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Communities

Click the links below to learn more about the communities along The Cowboy Trail. Click here to view the 2015 Southern Alberta Heritage Loop Tours.

The Cowboy Trail Tourism Association was founded many years ago by ranchers, businesses and communities within southern Alberta’s foothills. Hwys 5, 6 & 22 became known as the Official Cowboy Trail. Together, they were promoted as the ultimate north-south “scenic route” in the province.

Take in a rodeo, a cowboy poetry gathering, a pow wow, or a farmer’s market. Explore “The Trail’s” 700 km length and visit the setting of many movies and TV series. You can spend a few hours, days, or a lifetime exploring the trail’s hidden gems.

The Cowboy Trail is well connected to several major cities in Alberta as well as numerous rural communities. So in recent years, the focus has shifted beyond the trail, as folks from across Alberta come together to celebrate our western heritage.

We embrace this change. This vision provides travellers with a scenic and historic connection to ranching communities, western hospitality, pristine wilderness, antique shopping, parks, National and Provincial Historic Sites, and adventure. It’s the perfect day trip or weekend getaway!

Canmore 

Cardston

Mountain View

Waterton

Twin Butte

Pincher Creek

Cowley & Lundbreck

Longview

Black Diamond

Turner Valley

Millarville

Okotoks

Priddis

Bragg Creek

Cochrane

Water Valley & Cremona

Sundre

Caroline

Rocky Mountain House & Nordegg

Alder Flats & Buck Lake

Drayton Valley

Entwistle & Evansburg

Mayerthorpe

Western History

  • Cowboy Poetry
  • Feisty Females of the Cowboy Trail
  • Films of the Cowboy Trail
  • A Fistful of Amazing Aboriginal Characters
  • The Historic Turner Valley Gas Plant
  • Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame
  • When The West Was Wild: Fort MacLeod

Trail Maps

  • Kananaskis Country
  • The Cowboy Trail
  • Highwood & Cataract Area
  • Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
  • The Ya Ha Tinda
  • Chain Lakes
  • Pembina River Provincial Park

Western Tours

  • 2015 Southern Alberta's Heritage Loop Tours
  • Longview & The Bar U Ranch
  • Black Diamond & Turner Valley
  • Cochrane & Area
  • Sundre & Area
  • The Northern Leg
  • Mayerthorpe
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