AND RECREATION AREAS IDEAL FOR:<br />
• Hockey • Skating • Soccer<br />
• Cricket • Sports camps • Lacrosse<br />
• Rugby • Baseball • Ball Hockey<br />
• Box Sports • Ringette • Softball<br />
• Athletic Training • Dry-land Training • Kids Camps<br />
• Conditioning • Bubble Soccer • Birthday Parties<br />
Camps<br />
• Tackle & Touch Football<br />
PROGRAMS & DROP-IN PLAY FOR ALL AGES:<br />
• Strollercise<br />
• 13 & Under Stick & Puck<br />
• Stick & Puck<br />
• Learn to Skate<br />
• Various fieldhouse activities<br />
• Adult Shinny<br />
• Tender Tots<br />
• Bouncy Castle Days<br />
• Seniors Walk & Talk<br />
• Ball Hockey<br />
INTERESTED IN JOINING AN<br />
ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE?<br />
The Crosslink County Sportsplex is proud to host the<br />
NCHL (Non-Contact Hockey League)! Register at<br />
nchl.com or call 587-432-5955.<br />
“Like us” on Facebook or visit www.crosslinkcountysportsplex.com<br />
for information on upcoming programs.<br />
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<strong>BOOK</strong> YOUR<br />
PARTY OR<br />
EVENT<br />
at The Crosslink<br />
County Sportsplex!!<br />
Players’ Bench Lounge or Tito‘s<br />
will be happy to supply food and<br />
beverages for your party.<br />
The Players’ Bench pizza and full<br />
menu may be viewed on our<br />
website. Pre-order from them at<br />
587-299-9001. Pre-order from<br />
Tito’s at 587-259-0940.<br />
Dry Floor Rink Package<br />
Ball Hockey/Lacrosse<br />
Includes: 1 Hour Dry Pad &<br />
1 Hour Party Area<br />
Ice Rink<br />
Package<br />
Ice Skating<br />
Includes:<br />
1 hour Ice<br />
time & 1 hour<br />
party area<br />
(Seasonal)<br />
Trican Fieldhouse Package:<br />
Half Pitch<br />
Includes: 1 Hour of Pitch &<br />
1 Hour Party Area<br />
Bouncy Castles<br />
Up to five bouncers are<br />
available for rent or for<br />
drop-in on Monday,<br />
Wednesday and Friday<br />
mornings:<br />
Large<br />
Rainforest<br />
Castle<br />
Large<br />
Robot<br />
Castle<br />
Small<br />
Superstar<br />
Castle<br />
Dragon<br />
Blast<br />
Jungle<br />
Run<br />
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•<br />
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•<br />
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•<br />
240 metre e running track<br />
•<br />
Indoor Batting Cage<br />
•<br />
Outdoor Patio<br />
•<br />
Spectator seating<br />
•<br />
Players' Bench Lounge<br />
•<br />
Outdoor Playground with<br />
Fitness Component<br />
•<br />
Ernie's Retail Store<br />
• Motion Fitness<br />
• Yoga room<br />
• Tito's Concession<br />
Be sure to check our website for<br />
all of our drop-in programs, as<br />
well as our Learn To Skate and U5<br />
& U8 Soccer League schedules.<br />
UPCOMING PROGRAMS<br />
• Yoga classes<br />
•<br />
Zumba classes<br />
•<br />
Knockerball<br />
•<br />
13 & Under Shinny<br />
•<br />
Ball hockey and Lacrosse<br />
•<br />
U5, U8 and U11 soccer Leagues<br />
•<br />
Learn To<br />
Skate<br />
To book your party call 780-830-7407<br />
or e-mail: info@cgpsportsplex.com<br />
Visit www.crosslinkcountysportsplex.com countysportsplex.com om or contact t 780-830-7407 or<br />
info@cgpsportsplex.com om for more information on programs.<br />
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In 1915, the old Bezanson town site had twenty buildings, including a<br />
hall, general store, hotel, and bakery. Enormous efforts continue to<br />
maintain the heritage and revitalize the unique treasures of this<br />
community.<br />
The Old Bezanson Town site has had many improvements made over the<br />
last few years. Arborists have cleaned the deadfall and others are working<br />
to reclaim the area with more defined campsites, ball diamond, walking<br />
trails, a playground, and historic building markers. A full booklet has also<br />
been published that focuses on the diverse plant life of the old Bezanson<br />
town site that features native flowers, shrubs, and trees that have not<br />
been identified anywhere else in the Peace area.<br />
Efforts are now ongoing to repair and restore the Glen Leslie Church. It<br />
was designated a Provincial Historic Resource in 2011 by the Minister of<br />
Culture and Community Development. It is currently one of the only pre-<br />
1920’s structures left in the area.<br />
It will be worth your while to stop and smell the roses and aroma’s of<br />
these long standing attractions. Bring your appetite and be ready to<br />
experience the unique creations that only “Lefty’s Café” can offer. Lefty’s<br />
“is family-oriented with a relaxed country atmosphere and prides itself<br />
on providing hearty, delicious homemade food made from local<br />
ingredients. The convenient location and friendly staff make this a natural<br />
gathering spot for families and friends to chat, dine, and experience rural<br />
Alberta’s charm.<br />
The community of Bezanson, located approximately<br />
30 km east of Grande Prairie on<br />
Highway 43, has been a part of this area since<br />
the early 1900’s.<br />
Fenton Greenhouses is a family owned business that has been operating<br />
for over 25 years. They provide beautiful annuals, vegetables, flower pots,<br />
