Any ideas for great day trips in the Edmonton area before the summer is over?
2007-08-04 12:20:10 · 5 answers · asked by blanchardchristina 1 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Edmonton
There are many wonderful places to visit doing day trips from Edmonton.
Check out this website complete with some really great coupons including free plates of perogies at the Ukrainian Cultreral Village located only 25 miles east of the city.
Buy one admission get the other free for the Great Prairie Cornfields which are located only 25 miles north on 97 St.
$5.00 off a Sunday brunch at the Lily Lake Resort located only 35 minutes north of the city.
How about a $5.00 off to use in the gift shop of the Petroleum Discovery Centre - junction of Hwy 19 &60 just 15 minutes SW of the city.
http://www.edmontondaytrips.com/#
St. Albert, the oldest and largest community in the north region, offers history buffs, gardening, and shopping enthusiasts, many wonderful places to explore.
Start your adventure in the City of Leduc and the Leduc Grain Elevator. This Provincial Historic Resource has a wonderful collection of wooden grain elevators. See how grain was stored and separated back in the early days and relive the memories of our pioneers on the farm.
Only a few minutes south of Leduc is The Saskatoon Ranch – enjoy the distinctive flavours of Alberta’s native Saskatoon berry and try the many jams, jellies and preserves this farm has to offer – you can even purchase a Saskatoon tree for your own yard!
Visit our flock of sheep during the summer and take a step back in time at the Fort Saskatchewan Museum and Historic Site. Or if you enjoy boating you can slide your canoe or powerboat into the North Saskatchewan River at Red Coat Landing or Strachan’s Landing Dock – only two of a handful of boat launches in the capital region.
Town of Mundare, with a visit to the Basilian Fathers Museum & Grotto, and the world's largest sausage. Travel north on Highway 855 to the Village of Andrew (note the turnoff to Whitford Creek Wetland Preserve) and enjoy the world's largest mallard and an interpretive tour of the historic grain elevator. Travelling west on Highway 45, you will reach the Skaro Shrine, (annual pilgrimage on August 14 and 15) at the junction with Highway 831. Continue on Highway 45 to the Town of Bruderheim and visit the old Walker School which serves as a visitor information centre.
Sturgeon County:
Get acquainted with the Country Soul Stroll – www.countrysoulstroll.ca – a self-guided driving tour where you can learn more about country culture up close and personal!
In Sept. check this out:
Country Harvest - AB Heritage Exp. Park
Sep 15, 2007
The Alberta Heritage Exposition Park, developed and managed by the Leduc West Antique Society, is 5 km west of Leduc on Highway 39, north on Rg Rd 260.
Phone: 780-986-5912
Cowboy Poetry, Music & Art Gathering
Aug 17 - Aug 19, 2007
Exhibition Park, 4200 50 Street, Stony Plain
Phone: 780-963-5998
Stony Plain hosts the finest artists from across Canada and the USA to edify, educate, and elucidate the traditional cowboy life and humour in music and prose. The weekend will include Cowboy Poets, pickers, singers, artists, chuckwagon dinner/BBQ, and sing-a-long bonfire gathering.
Family Fall Festival
Sep 30, 2007
Devonian Botanic Gardens, southwest of Edmonton on HWY 60
Phone: 780-987-3054
Come and create a scarecrow, build a birdfeeder, and make a collage. Fun for the whole family!
How about visiting one of the tons of Farmer's Markets surrounding the city. List here:
http://www.edmontondaytrips.com/pages/listings.php?actid=13
Or you can visit any number of working farms - list here:
http://www.edmontondaytrips.com/pages/listings.php?businessid=11&actid=1®ion=N
Of course you can also visit any number of the campgrounds in around Edmonton for a day of picnicing.
Hopefully you will find something of interest from these lists.
Good Luck and Enjoy your day!
2007-08-08 06:50:04 · answer #1 · answered by junebug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elk Island Park
The Ukrainian Village
Valley Zoo
Muttart Conservatory
2007-08-07 03:19:56 · answer #2 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Elk Island nat'l park (+ the nearbly Ukrainian village living hisotry museum)
Lac Ste Anne
Miquelon Lake
Jasper
2007-08-04 13:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We loved fort edmonton park.
2007-08-07 03:08:00 · answer #4 · answered by khrystenat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this website for info
http://www.travelinfocentre.com/destination/canada/overview.html
2007-08-05 06:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