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LaPrairieaire EcoTourism Set among the Alberta Badlands and the Battle River Vallley, LaPrairieaire offers curated tours of a number of our properties. Overnight options.

Get immersed in the history, stories & artifacts that have come out of these fascinating badlands! HISTORY & HOSPITALITY

Set amongst the Battle River badlands, located on the Swanson’s Road property, LaPrairieaire offers overnight accommodation in our renovated threshing crew bunkhouse complete with toilet, LED lighting and a Igloo cooler. Outside, enjoy cooking over a campfire or on a 3 burner p

ropane stove on a deck under a retractable awning. Dine on a newly acquired picnic table, then refresh under the solar heated shower before retiring to a double bed for a night’s sleep interrupted only by sounds of nature, but not before taking in the dark skies often graced with shooting stars and dancing Aurora. NEW additional accommodation in a transformed 1950s Angus Olson 14x14 granary! Tours of our Ferry Point and Red Willow Creek properties start with lunch at our trailhead picnic sites with fully equipped outdoor kitchens, fire pit, picnic table and portable toilet. At LaPrairieaire, 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year with numerous new historic discoveries to share.

Thanks to the County for installing these signs in 2024 on Twp Rd 434. They saved the lives of countless Plains Garter s...
27/02/2025

Thanks to the County for installing these signs in 2024 on Twp Rd 434. They saved the lives of countless Plains Garter snakes.
Thank you to everyone who slowed down and avoided the snakes warming themselves on the roadside.
One possible improvement would be to install motion activated solar powered warning lights on the signs to further raise awareness to approaching traffic.

Loading a “coal car” gifted to the Ferry Point Historical Society by the Reynolds Museum - destined to soon join the “St...
18/11/2024

Loading a “coal car” gifted to the Ferry Point Historical Society by the Reynolds Museum - destined to soon join the “Steam Engine Gears” at the Ferry Point campground.

Spent Tuesday touring Nature Conservancy’s Tara, Jessica and Tayloraround the Ferry Point area. Take note of the beaver ...
13/10/2024

Spent Tuesday touring Nature Conservancy’s Tara, Jessica and Taylor
around the Ferry Point area.
Take note of the beaver dam on “the mighty Battle”.

My resident Plains garter snake warming in the morning sun.
16/09/2024

My resident Plains garter snake warming in the morning sun.

Prickly Pear blooms in the Battle River Valley.
15/07/2024

Prickly Pear blooms in the Battle River Valley.

Another amazing Ferry Point Naturalists Weekend. At least 85 bird species indentured, including Says Phoebe’s at two loc...
24/06/2024

Another amazing Ferry Point Naturalists Weekend.
At least 85 bird species indentured, including Says Phoebe’s at two locations.
Record number of 90 attended the Saturday evening potluck! Thanks Judy Boyd and the Red Deer River Naturalists for supplying (and BBQ’ing) bison burgers for all.

Monday night “Angus House” guest biologists Greg & Chris enjoyed the self guided tour of the 74 acre Swanson’s Road prop...
19/06/2024

Monday night “Angus House” guest biologists Greg & Chris enjoyed the self guided tour of the 74 acre Swanson’s Road property, in search of moths and butterflies.

Tuesday June 11 - Red Willow Creek tour with “Edmonton Eco-Buddhists”.Thanks Rayne for organizing and to Charlie for you...
18/06/2024

Tuesday June 11 - Red Willow Creek tour with “Edmonton Eco-Buddhists”.
Thanks Rayne for organizing and to Charlie for your professional and spiritual incites.

14/06/2024
Manitou Stone tour May 26/24
27/05/2024

Manitou Stone tour May 26/24

Daniela. A fellow Lichen lover!
27/05/2024

Daniela. A fellow Lichen lover!

Saturday.
25/05/2024

Saturday.

Friday’s lichen
24/05/2024

Friday’s lichen

Today’s Lichen.
23/05/2024

Today’s Lichen.

You daily dose of “lichen”.
22/05/2024

You daily dose of “lichen”.

Terry Gabert at a bison “rubbing stone” (one of three) on his 320 acre property bordering the Meeting Creek. This proper...
18/05/2024

Terry Gabert at a bison “rubbing stone” (one of three) on his 320 acre property bordering the Meeting Creek. This property is located 3 miles NW of the hamlet, home of the historic 1913 Canadian Northern Railway train station, two grain elevators and a linear park which follows the old rail bed.
Terry and his wife Faith have signed an agreement with the Nature Conservancy to maintain, in perpetuity, this pastureland in its undisturbed native state.

Thermopsis rhombifolia, also known as Golden Beans.Buffalo Beans in blossom. Early ranchers took this as a sign in sprin...
16/05/2024

Thermopsis rhombifolia, also known as Golden Beans.

Buffalo Beans in blossom. Early ranchers took this as a sign in spring that grasses were mature enough that cattle could be turned out on summer pasture.

The name ‘buffalo bean’ shows us the First Nations Peoples’ knowledge of phenology. They used its flowering time to indicate that buffalo bulls were ready for the spring hunt.

10 Pronghorn Antelope bedded down on the LP Ferry Point property.
16/05/2024

10 Pronghorn Antelope bedded down on the LP Ferry Point property.

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HISTORY & HOSPITALITY Set among the Alberta Battle River Badlands, LaPrairieaire offers guided tours of three separate LaPrairieaire properties offering impressive scenery and featuring both palaeontological and unique archaeological sites. A refurbished 1976 Airstream & two campsites with portable fully-equipped outdoor kitchens provide an intimate visit to a operating farm. Horseback camps and day riding are also available.