Drumheller
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Welcome
The rich, rolling farmlands suddenly break away to reveal an astonishing, twisting, turning canyon, walled with multi-colored layers of sandstone, mudstone and coal alternating with shale sequences. The rock layers date back to the Late Cretaceous Period, just before the demise of the dinosaurs. Drumheller is located in the Heart of the Canadian Badlands. We are one the few areas in the world where the sedimentary layers from earlier time periods have been scraped off by natural processes, exposing a rich cache of fossils and even complete dinosaur skeletons.
Drumheller is a favorite destination for over 500,000 visitors each year.We have over 50 attractions located within a 100 square kilometre area.
Today, the economy of Drumheller is fuelled by its booming tourism sector, vast
agricultural industry, and large oil and gas interests, and by the spirit, energy, and
ingenuity of our 7,800 citizens.
Drumheller offers the visitor and those contemplating taking up residence in the town a quality of life that has many larger city amenities but the pace and charm of a small town. The Town has an exciting history that goes back to the day when thousands of men worked underground in the coal mines, providing coal for a growing western Canada. Residential lots are reasonably priced for those wishing to build their home. For entrepreneurs, commercial and industrial lots are also available at reasonable prices. For those wishing to retire, no better area exists to be able to walk in comfort and safety. Come visit for a day, and you could stay for a lifetime.
For additional information, please visit our website at dinosaurvalley.com.
Yours very truly,
Bryce Nimmo
Mayor of Drumheller
Area Overview
Drumheller is located in the "Badlands" in East Central Alberta and is home to the world-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum, one of the largest palaeotological museums in the world.
The area's moderate climate [average 2,490 hours of sunshine annually], excellent education and recreational facilities, easy access to major city amenities, lower cost of living and relaxed atmosphere make for an excellent quality of life for the Town's residents.
Agriculture, tourism, and oil & gas production and manufacturing make up the main economic base of the area. [The gross value of farm produce sold in the Drumheller area in 1991 was more than $400 million.] Drumheller has a trading area population of approximately 40,000, and a population of over 1,000,000 within a 100 mile radius. Serviced municipal industrial parks with ample space are available in Drumheller. As well, numerous privately owned lots and buildings are available at very reasonable prices.
A full range of Federal, Provincial and Municipal services are available. There are also more than 40 non-governmental associations, service clubs and support groups, and more than 30 sports, recreation and social clubs. A complete directory of Community Services is available from the Town's Community Services Department.
Location
Distances from Drumheller
Calgary 138Km
Edmonton 279 Km
Banff 263 Km
Lethbridge 282 Km
Waterton 416 km
Vancouver 1114 Km
Saskatchewan Border 221 Km
BC Border 288 Km
USA Border 325 Km
Coutts 320 Km
Portland 1424 Km
Economic Base
The economic base of Drumheller consists of natural resources [oil, gas, coal],
agriculture, tourism, service industry, hospital and the federal penitentiary.
The Town also has a very significant manufacturing base producing plastic goods.
Economic Facts
Major Businesses Products/Services
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology Museum
Inland Plastics Plastics
W. Ralston Canada Inc.
Drumheller Institution Penitentiary
Oil and Gas Industry
Financial Institutions
Alberta Treasury Branch
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Chinook Credit Union
Royal Bank
Community Futures
Utilities
Electrical Power
ATCO Electric Ltd.
180 - 3 Avenue West
Drumheller, Alberta
Tel: 403-823-3391
Natural Gas
AltaGas Utilities Inc.
501 Premier Road
Drumheller, Alberta
General Inquiry: 1-866-222-2067
Emergency 24 hr.: 1-866-222-2068
Telephone
TELUS
Tel: 403-310-2255
Television
Shaw Cable
(800) 400-9605
Regional CableSystems
(800) 465-1000
Water Supply
The quality of water in the Drumheller Valley is excellent. The water treatment system has the capacity to serve 15,000 residents. The town also supplies other municipalities in the area with water.
