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Canada's Mormon Trail has a variety of National Historic Sites, Provincial Historic Sites and many points of interest that display the unique cultural heritage the Mormons have had in the settling of
Southern Alberta Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. In 2016, the region's population was approximately 291,112. The primary cities are Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. The region is known mostly for agricultural production, but o ...
. The Mormon Trail begins with the Village Stirling and follows highway 52 and
highway 3 The following highways are numbered 3, H-3, PRI-3, AH3, E03 and R3. For roads numbered A3, see A3 roads. For roads numbered M3, see M3 (disambiguation)#Roads, M3. For roads numbered N3, see N3 (disambiguation)#Roads, N3. For roads numbered 3A, see ...
to Cardston. Communities along the trail; (see also LDS Settlements in Canada) * Village of Stirling * Town of Raymond * Hamlet of Welling * Town of Magrath * Hamlet of Spring Coulee * Hamlet of Woolford * Town of Cardston * Hamlet of Leavitt * Village of Mountain View Historical Sites and points of interest; (see also List of attractions and landmarks in Stirling, Alberta) * Stirling Agricultural Village - National Historic Site *
Galt Historic Railway Park The Galt Historic Railway Park, collects, preserves, restores, exhibits and interprets artifacts which represent the history and social impact of the "steam" era in southern Alberta and the coal era, with emphasis on Galt Railway and the 1890 In ...
, Stirling *
Michelsen Farmstead The Andreas Michelsen Farmstead was originally built as a two-room house in 1902 by Andreas Michelsen. In 1912, an addition to the home was made, resulting in a total of seven rooms, and little has changed since. The homestead consists of a 1 1/2 ...
, Stirling * William T. Ogden House *Raymond Museum *Raymond Golf club *Farm Safety Centre, Raymond *Galt Canal Nature Trail, Magrath - National Historic Site *Magrath Golf Club *Card Pioneer Home, Cardston *
Cardston Alberta Temple The Cardston Alberta Temple (formerly the Alberta Temple) is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cardston, Alberta. It was the eighth temple constructed and is the sixth still in operation. The intent to build the temp ...
*Cardston Lee Creek Valley Golf Course *Carriage House Theatre, Cardston *Cobblestone Manor, Cardston *Courthouse Museum, Cardston *
Remington Carriage Museum The Remington Carriage Museum is located in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. Opened in 1993, and the largest of its kind in the world, the Remington Carriage Museum displays more than 240 carriages. The . museum has a working stable, carriage rides, ...
, Cardston Events; *Stirling Settler Days, Stirling * Raymond Stampede, Raymond *Hometown Christmas, Magrath *I Swam the Dam: Triathlon, MagrathI Swam The Dam, Triathlon


See also

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Mormon Corridor The Mormon corridor are the areas of western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly called "Mormons". In academic literatu ...
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Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and Westward Expansion Trails, emigrant trail in North America that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail crossed what ...
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Mormon Trail The Mormon Trail is the route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) traveled from 1846 to 1869. Today, the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails Syst ...
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Mormonism Mormonism is the theology and religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationism, Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. As a label, Mormonism has been applied to va ...
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Pioneer Day Pioneer Day is an official holiday celebrated on July 24 in the U.S. state of Utah, with some celebrations taking place in regions of surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the f ...
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Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
on July 24 *
Latter-day Saint settlements in Canada The following communities were founded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Alberta: * 1887 — Cardston * 1888 — Aetna * 1890 — Mountain View * 1891 — Beazer * 1893 — Leavitt * 1897 — Kimball * 1898 ...


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Canada's Mormon Trail
{{LDSsites Trail The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada Tourist attractions in Alberta Pilgrimage routes History of religion in Canada