BRIEF HISTORICAL TOUR

of the

Town of Mayerthorpe

Beginning at the Fallen Four Memorial Park

On March 3, 2005, 4 local RCMP were killed in an ambush a few miles northeast of Mayerthorpe.  This facility was officially opened on July 4, 2008 to honor their memory and the memories of all peace officers killed in the line of duty.  The building houses a memorial museum, the Visitor Information Centre, and a gift shop.

Continue west and north.

Pleasant View Lodge was built in 1960 and, at that time, was a state-of-the-art seniors facility accommodating 40 people.  Some of the rooms are only 110 sq.ft, very small by today’s standards.  The facility is being replaced in 2010.

Extendicare Nursing Centre was built in the 1960’s and accommodates 50 people.  The beautifully developed park area is enjoyed by the residents.

 The Diamond Centre was built in the 1970’s and can accommodate 400 people

The pool was built in 1967 as a Centennial project and will be rebuilt along with the arena.  The original arena burned down in 2008 and the new one is expected to be completed in 2011.

Turn right.  The house on the right at 5303-50^th Avenue was the RCMP detachment from 1967 to the early 1980’s.

Turn right onto 53^rd Street and proceed 1 block south. On the left at 4721-53 Street is the oldest house in town, built in the early 1920’s.  One block further south on the left at 4613-53^rd Street is the smallest house in town at present.

Next door to it at 4609-53^rd Street is the first house that got insulation.

Across the street at 4606-53^rd Street are some of the oldest evergreen trees growing in town.

Turn left and head east on 46^th Avenue toward Crockett (50^th) Street.  A couple of blocks ahead on the left at 5015-46^th Avenue is one of the old pioneer houses.

Turn left onto Crockett and then turn left again onto 48^th Avenue.  One block ahead, the house on the right at 5102-48^th Avenue was the RCMP detachment from 1952 to 1967.

Proceed to 52^nd Street (Denny Hay Drive).  The white house across the street on the corner (4730-52^nd Street) was the former UFA Hall.  Many of the houses along the service road were moved in from elsewhere—Rochfort Bridge, Greencourt, farms.

Turn right.  On the left at 4806-52^nd Avenue was the former Anglican Church.  It was deconsecrated in the 1990’s and is now a private residence.

Dundee School Park at the corner across from the Curling Rink:  Dundee School was built a couple of kilometers east of the townsite in 1912.  It was moved to this site in 1926 and served as the elementary school until 1958.  The building is now situated on a farm north of town.

Continue north on 52^nd Street.  The house on the right at 5005-52^nd Street was the former Wheat Pool House.

Cross the RR tracks and head 1 more block north.  On the left at 5262-52^nd Street, the Kinsmen Meeting Room was the former medical clinic.  The Mayerthorpe Hospital was located just to the south of it where the mobile home is now.

Turn right onto 53^rd Avenue.  The house on the left at 5112-53 Avenue has some of the town’s oldest trees on their property.

Continue to 48^th Street and turn right.  Proceed to the ‘T’ intersection.

The Grain Elevator is a designated “Historical Site”.  A society is raising funds to replace the windows, refinish the exterior, and eventually to open it up for tours.

Turn right and proceed one block.  The house at 4817-52^nd Avenue (behind the tall hedge and, therefore, invisible) was built in the early 1920’s.  The trees and hedges were planted at that time also. At Crockett (50^th) Street, turn left.

On the right (west) side of 50^th:

The Hub Hotel was built in 1919 and was known as the “Bish Hotel”.  The original building still houses the bar and the rooms above it.

Petals Plus, one block ahead, used to be a pool hall on the main floor with a dance hall upstairs.  It had to be very well-built to NOT collapse!

PizzaNapoli was built in the 1920’s as the “John George Telephone Exchange”

Uptown Auto was built in 1949 as “Pioneer Motors”.

Continue south.  Then turn around at the Field Store intersection and head north along Crockett (50^th) Street

On the right (east side) the “Friendship Garden” was begun by David Foisier who asked people to donate perennials to plant there as a community project.

Crockett House at 4705-50^th Street was built in 1935-36.

Two blocks further north, Mayerthorpe Hardware & Liquidators was built in 1940-41 as “Battagin’s Store”, a clothing and dry goods retailer.

Exit Realty was built in 1919-20 as the “Empire Café”.

Turn right onto 50^th Avenue and then right again onto 49^th Street.  The old “Baby Delivery” house is on the left at 4918-49^th Street and the oldest willow tree is at 4914-49^th Street.

Turn left onto 49^th Avenue.  Continue east to Ellis Granley Park.  This park was named after Ellis Granley, a man who dedicated his life to sports and coaching.  He was named Mayerthorpe’s “Citizen of the Year” in 1973.

Turn right at 44^th Street and proceed around the back of the hospital.

On the left, just past the Elementary School, is the grey house.  This was the RCMP detachment in Rochfort Bridge from 1932 to 1952.  The RCMP were relocated to Mayerthorpe in 1952 and, eventually, the building followed, becoming a private residence.

On the right is the hospital’s “Garden of Love”, located in front of the Palliative Care Room.  It was planted in memory of Maria Rempel by her family.  Volunteers now tend it.

Head back to Main Street.  Turn right and proceed to 48^th Avenue.  Turn left and, at 51^st Street, turn right.

Archer’s Edge was the Legion Hall until 1992.

Next door to it, the house at 4809-51^st Street was built in the early 1920’s.

On the left at 4822-51^st Street (where the house burned down) is the old garage at the back of the lot.  This was the town’s first funeral home.

One block further north, Shorty’s Restaurant & Body FX are located at the site of the former “Beaver Lumber” from 1920 to 1974. This building was built in 1960.

THE END!  WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE TOUR!

INFORMATION and ACTIVITY GUIDE

FOR VISITORS

ACCOMMODATIONS

BED AND BREAKFASTS

HOTELS/MOTELS

CAMPING

ANIMAL SERVICES

ATM’S/BANKS

ATTRACTIONS

AUTO REPAIR

CHURCHES

CLOTHING

COMPUTER REPAIRS/SUPPLIES

Computer Repair Plus 4922-Crockett Street

EMERGENCY/HEALTH SERVICES

FISHING/HUNTING LICENSES 

ESSO Gas and Wash:  5012-45 Ave. Mayerthorpe (780)786-2102

FLORISTS  

Petals Plus 4926-Crockett Street (780)786-2535                                                                                                 

GAS STATIONS

HAIR SALONS

HALLS

INTERNET

LIBRARIES

Mayerthorpe Public Library: 4911-52St (Denny Hay Drive) (780)786-2404

LIQUOR STORES

RECREATION

RESTAURANTS/EATERIES

SOUVENIR/GIFT SHOPS

TIRE SERVICE

Integra Tire:  4908-42 Ave. Mayerthorpe  780-786-2003

WASHROOMS