Waste Management
The Drumheller landfill site has a life expectancy of 50 years. Drumheller serves as the base for the Drumheller and District Solid Waste Management Association that services 20 municipalities and a population of 27,000.
Taxation
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| Municipal Tax Rate |
6.8043 |
10.1829 |
| Education - Alberta School Foundation Fund Tax Rate |
2.4117 |
4.0417 |
| Education Opted Out Tax Rate |
2.4117 |
4.0417 |
Mill Rates [2009]
Residential-(Public & Separate) 9.3104
Non-Residential-(Public & Separate) 14.3190
Transportation
Air Service
Drumheller maintains a local airport capable of handling small jet aircraft. An activeleisure flying club and the Badlands Parachute Club also make the airport their base of operation.
Highways
Highways 56, 9, 10 and Secondary Roads 570, 573, 575, 576, 838, 849, and 849 provide direct access to Drumheller.
Trucking Firms
Drumheller is serviced by Hi-Way 9 Trucking Ltd. of Drumheller, a family owned operation. The firm has representation in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, and services a large area of east central Alberta.
Bus Services
Drumheller is serviced by Greyhound of Canada and the Saskatchewan Transportation Company. Service includes Calgary to Drumheller and Edmonton.
Couriers and Taxis
Drumheller is serviced by all the major courier services, with local courier service that have working agreements with the majors. Purolator, Loomis, U.P.S., etc. Local M.I.K. Couriers.
Drumheller company(s) -- Classic Cabz of Drumheller, Wild Rose Cab Co. Paratransit Services for the disabled and seniors is provided by the Valley Bus Society.
Community Lifestyle
Recreation
The Town of Durmheller is constructing the Badlands Community Facility. The construction will start with a field house, running track, fitness cetnre, meeting facilities and a new public library followed by an arena and curling rink as funding becomes available.
Local recreational facilities include the 2,500-seat Drumheller Memorial Arena, Drumheller Aquaplex, Drumheller Curling Rink, Drumheller Valley Ski Hill, 4 outdoor skating rinks, 14 ball diamonds, 3 tennis courts, 4 school gyms, a pathway system along the Red Deer River, an 18-hole golf course, 2 fitness centres, and a bowling lane.
Resort areas and parks include the Newcastle Beach Recreation Area, Midland Provincial Park, Community Parks (Nacmine, Rosedale, Wayne, Midland), and Riverview Park. In addition, there are numerous smaller parks throughout the Town (totalling over 150 acres) with the showpiece being a water fountain and spray park at Centennial Park which is one of Canada's highest.
Nearby provincial parks include Dry Island Buffalo Provincial Park and Little Fish Lake Provincial Park. Campgrounds include River Grove Campground, Dinosaur Trailer Park, Dinosaur Trail R.V. Resort, Bleriot Ferry Campground,Kokopelli Kampground and R.V. Park and 9 Community Campgrounds.
Community Organizations
A full range of federal, provincial and municipal services are available in Drumheller.
There are also more than 40 non-governmental associations, service clubs and support groups, and more than 30 sports, recreation and social clubs. A complete directory of Community Services are available from the Town of Drumheller Community Services Department.
Some organizations include the Alberta Senior Citizen Sport and Recreation Club, Aquadinnies Swim Club, Big Country Antique and Classic Auto Club, Big Country Swingers, Churchill Centre Community Association, Dinosaur Trail Golf & Country Club, Drumheller & District Shooters Association, Drumheller & District Teen Society, Drumheller Community Challenge, Drumheller Curling Club, Drumheller Teen Centre, First Drumheller Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Girl Guides of Canada, Knox Singles Group, Midland Community Association, Nacmine Recreation Association and Hall, Navy League, Navy League of Canada Society, Newcastle Recreation Association, Recreation Department - Town of Drumheller, Rosedale Community Hall, Sea Cadets, Seishin Karate Club, Sports Teams, Tai Chi, Valley Figure Skating, Wayne Community Association, Big Country Swingers, Painters Guild, and the Potter's Guild.