and also offer custom creations. Book a group tour to see their exquisite<br />
displays. They are open from mid-April to the end of June.<br />
Bezanson offers a General Store that has been serving the local gas, lotto,<br />
liquor, and grocery needs since the 1950’s.<br />
If you are an outdoor enthusiast, you will not be disappointed. Take a hike<br />
through the picturesque Kleskun Hill Park or the Simonette River<br />
Provincial Recreation Area, which offers campsites with amazing scenery,<br />
day use areas, and very easy access to a large, sandy beach, perfect for<br />
swimming. Bezanson is located only minutes from the Smoky River and<br />
they host the annual Bezanson Bog Cross Country Running Race on the<br />
third weekend in September for those of you that want to test your<br />
athletic endurance. There is also an outdoor ice rink to enjoy during the<br />
winter months.<br />
Be sure to sign our “Around the World”<br />
guest book and try the ultimate Lefty’s Burger<br />
complete with secret sauce!<br />
Just off Hwy 43 in Bezanson 780-532-2345<br />
Open daily 7am-9pm Dine in or Take-out<br />
www.leftyscafe.com<br />
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The park is 20 kilometres east of the Highway 43<br />
interchange, turn north on Township Road 724<br />
Traveling east on the twinned Highway 43, the surrounding prime<br />
agricultural farmland produces plentiful fields of barley, canola, wheat,<br />
and oats. Fields turn bright yellow in July as the County is one of the<br />
largest growing areas of canola Canada Oil. The fields seem endless -<br />
alfalfa, timothy, clover, fescue (top-notch grass) and seed forage crops<br />
providing hay for the dairy and beef farms. Game farms for elk, bison,<br />
llamas and alpacas are also gaining popularity in the region.<br />
Kleskun Hill Park is part of a provincial natural area and is managed by<br />
the County of Grande Prairie and a non-profit museum society. Once<br />
part of a prehistoric river delta, the natural area protects some of the<br />
last remaining native grassland in the Grande Prairie region. Here cactus<br />
grows in the desert-like conditions where remains of prehistoric lakes<br />
and seas are visible in the exposed hills. Kleskun Hill boasts more than<br />
160 flowering plants, as well as a number of birds that are usually found<br />
in the prairies of the south; its soils contain fossils from the marine sea<br />
and dinosaur eras.<br />
Going back in time, pioneers would sometimes use the white mud from<br />
the hills to chink the gaps in their log homes. A clue to early settlement<br />
also lies in the original wagon ruts from the early pioneers who traveled<br />
along the Edson Trail. Today within this natural area there are walking trails,<br />
and 9 unserviced camping sites for visitors to enjoy. The Kleskun Hill<br />
Museum Society has preserved the original East Kleskun school,<br />
teacherage, barn, outbuildings, the first area post office, and a Catholic<br />
Church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Visitors may also view a native burial<br />
ground; evidence of the days of the last territorial disputes between the<br />
Beaver and Cree people.<br />
Photo: Lloyd Dykstra<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Town of<br />
www.sexsmith.ca<br />
In the late 1940s, the Town of Sexsmith was known as the<br />
Grain Capital of the British Empire, shipping more grain than any<br />
other port in the Empire. To this day, the surrounding area has<br />
some of the most fertile soil, making it one of the largest grain<br />
producers in the world. Sexsmith has grown and is a friendly,<br />
progressive community with over 2500 people. The community<br />
offers excellent education, religious, recreational and cultural<br />
facilities, including a municipal campground called Heritage Park<br />
that includes a fish pond. These facilities continue to make<br />
Sexsmith a great place to live, raise a family and visit. Sexsmith<br />
is located minutes north on Highway #2 from the City of Grande<br />
Prairie; it’s a stop you don’t want to miss.<br />
• Sexsmith Blacksmith’s Shop Museum<br />
• Paszkowski House<br />
• Sexsmith Rail Station<br />
• Heritage Park & Campground<br />
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Heritage Park<br />
Sexsmith has transformed its downtown core to showcase the 1920s<br />
and 30s. Vintage street lighting, a gazebo, large old fashioned clock, and<br />
a livery barn create a setting that allows you to step back into another<br />
era. An important attraction is the 1916 Sexsmith Blacksmith Shop, a<br />
provincial historical site that was built in 1916. It is one of the country’s<br />
most completely equipped operating museum sites of its type in<br />
existence, and one of the best examples in Canada of an early smithy.<br />
The resident smithy will leave visitors with a smile on their face while<br />
sharing stories about the beginnings of settlement in the region. Across<br />
from the blacksmith shop is the Paszkowski Farm House (1911) which<br />
has been restored to the original condition.<br />
The very active Museum Society is working to rebuild the old lumber<br />
