Waskasoo Park - Red Deer
About Waskasoo Park
Historic Fort Normandeau
The park and Interpretive Centre are open to the public from May to October each year. During our opening season Fort Normandeau is a great place to explore Red Deer's rich cultural history.
We offer an extensive program of natural and human history interpretation, environmental education, special events, school, youth group and public programs, rafting trips, sleepovers and day camps. There are extensive permanent and temporary exhibits and interpretive signs, school programs, family events, courses, and much more.
The Crossing
Before the railway connected Edmonton and Calgary in 1893, the Red Deer River Crossing was the gateway between northern and southern Alberta. The native people knew it as the safest river crossing point for a long way upstream or downstream. In 1884 Robert McClellan built a stopping house at the crossing to take advantage of the traffic on the Calgary & Edmonton Trail.
The next year, with the settlers afraid of violence during the Riel Rebellion, his hotel was fortified by the 65th Mount Royal Rifles under the command of Lt. J.E.Bedard Normandeau. Today the Crossing and its fort commemorate the First Nations, Metis, and European people who influenced the development of today's central Alberta.
Contact Waskasoo Park
| Address : | 48 St, Red Deer, AB T4N 3T3, Canada |
| Phone : | 📞 +89 |
| Postal code : | 4 |
| Website : | http://www.waskasoopark.ca/ |
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| City : | N |
| Description : | Natural area with walking trails & historic Fort Normandeau (no pets, running or biking allowed). |
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Mathias Melenchuk on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I find it to be a really nice spot to hang with friends and be sociable, a lot of opportunities for shade as well as sun.
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Ash McCormick on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lovely place, well maintained!
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Mag Turple on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful park with wide paths, nicely maintained landscaping and lots of wild life
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Annie on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ They need more bridges between the forest hike and the park path. Good thing it's not too far of a walk to the 49 st road
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Alfredo Penner on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Clean, well maintained and very refreshing!
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JESSE CHEETHAM on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great place to explore on a sunny day
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Roi Kim on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I love this park where I can run. Sometimes, we can see wildlife :)
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Randy Patmore on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Good cross country trails. Well maintained. Safe. Beautiful. Few people around.
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