Drumheller, Alberta
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Highway 576| Waterway=Red Deer River| Founded= | Incorporated= | Time zone=MST| Postal Code=T0J| Population description=Town Population| Population=8,160 (2005)| Population Density=73.5| Area=110.93| Town Mayor=Paul Ainscough| Disable Mayor Listing=True| Governing Body=Drumheller Town Council| Census Year=2001| Extra references= Town of Drumheller website|
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Drumheller is a town in the Badlands of east-central Alberta, on the Red Deer River. It is located 110 kilometres northeast of Calgary.
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
| Population: | 7,785 (−0.6% from 1996) |
| Land area: | 110.93 km² |
| Population density: | 72.1 people/km² |
| Median age: | 38.4 (males: 36.6, females: 40.4) |
| Total private dwellings: | 3,202 |
| Mean household income: | $43,885 |
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History
During the peak of the coal era (1930s) Drumheller's population exploded to more than 30,000 and became a city in 1930. Drumheller was Western Canada's largest coal producer and now it contributes to a vibrant energy sector and can boast Alberta's second largest natural gas deposit called "The West Drumheller Field". To benefit from Provincial and Federal grants the city dropped its city charter and once again became a town in 1997.
Drumheller can as well be defined as a "Little Hollywood" for its role and choice Hollywood location for more than 50 commercials, music videos and cinematic productions including Shanghai Noon, Unforgiven, Knockaround Guys and Rat Race.
Attractions
Image:Holidays 070.jpg South of the traffic bridge on Highway 9 north and south one can find the World's Largest Dinosaur—a 90 foot high Tyrannosaurus rex that you can climb up inside of and view the Badlands including the adjacent 80 ft water fountain that lights up at night, again one of the largest in Canada.
Tourist attractions also include The Suspension Bridge, Altas Coal Mine (the last free standing tipple in Canada), Drumheller Valley Ski Hill, Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Horseshoe Canyon, Water Spray Park, Aquaplex with indoor and two outdoor pools, Horse Thief Canyon, hoodoos, Midland Provincial Park, Rosedeer Hotel in Wayne, 27 km of constructed pathways, Bleriot Ferry, East Coulee School Museum, Homestead Museum, Reptile World (largest display of reptiles in Western Canada), Little Church that seats thousands (ten at a time) and all this with an impressive supply of parkland to start.
Royal Tyrrell Museum
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, a world renowned museum that hosts the world's largest collection of dinosaur fossils under one roof, is located in the northwest part of the town along the North Dinosaur Trail.
External links
| North: Stettler | ||
| West: Airdrie | Drumheller | East: Hanna |
| South: Bassano |
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