yard that was destroyed by fire in 2009. To replace the 1916 Roman<br />
Catholic Church that also burned, they have purchased the beautiful<br />
Anglican Church, built in 1936. There is also discussion on trying to save<br />
an elevator, which would preserve our unique skyline.<br />
Further expanding on the old time theme is the old Sexsmith Railway<br />
Station and caboose, built in 1928; it is one of the focal points of the<br />
downtown and also a provincial historical site.<br />
Each year the Town of Sexsmith holds many annual events including<br />
Chautauqua Days in June. This event<br />
has been held for over 75 years,<br />
and is an old fashioned<br />
community celebration inspired by<br />
the traveling entertainers who first<br />
came to the prairies. It’s a great<br />
time to visit and exchange<br />
stories.<br />
Old Fashioned Main Street<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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and<br />
La Glace<br />
3 kilometres north of Sexsmith and 30<br />
kilometres west on Highway 59 The Hamlet of La<br />
Glace traces is roots back to the early 1900s. Folklore has it that it was<br />
named after Chief La Glace who drowned in 1909 in nearby Valhalla Lake<br />
while trapping muskrats. Within the Hamlet is La Glace Heritage Park,<br />
which has beautiful brick-pathed gardens and a Cairn in memory of the<br />
well-respected native leader plus many pioneers of the area. The Cairn<br />
explains the local history, names of pioneers and has a time capsule filled<br />
with memorabilia and predictions from local children.<br />
Just a few minutes drive from Valhalla Centre and La Glace is the Spring<br />
Lake Ski Hill, which is open from January through March. Run by<br />
volunteers for over 20 years, the Spring Lake Hill is accommodating to<br />
skiers and snowboarders alike and has an excellent Beginner hill.<br />
Besides downhill skiing, there are over 10 kilometres of cross country ski<br />
trails at the facility. As well, ice fishing, snow shoeing and snowmobiling<br />
are also offered. A chalet and concession are also onsite to accommodate<br />
all visitors.<br />
Valhalla<br />
15 kilometres west of La Glace is the<br />
Hamlet of Valhalla Valhalla is home to many Norwegian<br />
descendants including Halvar Ronning, a Lutheran minister and<br />
missionary who facilitated a significant Scandinavian settlement. His son<br />
Chester, who was born in China, also lived in Valhalla Centre becoming a<br />
teacher and diplomat. Chester was an important link between China and<br />
North America, advocating recognition of the Peoples Republic of China<br />
and its admission into the United Nations. The Ronning Homestead in<br />
Valhalla became a Provincial Historic Resource in 2001.<br />
Make sure to stop and visit the restored Melsness Mercantile, a provincial<br />
historic site in Valhalla Centre. Originally a general store and post office,<br />
the local residents decided in 1994 to restore and save it as a local<br />
landmark. Thanks to the efforts of the Valhalla Heritage Society, the once<br />
rundown, abandoned building is now a coffee shop, serving scrumptious<br />
homemade food, a museum and a studio for local artists. Valhalla Park<br />
is a picnic area that preserves plants indigenous to the region and where<br />
3 ft, hand-carved wooden trolls greet visitors in tribute to the area’s<br />
Scandinavian heritage.<br />
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www.gptourism.ca<br />
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www.saddlehills.ab.ca<br />
Experience Saddle Hills County …<br />
For those who enjoy the outdoors, Saddle Hills<br />
County is a modern day land of opportunity. Quadding, hiking, fishing and hunting are<br />
just a few of the popular summer activities in our area. Snowshoeing, cross country<br />
skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling bring excitement to our northern winters.<br />
Golf at Chinook Valley Golf Course<br />
Camp, Fish and Hike at our<br />
campgrounds<br />
• Cotillion on the Peace River<br />
• Hilltop<br />
• Moonshine Lake<br />
• Spring Lake<br />
Hunt and enjoy the wilderness<br />
year-round<br />
Photo - Laurie Sandboe<br />
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For more information on what Saddle Hills County<br />
has to offer you, visit us at saddlehills.ab.ca<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Town of<br />
Named after Wembley, England, the Town of<br />
Wembley has traditionally served the<br />
agricultural sector. As it pays tribute to its<br />
rural nature, this neighborly community<br />
gets together to celebrate annual events<br />
that you do not want to miss.<br />
www.wembley.ca<br />
A Demolition Derby is held annually with a full day of family<br />
entertainment. The day starts off with the town parade, show and shine,<br />
kids’ activities and games and then of course the demolition derby. The<br />
newest event held in the town is a two day Mud Bog. There are two race<br />
pits, one “Hill in the Hole” pit and of course a deep mud challenge. This<br />
annual event is mud flinging, wheel spinning, adrenaline filled good time.<br />
