Drumheller Main Street

Drumheller was named in 1911, after a key figure in the town’s evolution. That year the population was 50, but it reached 2,000 by 1920, mainly due to the area’s coal mines. It became known as the “Wonder Town of the West-the Fastest Growing Town in Canada.”

The downtown boomed with the development of the coal industry after WWI. As oil and gas replaced coal during the 1950s, the valley’s economy focussed on agriculture. Tourism became more important with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in 1985. Drumheller joined the Alberta Main Street Program in 1987, in recognition of the attraction of its historic character.

Drumheller’s architecture reflects different styles popular over the years, such as boomtown, early commercial, classic revival and art moderne. Many commercial buildings from 1909 to the 1940s have been restored through the Main Street Program.

Office open weekdays 8-4:30. 703 Second Avenue W, Drumheller. .

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