This Spring, Summer and Autumn has been a very unusual tourism year. David Thompson Country saw almost no tourism in March and April as restaurants, campgrounds, hotels, trail rides and parks shut down, but then businesses were allowed to start opening up in late May and we were almost instantly overwhelmed with visitors coming to […]

The following are some of the stories about getting the David Thompson Highway built from Rocky Mountain House out to the Banff National Park. Thank you to the Rocky Mountain House Museum for sharing their information and pictures with us. “Rocky Mountain House was the end of the road west, literally, until local businessman Ernie […]

2020 has been a very unusual year. Many events and businesses have had to postpone their activities until next year.  Here is our list of 10 things we miss in 2020 and look forward to in 2021. Parades – Caroline holds a parade on the May long weekend, and Rocky Mountain House has one usually […]

We have so many places to see and hikes to do that it is hard to list them all.  Here is brochure that help you find many of the places to explore and enjoy.                               Here is a larger map version […]

There are so many winter adventures to do in David Thompson Country.  From hiking and snowshoeing, to frozen waterfalls and wagon rides, here are 13 activities we look forward to this winter. Riverview Country Christmas with wagon rides, Christmas Shop, and many, many lights. https://www.facebook.com/RockyMountainHouse/photos/a.299802533959443/328144144458615/?type=3&theater 2. Hiking to Crescent Falls west of Nordegg.  Careful! The […]