Religious Facilities
Local religious facilities and groups include the Baha'i Faith, Bethany Lutheran Church, Catholic Woman's League, Knights of Columbus, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Church of the Nazarene, Dalum Lutheran Church, Delia Christian Fellowship, Drumheller Alliance Church, Drumheller Institutional Chaplains, Drumheller Ministerial Association, Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle, Fellowship Baptist Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Grace Lutheran Women's League, Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall, Knox United Church, Morrin United Church, Parkdale Baptist Church, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist Church, St. Anthony's Catholic Church, St. Magloire's Anglican Church, United Church Women, and the Zion Baptist Church.
Special Annual Event/Attractions
The world-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum is one of the largest palaeotological museums in the world. 4.5 billion years of the Earth's history is revealed, from the development of the planet to the emergence of dinosaurs, mammals and the living world today.
Drumheller is also home to the World's Largest Dinosaur (over 80 feet). Other nearby museums include the Atlas Coal Mine Museum, Drumheller Valley Interpretive Centre (formerly known as Drumheller Dinosaur and Fossil Museum), East Coulee School Museum, and The Homestead Museum.
Local theatre groups include the Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Drumheller and Area Allied Arts Council, Kaleidoscope Theatre, and the Rosebud School of the Arts.
Annual Events
January 16 2010, Olympic Torch Celebration
March-Music Festival
July 1st Canada Day Celebrations
July 9-11 & 16-18, 2010 Canadian Badlands Passion Play
July 2010 Motor Cycle Madness
July 2010 Richard Cosgrave Rodeo and WPCA Chuckwagons
October 31st-Downtown Spooktacular
December 5 2009 Santa Claus Parade sponsored by Downtown Drumheller
Accommodation
Hotels & Motels
Badlands Motel
Drumheller Inn Ltd.
Hoodoo Motel
Last Chance Saloon
Travel Lodge Motor Inn
Rosedale Hotel
River Grove Cabins & Campground
The Lodge at Drumheller
New Waldorf Hotel
Best Western Jurassic Inn
Super 8 Motel
East Coulee Motor Inn
Ramada Hotel
Bed & Breakfasts & Country Inns
Faith Haven
Heartwood Manor
McDougall Lane
Newcastle Country Inn
Pearl's "Cabin"
River Bend
Silver Fox Country Inn
Taste the Past
The Victorian House
Campgrounds
Dinosaur Trailer Park
Dinosaur Trail RV Resort
Hoodoo RV Resort
Handhills High Country Hideaway
Kokopelli Kampground & RV Park
Pinter's Campground
River Grove Campground&Cabins
The Pope Lease Pines B&B and RV Resort
Orkney Campground
Restaurants
Drumheller boasts a wide range of dining experiences incuding;
A&W
Athens Greek Restaurant
Bernie and The Boys
Boston Pizza
Cafe Italiano
Country Donair
Corner Stop Restaurant
Dairy Queen
Diana Restaurant
Dino's Family Restaurant and Pizza
Drumheller Inn
Fred & Barney's Family Restaurant
Gus's Corner Restaurant
McDonald's
Molly Browns Cafe
O'Sheas Pub and Eatery
Pizza 249
Sizzling House
Sammy's Family Restaurant
Smitty's Family Restaurant
Stavros Family Restaurant
Subway
The Old Grouch
Whif's Flap Jack House
Tastee Deelite/Vietnamese Noodle House
The Whistling Kettle
Yavis Family Restaurant
The Hoodoos
Education
Drumheller is part of the Golden Hills Regional School Division #15, headquartered in Strathmore (Tel: 403-934-5121) and the Christ Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional School Division, headquartered in Okotoks (Tel: 403-938-2659).