Wembley currently has a population of over 1500, and has amenities such<br />
as a skating rink, skateboard park, soccer, baseball, football fields and<br />
Sunset Lake Park. This park houses seven electrical camping sites with a<br />
non-serviced overflow and tenting area, flush washrooms with shower<br />
facility located in a spacious gazebo shelter. Included in the park are a<br />
dumping station, fire pits, firewood and marshland boardwalks. The<br />
campground opens in mid-May and closes in late September. Sunset also<br />
hosts a wonderful playground that has multiple climbing structures,<br />
gliders, slides, tire swings, swings, balance apprentice and a spray deck for<br />
those warm summer days. The playground is surrounded by wonderful<br />
green space which provides great places from picnics, Frisbee, Horse shoes<br />
and family time alike. This area also provides an excellent opportunity for<br />
bird watchers to check many local species off their list, hosting species of<br />
both marsh lands and Boreal Forests.<br />
Photo by Chipabirdee Images<br />
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Wembley is the gateway to the dinosaurs and is the home of the 41,000<br />
square foot, state-of-the art Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum. The<br />
Pipestone Creek area, located south of the Town of Wembley, has received<br />
international attention due to the discovery of the world’s largest<br />
Pachyrhinosaurus (“thick nosed” horned dinosaur) bone bed. The<br />
Pipestone Creek site contains hundreds of dinosaur skeletons, and is one<br />
of the best horned dinosaur bone beds found in North America. The<br />
Dinosaur Museum is a world class museum. The Museum and the Dinosaur<br />
Bone bed are a major tourism destination site for northwestern Alberta<br />
travelers.<br />
According to the Grande Prairie Regional College paleontology program,<br />
it’s a theory that during a migration more than 70 million years ago, a herd<br />
of the thick-nosed, plant-eating pachyrhinos tried to cross a river in a flood.<br />
The animals may have panicked and similar to the mass mortality of a<br />
Quebec caribou herd in the ‘80s, the dinosaurs died in the flood. It’s theorized<br />
the carcasses were washed downriver until they settled in a final location.<br />
Once there, the bones were disarticulated, jumbled up like a puzzle. Bone<br />
bed tours are offered on a regular basis.<br />
• Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum<br />
• Pipestone Creek Bone Bed Tours<br />
• Pipestone Golf Club<br />
• Sunset Lake Park & Campground<br />
• Wembley Skateboard Park<br />
Pipestone Creek Golf Course<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Town of<br />
www.beaverlodge.ca<br />
Nestled in a picturesque valley is the<br />
town of Beaverlodge.<br />
With a community of over 2300 people, Beaverlodge has experienced<br />
steady growth over the past decade. The agricultural, forestry, and oil<br />
and gas sectors have all contributed to the town’s prosperity. Today,<br />
Beaverlodge is the largest town in the County and is the service and<br />
medical centre for the entire west side of the County with a full<br />
complement of doctors, a dentist, and a hospital and pharmacy as well<br />
as other health and wellness practitioners. The town boasts a new<br />
indoor pool and fitness centre, ice arena, curling rink, agricultural barns<br />
and gymkhana grounds, tennis courts, ball diamonds, and several<br />
playgrounds.<br />
Opposite the Cultural Centre and tourist information centre, visitors can<br />
view the magnificent cultural roadside attraction in the form of<br />
Canada’s national animal, the beaver. The sculpture stands 17 feet tall<br />
by 28 feet long and weighs 3000 pounds.<br />
The town manages and operates the Pioneer Campground, featuring the<br />
original Lower Beaverlodge School, one of the first schools of the area.<br />
The building was restored and relocated to the campground. Our<br />
campground is an excellent stopping spot on the "best" route to Alaska.<br />
We have a total of 29 sites with 10 sites that offer full service and power<br />
hook-ups available at each stall, a washroom and shower facility are<br />
located in our beautiful log camp shelter, which has a lovely covered<br />
cooking/picnic area. A dumping station is located on the northeast corner<br />
of the campground. The campground opens around May 1st with power<br />
service, and water available after the risk of freezing passes. The<br />
campground closes for the season mid-October weather pending.<br />
Just West of Beaverlodge the South Peace Centennial Museum is a must<br />
see! It is the largest -- and only working --- steam powered farm<br />
equipment museum in Alberta.<br />
Pioneer Days on the third Sunday in July is very special: it features all the<br />
working steam-powered equipment, antique cars and trucks, and musical<br />
entertainment in keeping with the agricultural theme.<br />
Tourists may also visit the Pacific Regeneration Technologies tree nursery,<br />
the only PRT facility in Alberta. The greenhouses cover seven acres and<br />
produce eleven million seedlings of pine and spruce. The Agriculture<br />
