St. Albert's Historic River Lots + Grain Elevators

Very interesting place to visit and a learn a bit of St. Albert's history. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff on site and cute things to do with the kids.

I felt like a kid again! Have you any idea how hard it is to find a working grain elevator around here? I have lived in Alberta most of my life and had never toured this historical site in St. Albert. The maintenance manager showed me around even though they were not officially opened yet. They open to public THIS weekend. Do not miss getting a view of the hopper and seeing how the elevator system works these were built at turn of the century in the 1900s - bring the whole family. This part of Alberta Heritage is a Must-see!This is the equivalent of seeing the Lighthouse keepers quarters on the Great Lakes for the Prairies!! Don't miss the old rail load point outside the Grain Elevator doors. I can just imagine the noise and sound of the train pulling up out back. These Grain Elevators were once how we fed the nation and beyond! Look how far we have come...

As an explorer, here's my spin... I was disappointed that it was not open. Not sure when it opens as the hours are not posted correctly on Google.

Sarah was a great host and an encyclopedia of knowledge about the history, the people, and the artifacts.Fascinating to know how a grain elevator works.And eye opening to see how the people lived in the early 1900's and in the 1950's.

This was a great outing close to home.The guides were fantastic and knew quite a bit about the families that lived at the site. The elevators are in great shape and the guide was able to explain exactly how they worked.I wouldn't recommend this place for young children, but my teen daughter and wife both enjoyed it as well.It took us about one and a half hours to visit the whole site.

Spend a wonderful 1.5 hours at this interesting open air museum with Maria as my guide/interpreter. Maria made the tour so very interesting with her knowledge, insightful interpretations, and genuine passion for the site! Highly recommend a visit! (While there, be sure to check out the cute rocks painted by local artist Teyanna.)

Quick visit before going for lunch with friends. We are interested in history and visit museums quite a bit. There are apparently usually, half a dozen volunteers on but the day we were there, there was only 2. We got a personal tour of one of the elevators and one of the nearby houses of the Metis settlers....fun visit, good information and I got corrected on information taught back in school about the Metis. Thanks for the correction.It is worth a visit and it is free but they if you can donate something to the upkeep of the society, greatly appreciated.

The guides are very friendly, and knowledgeable. You can tell they genuinely like to share the history of this place with visitors. The objects and machinery are super cool, interesting, and very well preserved and taken care of. We loved it there. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

Pretty historic, but needs more to do. Staff were abrupt and unfriendly. Went here for my sister's wedding pictures and didn't feel welcome.

Interpreters are well trained and offer personalized tours. Well worth the visit to find out about early St. Albert.