Daycare/Nursery
Drumheller and District Family Day Home
Time For Tot's Day Homes
Bedrock Playschool
Public
Public schools in Drumheller include Greentree School [K-6], and Drumheller Composite
High School [7-12].
Separate
St. Anthony's School provides education for Grades K to 12
Private
N/A
Post Secondary
Drumheller residents have access to post-secondary institutions in Olds, Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton, and through the Big Country Educational Consortium.
Drumheller is home to Media Arts Xcelerator Campus.Max Campus delivers Multimedia Online and In Class, 2 D Classical Animation and 3D Animation courses.
Health Care
Drumheller District Health Services operates under Regional Health Authority 4 which is headquartered in Red Deer. It is an integration of health services comprised of three main areas -- the hospital, continuing care (nursing home and auxiliary hospital), and community health (public health) services.
The Drumheller hospital has 52 acute care beds and 110 continuing care beds. The complex provides primary, some secondary and geriatric care to residents of the Drumheller area. Services provided include emergency and outpatient care, medical, surgical, day surgery, pediatric, obstetric and newborn care, intensive care for cardiac and trauma. A broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services are available including all support services. 24-hour coverage of physician and nursing care is provided.
The continuing care program offers respite care, palliative care and a day support program to assist families in the community who wish to keep their elderly at home as long as possible.
The Community Health branch provides services to Drumheller area residents and offers programs including community care (home care, Aids to Daily Living, speech language, pathology and respiratory care), environmental health services (environmental factors that may affect public health, community health nutrition, hereditary diseases programs). These services promote, protect, improve and maintain health within communities.
Our newly constructed $35 million regional hospital which, was completed in early 2002, provides all of the above-mentioned services under one roof.
The Drumheller Physicians Clinic has 13 physicians practising, including 1 specialist in surgery, 1 specialist in internal medicine, 1 specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology, 4 physicians in anesthetics, and 6 physicians in family practice. A physician is on call 24 hours a day. The clinic also runs an out-patient department and a laboratory on site.
Emergency Services
Fire Protection
Drumheller is served by a 50 member volunteer fire department
Emergencies dial 911
Administration call 823-1300
The department includes 10 apparatus including 3 pumpers, 3 tankers, 1- 105' aerial snorkel, rescue truck, 1 personnel carrier and a rescue boat. The Drumheller Fire Department operates out of three district halls, Rosedale, East Coulee and Drumheller.
Police Services
Drumheller is served by a local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP
Emergencies dial 911
Administration call 823-7590
The Town detachment has 9 members 1 staff sergeant, 1 corporal and 7 constables, while the rural detachment has 4 members 1 corporal and 3 constables.
Ambulance Services
Ambulance service is provided through the hospital
Emergencies dial 911
Administration call 823-6500
Ambulances are housed and dispatched from the hospital. The staff are volunteers who have been trained in Basic Life Support. The ambulance has a dedicated phone line answered by nursing staff who dispatch the ambulances as necessary. Helicopter ambulance service out of Calgary (*STARS*) is utilized for critical transfers as required.
Drumheller also offers a co-ordinated 911 phone system for all emergency services.
Community Services
Municipal
Town of Drumheller
703 - 2nd Avenue West
Drumheller, Alberta
T0J 0Y3
Tel: 403-823-6300
Fax: 403-823-7739
Administrative Services
Community Services
Engineering and Transportation Services
Economic Development and Tourism
Public Library
Building Inspector
Building License
Manager
Handi-bus
Landfill Site
Mayor's Office
Recycling Association
Senior's Service
Teen Centre
Provincial
Agriculture
Community Corrections
Employment office
Family and Social Services
Fish & Wildlife
Medical Examiner-Coroner Mental Health Clinic
Public Works, Supply and Services
Provincial Court Transportation Provincial Parks
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Federal
Canada Post
Solicitor General
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Drumheller and District Community Futures
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Drumheller, Alberta, Canada