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Canada Research Farm (started in 1916 by farmer William Albright) is now the<br />
Canadian Centre for the management and production of bees and honey<br />
(apiculture). It is also the most northerly agricultural research station in North<br />
America and is open to the public for tours. Appointments only phone<br />
780-354-2212.<br />
Saskatoon Mountain Natural Area, north at Huallen, accessed off Highway 43, offers<br />
one of the most spectacular views of the south and the west portions of the County.<br />
Visitors can explore over 2200 acres for bird watching, hiking, picnicking, and cross<br />
country skiing.<br />
To view the Elmworth gas basin area, turn right onto Secondary Highway 722, south<br />
from Beaverlodge and then Highway 667 to take in some spectacular views of the<br />
Rocky Mountains. At Red Willow River crossing be sure to visit the lovely Red Willow<br />
Market Gardens with its excellent produce, local crafts sales and tea room. Nearby<br />
Red Willow Park is a day-use picnic site with washrooms and kitchen shelter.<br />
• Beaverlodge Cultural Centre<br />
• Pioneer Campground<br />
• Giant Beaver Statue<br />
• Research Station offers tours by<br />
appointment only<br />
• Elmworth Deep Basin<br />
• Euphemia McNaught Homestead<br />
• Red Willow Gardens Riverbend Golf &<br />
Country Club<br />
• Saskatoon Mountain Viewpoint<br />
• South Peace Centennial Museum<br />
• Spring Lake Summer & Winter Resort<br />
• Pacific Regeneration Technology<br />
Tree Nursery<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Village of<br />
www.hythe.ca<br />
Hythe, the Volunteer Capital of Alberta, has an economy<br />
based on services to the agricultural, forestry and oil and gas<br />
industries. This thriving community of 820 has a long history of<br />
strong volunteer driven initiatives which have resulted in the<br />
building of much of its present day infrastructure.<br />
Hythe boasts a curling rink, ice arena, campground, and other amenities.<br />
The 25-stall Hythe Municipal Campground provides visitors with kitchen<br />
shelters, water taps, an RV dumping station and washroom facilities<br />
including hot water showers within the vintage Northern Alberta<br />
Railway cabooses. The campground offers affordable rates ($20.00 per<br />
night), power and firewood supplied, and a relaxing atmosphere.<br />
Discounts are available for those looking for a longer stay.<br />
Love the sounds of engines roaring? From May to September, racing<br />
enthusiasts flock to the Hythe Motor Speedway. It is a 3/8 mile oval<br />
paved racetrack and features modified, street stock, starter stock,<br />
sportsman and sprint competitions. There is plenty of seating in the<br />
grandstands and concession booths are available. There are usually five or six<br />
race-filled weekends per summer. The schedule and other information can<br />
be found at www.hythespeedway.com.<br />
When touring Hythe, one of your first stops should be the restored building<br />
immediately adjacent to Highway 43 which serves as our summer Tourist<br />
Information Booth. Much of the community’s history is portrayed in a pictorial<br />
representation featured in the log tack shop which belonged to early pioneer,<br />
Kelly Sunderman. Beside the tack shop is a museum which was originally a<br />
home built for a mail order bride. Unfortunately, the groom missed the<br />
intended bride and the home was never lived in.<br />
Photo - Tammie Diesel - Diesel Powered Images<br />
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• Hythe Motor Speedway<br />
• Hythe Municipal Campground<br />
• River Bend Golf Course<br />
Half an hour north of Hythe, the Spring Lake Campground, is a popular<br />
area for camping and picnicking. It offers a boat launch, new dock,<br />
swimming area, picnic tables and firepit, kids playground, hiking trails,<br />
kitchen shelter, and horseshoe pits. Spring Lake Ski Hill offers downhill<br />
skiing and cross country skiing in the winter months and chalet rentals<br />
are available year-round. Southeast of Hythe on Highway 43, Hommy<br />
Park has 23 Sites, (30 Amp power) Baseball Diamond, Caretaker, Dayuse<br />
Sites, Fire pits, Free Firewood, Gated, Horseshoe Pits, Pets Welcome,<br />
Privies, Non-potable Water, Camp Kitchen,Playground. Immediately<br />
southeast of Hommy Park on Highway 43, visitors will find Albright<br />
Community Hall where every Thursday you can find locally produced<br />
goods at the Albright Farmer’s Market. The Farmer’s Market is celebrating<br />
its 26th year in operation in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
• Spring Lake Summer &<br />
Winter Resort<br />
• Sunderman Tack Shop<br />
Hythe hosts many first class events that include an old fashioned downhome<br />
Agricultural Fair, held annually in August and hosted by the Hythe<br />
Agricultural Society. Home-made foods, arts and crafts, light and heavy<br />
horses and family events are the highlights of this annual event that<br />
ends in the evening with a community dinner. The parade is held on<br />
Sunday morning of the Fair Weekend, with colourful floats making this<br />
a major family attraction.<br />
River Bend Golf Course<br />
Photo - Tammie Diesel - Diesel Powered Images<br />
More community information is available on the Village's web page at<br />
www.hythe.ca.<br />
Spring Lake<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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M.D. of<br />
Travelling south and east from the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 is an area<br />
of fertle farmland which gradually transforms into mixed-wood forests. This<br />
vast territory known as the Municipal District (M.D.) of Greenview No. 16<br />
covers 32,915 square kilometres and includes the majestc Rockies in the<br />
southwest which serves as an entry point to tourists wishing to explore the full mountain range. Within the Grande Prairie<br />
Regional Tourism Destnaton Region, the M.D. encompasses the rural communites of Grande Cache, Grovedale, DeBolt,<br />
Puskwaskau, Crooked Creek, Ridgevalley, Valleyview, New Fish Creek, Sunset House, Sweathouse, and Litle Smoky. Several<br />
rivers also wind their way through the MD and are a very popular recreatonal amenity for tourists and locals alike!<br />
www.greenview.ab.ca<br />
• Edson Trail<br />
• DeBolt & District Pioneer Museum<br />
• Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park<br />
• Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park<br />
• O’Brien Provincial Park<br />
• Olde Country Inn<br />
• Pioneers of Grovedale Area Museum<br />
• Sturgeon Lake<br />
• Two Lakes Provincial Park<br />
• Valleyview Tourist Centre<br />
• Waskahigan River Provincial<br />
Recreation Area<br />
• Williamson Provincial Park<br />
• Willmore Wilderness Park<br />
• Young’s Point Provinical Park<br />
Minutes south of Grande Prairie, motorists cross the Wapiti River and can access<br />
Secondary Highway 666 heading southwest. O’Brien Provincial Park on the banks of the<br />
Wapiti River is a favourite day use picnic area. Just down the road from O’Brien, the<br />
Nitehawk Adventure Park offers a summer aerial water ramp for the training of aerial<br />
snowboarding and skiing enthusiasts, mountain biking, and a full service year round<br />
campground. Visit www.gonitehawk.com for more information.<br />
Of particular interest to outdoor enthusiasts are Two Lakes Provincial Park and Kakwa<br />
Wildland Provincial Park. Two Lakes consists of three campgrounds and 87 campsites.<br />
The lakes are popular for sport fishing. About 15 kilometres south of Two Lakes via a<br />
rugged, fair-weather forest company gravel road is the remote Kakwa Wildland Provincial<br />
Park. Within the park, the Kakwa River cascades 30 meters over Kakwa Falls, rushes<br />
through a 4 kilometre canyon and then plunges over a second set of falls. Access to the<br />
falls is via a 20 kilometre trail suitable only for hikers, horseback or ATV. The Kakwa<br />
Wildland also boast a 100 kilometre remote trail system from the early 1900s used by<br />
pack teams, that runs through alpine meadows and old growth forests with specimens<br />
of Engelmann Spruce up to 300 years old. Forests and meadows offer visitors the<br />
opportunity to catch a glimpse of white-tailed deer, bald eagles, golden eagles, moose,<br />
coyotes, black bear and grizzly. To exit the park, visitors must retrace their drive via 666<br />
to Highway 40 and turn south to follow the spectacular scenery of the foothills of the<br />
Rocky Mountains.<br />
45 kilometres south of Grande Prairie and just east off of Highway 40 is the Musreau<br />
Lake Provincial Recreation Area. This spring-fed lake and camping area is a popular locale<br />
offering camping, boating and swimming plus access to ATV and equestrian trails.<br />
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East of Grande Prairie and running south of Highway 43 from the<br />
Goodwin Corner is the Forestry Trunk Road. This gravel road is used by<br />
forestry, oil and gas industry workers in the region. It is also a favourite<br />
for those campers wishing to experience a more rugged but peaceful<br />
vacation. There are numerous small camp areas holding no more than 5<br />
or 10 sites which are operated and maintained by Canfor, Grande Prairie.<br />
Motorists can complete a circle loop on the gravel roads and access<br />
Highway 40 about 30 minutes south of Grande Prairie or head back to<br />
Highway 43 and head further east to the Valleyview area.<br />
Williamson Provincial Park on the south shore of Sturgeon Lake, and<br />
Young’s Point Provincial Park on the northwest shore, offer services<br />
including a combined total of almost 200 camping sites with playground<br />
areas, picnic sites with good drinking water, firewood, comfort stations<br />
with showers, electrical hook-ups, RV hook-ups, hiking trails and boat<br />
launches.<br />
A little east of Williamson Provincial Park lays the historic Edson Trail.<br />
Thousands of settlers travelled the trail from Edson in the south to Grande<br />
Prairie between 1911 and 1916 to claim farmland in the Peace Country.<br />
The junction of the Edson Trail and Grouard Trail are located near this<br />
location on Highway 43. The early pioneers had several stopovers<br />
including MacArthur’s Landing at Sturgeon Lake. There is also a historic<br />
Edson Trail log cabin located near the Waskahigan River in the Little<br />
Smoky area. The Trail fell into disuse when the Edmonton, Dunvegan, and<br />
British Columbia Railway extended to Grande Prairie. Two incredible<br />
books have been written about the Edson Trail and can be purchased at<br />
the Heritage Discovery Centre – 780-532-5790<br />
The Grovedale Fish Pond, Kakwa River, Southview and Swan Lake<br />
Recreation Areas described below are operated by the M.D. of Greenview.<br />
GROVEDALE FISH POND<br />
The Grovedale Fish Pond is located 30 kilometres south of Grande Prairie<br />
and 158 kilometres North of Grande Cache, and lies directly adjacent to<br />
Highway 40. The site provides stocked rainbow trout fishing and includes<br />
new family bathroom facilties, fire pits, bear-proof garbage containers,<br />
and picnic tables.<br />
KAKWA RIVER RECREATION AREA<br />
Kakwa River Provincial Recreation area is located 110 kilometers south<br />
of Grande Prairie and 70 kilometers North of Grande Cache. The site<br />
includes renovated waste facilties, fire wood, corral, a functioning<br />
manual water pump, fire pits and 6 picnic tables. This is a ‘Catch and<br />
Release’ fishing site for Trout, Grayling, and Whitefish. Fishing at this site<br />
is typically open from the beginning of June to the end of October and<br />
closes from the beginning of November to the end of May. Please see<br />
the current Alberta Fishing Regulations for details.<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
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SOUTHVIEW RECREATION AREA<br />
Southview Provincial Recreation Area is located approximately 45<br />
kilometers northeast of Grande Cache and 135 kilometers southwest of<br />
Grande Prairie. This site includes waste facilities and two concrete picnic<br />
tables. The site is very open and easily accommodates larger camping<br />
units.<br />
SWAN LAKE RECREATION AREA<br />
Swan Lake Recreation Area is located approximately 35 kilometers west<br />
of Valleyview. The lake is 140 hectares in size, with depths ranging from<br />
3.2 to 5.6 meters. The site has a graveled boat launch, parking lot, and<br />
day use area with picnic tables, fire pits and walking trails. It is a stocked<br />
water body with aerators installed since 1997 to prevent winter kill.<br />
Swan Lake is a very popular fishing destination with above average<br />
Rainbow Trout.<br />
HAMLET of DEBOLT<br />
Approximately 57 kilometers east of Grande Prairie on Highway 43,<br />
across the Smoky River, DeBolt is home to the DeBolt and District Pioneer<br />
Museum. The museum offers a collection of heritage buildings, including<br />
a barn, church manse, cabin, homestead, ice house, and more. All<br />
museum buildings are in Hubert Memorial Park in DeBolt, except the<br />
Legion Hall which is on Alberta Avenue. DeBolt holds an annual Heritage<br />
festival each August featuring a parade, fair, and activates for all. ‘The<br />
Centre’ is an expanded facility that encompasses the curling rink, hall<br />
and kitchen facility, library, meeting rooms and fitness centre. Creeks<br />
Crossing offers a 53 lot fully serviced residental housing development<br />
located on the south boundary of the Hamlet.<br />
HAMLET of RIDGEVALLEY<br />
Approximately 15 kilometers east of DeBolt is Crooked Creek, which<br />
offers famous donuts and cinnamon buns and an excellent ice cream<br />
stand at the general store. A few kilometers south of the Crooked Creek<br />
store is the vibrant Hamlet of Ridgevalley which offers a variety of<br />
business development, a school and arena. The Country Cottage Bed and<br />
Breakfast offers comfortable accommodations in the hamlet.<br />
Contact 1-866-462-8025 to book.<br />
HAMLET of GROVEDALE<br />
Located 21 kilometers south from Grande Prairie near the Nitehawk<br />
Adventure Park, is the energetic community of Grovedale which<br />
encompasses the Landry Heights subdivision. Grovedale is comprised of<br />
a general store, a convenience store, the Pioneers of Grovedale Area<br />
Museum, volunteer fire department, Penson School, hall and arena.<br />
Outdoor enthusiasts can go fishing in the stocked Grovedale Trout Pond<br />
for rainbow trout or go golfing on the 18 hole Grovedale Golf Course.<br />
HAMLET of LITTLE SMOKY<br />
The active Hamlet of Little Smoky, located halfway between Fox Creek<br />
and Valleyview off of Highway 43, is your next accommodation or<br />
camping stop. It is located near the confluence of the Iosegun, Little<br />
Smoky and Waskahigan Rivers, with unserviced camping at the Iosegun<br />
River Campground in the Waskahigan Provincial Recreation Area and<br />
serviced camping spots available at the Little Smoky Motel. In the<br />
summer boating, fishing, and hiking adventures await. In the winter,<br />
snowmobiling and fishing are excellent. Community members host<br />
events like the Country Music Jamboree that one cannot miss. Fossils<br />
have also been found in the Little Smoky area which include a mammoth<br />
tusk found in 1959. This place proves that good things do come in small<br />
packages.<br />
TOWN of GRANDE CACHE<br />
On Greenview’s most southerly boundary lies the Town of Grande Cache,<br />
180 kilometres from Grande Prairie via Highway 40. Grande Cache, with<br />
a population of about 3800 residents, is a feisty, creative community<br />
anchored by a diversified economy so that the residents can live, work<br />
and enjoy all that Mother Nature has to offer. Rafting companies and<br />
outfitters offer packages for all ages. Willmore Wilderness Park is a<br />
sanctuary for those who wish to explore the wilderness on foot, horse,<br />
mountain bike, or skis. Every August long weekend Grande Cache hosts<br />
the world renowned 125 km Canadian Death Race and DeathFest, a<br />
music festival and family fair. Visit www.canadiandeathrace.com for<br />
details. Together with Greenview, the Town of Grande Cache hosted the<br />
world’s most talented competitive professional cyclists in the 2015 Tour<br />
of Alberta.<br />
TOWN of VALLEYVIEW<br />
Approximately 345 kilometres from Edmonton, and 100 kilometres east<br />
of Grande Prairie, this community of 2000 is a flourishing service centre<br />
for the resource industries in the surrounding region. Because of its<br />
location at the junctions of Highway 43 to Grande Prairie and Highway<br />
49 to Peace River, Valleyview has been nicknamed the Portal to the Peace.<br />
Valleyview ofters a full range of services and recreational activities.<br />
Services include hotels and motels, restaurants, gas stations, oilfield<br />
service/supply businesses, sporting goods store and more.<br />
All seasons offer fun and adventure! Within the immediate area it is easy<br />
to find excellent camping, fishing, horseback riding, golfing, boating and,<br />
for the naturalist, an abundance of birds, flowers and wildlife. The region<br />
is a sportsmen’s paradise, with winter recreation, summer events and<br />
several parks and campgrounds to choose from. The Valleyview Tourist<br />
Information Centre located 2 km south of town is a popular rest stop along<br />
the highway with gift shop, friendly staff and picnic areas with picturesque<br />
views of the valley southeast of town. For a list of local outfitters, hunters,<br />
guides and wilderness tour operators, contact the Valleyview and District<br />
Chamber of Commerce at 780-524-4535 or 780-524-2410.<br />
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www.gptourism.ca<br />
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Fusion Cup<br />
780-532-8898<br />
9833 116 Street<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 6H6<br />
www.fusioncup.com<br />
Crown & Anchor<br />
780-532-5444<br />
8022 100 Street<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 6H7<br />
www.crownandanchorgp.ca<br />
Better than Fred’s<br />
780-532-4450<br />
9903 101Street<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 2P6<br />
Betterthanfreds.ca<br />
The Infinite Element<br />
780-533-5122<br />
#111 10015-102 Avenue,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 0Z8<br />
www.theinfiniteelement.ca<br />
Pines Restaurant –<br />
Evergreen Park<br />
780-532-3265<br />
Evergreen Park,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 3A5<br />
www.evergreenpark.ca<br />
Country Roads RV Park<br />
780-532-6323<br />
63061A TWP RD 722,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8X 4K7<br />
www.countryroadsrvpark.com<br />
The Jump Yard<br />
587-299-0454<br />
10101 118 Street, #101,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 3X9<br />
www.thejumpyard.ca<br />
Nitehawk Adventure<br />
Park<br />
780-532-6637<br />
6356 Twp Rd 702A,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 4B5<br />
www.gonitehawk.com<br />
Nitehawk Wilderness<br />
RV Park<br />
780-532-6637<br />
6356 Twp Rd 702A,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 4B5<br />
www.gonitehawk.com<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Visitor Information<br />
Centre<br />
780-539-7688<br />
114, 11330 – 106 Street,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 7X9<br />
www.gptourism.ca<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Brewing Co.<br />
780-533-4677<br />
10518 100 Avenue,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8V 0V9<br />
www.gpbrewingco.com<br />
<strong>GP</strong> Corn Maze<br />
780-532-6323<br />
63061A TWP RD 722,<br />
Grande Prairie, AB<br />
T8X 4K7<br />
www.gpcornmaze.com<br />
GRANDE PRAIRIE & REGION <strong>2017</strong> VISITOR <strong>GUIDE</strong>
Gordon Badger Stadium hosts live<br />
pari-mutuel racing in the summer,<br />
professional and amateur<br />
chuckwagon racing, rodeos and more<br />
Lewis Hawkes Pavilion, which also<br />
houses up to 70 horses in indoor<br />
stalls, has an indoor riding arena as<br />
does the Drysdale Centre<br />
Over 500,000 visit Evergreen Park<br />
annually<br />
The Pines Restaurant & Casino features 99 slots<br />
and VLTS, chef-inspired meals and off track horse<br />
racing better year-round.<br />
It is open 10 a.m.<br />
to 1 a.m. daily<br />
Pines Restaurant &<br />
Casino has chef<br />
inspired menu and<br />
99 slot machines<br />
Phone the Park at 780-532-3279<br />
Naming rights and sponsorship opportunities available<br />
www.evergreenpark.ca
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