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Alberta #9
Alberta Highway # 9
Alberta Road Map Travel Guide
Junction of Highway #1 The Trans Canada Highway to Alberta/Saskatchewan Border
Alberta's Highway 9 passes rolling farmlands and through the City of Drumheller, home of The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Plaeontology which has the worlds largest exhibit of complete dinoaur skeletons.
Drumheller is part of the Dinosaur Trail, a 50km side trip from highway #9 circling through the badlands of the Red Deer Valley.
Drumheller is also home to the worlds largest standing dinosaur 25.9mtrs 85' high.
If you have children this community is a great stopover.
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0.0
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Juction of Highway # 9 and Trans Canada Highway
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North to Drumheller, AB, and Stettler, AB, east to Hanna, AB and the Saskatchewan Border. NOTE: For highway travel via 'The Trans Canada Highway' #1 - See Highway Travel Guide - BC/ Alberta Border to Calgary, AB for driving directions
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2.6
(321.9) |
1.6
(200.0) |
Highway turnoff
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Access to Fairlight Road
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12.2
(312.3) |
7.6
(194.1) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 564
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18.6
(305.9) |
11.6
(190.1) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway #566, East to Kathyrn
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32.8
(291.7) |
20.4
(181.3) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 567, west to Airdrie, AB, and Highway #2
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33.6
(290.9) |
20.9
(180.8) |
Road Side pulloff
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35.0
(289.5) |
21.7
(179.9) |
Highway exit
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Access to Irricana Road, Pioneer Acres Museum, AB. This Alberta museum is one of the largest live exhibitions of antique tractors and trucks in Western Canada.
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36.8
(287.7) |
22.9
(178.8) |
Highway exit
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Access to Sulferworks, AB, fertilizer plant
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38.9
(285.6) |
24.2
(177.5) |
Bridge Crossing
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Rose Bud River.
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44.0
(280.5) |
27.3
(174.3) |
Highway exit - Village of Beiseker, AB
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Junction of Highway # 72 and Highway # 806 secondary.
The Village of Beiseker, Municipal Campgrounds
35 campsites. The Village began to grow in 1910 when the branch line of the CPR was completed. William Samuel McGee, his name was the inspiration for the poem The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service, is buried east of Beiseker.
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47.9
(276.6) |
29.8
(171.9) |
Beisecker, AB, Municipal Airport
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Access to Airport
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63.8
(260.7) |
39.6
(162.0) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 21
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70.0
(254.5) |
43.5
(158.1) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway #836 secondary, 13kms North to Village of Carbon, AB; Camping, Municipal Campground
has 20 camp sites, Flush Toilets, dump station.
The Carbon East Campground has 17 sites some with elec. hookups
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82.6
(241.9) |
51.3
(150.3) |
Highway exit - Photo Rosebud, AB Centennial Museum.
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Junction of Highway # 840 secondary,
south to Rosebud, Rosebud Centennial Museum. Rosebud Centennial Museum features the pioneer and ranching history of the Rosebud, AB, Redland, AB and Beynon, AB area.
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91.3
(233.2) |
56.7
(144.9) |
Road side highway turnout
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Highway viewpoint, Horseshoe Canyon, AB, Toilets, information.
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91.3
(233.2) |
56.7
(144.9) |
Photos - Looking at Horseshoe Canyon, AB
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View from View point. Horseshoe Canyon is a region of badlands surrounded by prairie. The canyon gets its name from its horseshoe shape and is approximately 3 km long
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96.1
(228.4) |
59.7
(141.9) |
Highway turnoff
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Access to Nacmine, AB
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99.2
(225.3) |
61.6
(140.0) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway #841 secondary, south to to Dalum
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103.0
(221.5) |
64.0
(137.6) |
Highway pull out
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Truck Brake Check.
Drumheller City Limits
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103.0
(221.5) |
64.0
(137.6) |
Highway pull out - Drumheller, AB, City Limits.
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Truck Brake Check. In Drumheller, you will find plants and animals in this region that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. - Drumheller, AB, Attractions - Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology, The Royal Tyrrell Museum is home to Canada's largest display of dinosaurs and fossils -
The Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Over eight hundred volunteers contribute over seventy-two hours annually to the Badlands Passion Play, where the dramatic portrayal of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in an acoustically superb natural bowl amphitheatre is held -
The Worlds Largest free standing Dinosaur, over 70 feet high, and weighing 145 000 lbs - Reptile World, over 100 species of live reptiles and amphibians - Atlas Coal Mine Historic Site, home to Canada's last-standing wooden tipple mine - Homestead Museum in Drumheller, features a collection of over 10,000 antiques and artifacts from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. - Valley Doll Museum, features over 700 dolls - Drumheller Badlands Historical Centre
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104.0
(220.5) |
64.6
(137.0) |
Highway exit
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Access to Stampede Grounds,
Access to Penitentiary
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108.8
(215.7) |
67.6
(134.0) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 56 and Highway #10
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109.5
(215.0) |
68.0
(133.6) |
Bridge crossing
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Crossing the Alberta Red River.
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110.0
(214.5) |
68.4
(133.3) |
Highway exit
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Junction of North Dinosaur Trail Highway #838.
West to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. The Royal Tyrrell Museum is in the heart of the badlands, 6 km (4 mi) northwest of Drumheller, Alberta, in Midland Provincial Park. The Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller is world renown for its Dinosaur exhibits and scientific studies, it has the world's most extensive collection of dinosaur fossils and exhibits on prehistoric life
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127.2
(197.3) |
79.0
(122.6) |
Highway Pullout
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129.8
(194.7) |
80.7
(121.0) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 27 West to Didsbury, AB,
Junction of Highway # 56 north to Stettler, AB. Attractions in Stettler- The Stettler Town & Country Museum The museum has a historic village with a selection of historical artifacts and buildings which tell the story of Stettler's History. There are 26 buildings with 10 historic buildings on site. - Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions. The train, a real steam or diesel-powered train, leaves Stettler, Alberta, and returns five to six hours later.
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130.0
(194.5) |
80.8
(120.9) |
Photo
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View from highway
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137.3
(187.2) |
85.3
(116.3) |
Highway exit
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Access to Star Light Hutterite Colony, AB.
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142.2
(182.3) |
88.4
(113.3) |
Junction of Highway # 849,
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South to Micichi, AB; Park and Campground. The Michichi, AB, Rec Area Facilities: 18 sites, free firewood, pit toilets, fire pits, drinking water, a camp kitchen, access to fishing, a playground and a fish cleaning station.
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155.6
(168.9) |
96.7
(105.0) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 851 secondary south to community ofd Delia & Delia Municipal Campground
Mother Mountain Camping, 17 km's
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162.0
(162.5) |
100.7
(101.0) |
Highway exit
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Access to Craigmyle, AB,
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163.8
(160.7) |
101.8
(99.9) |
Highway exit
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Junction of highway # 573 secondary, South to Little Fish Lake Provincial Park, 14 sites.
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166.9
(157.6) |
103.7
(97.9) |
Highway exit
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Access to community of Hand Hills Lake, AB. Attractions in Hand Hills Lake. - The Hand Hills Lake Stampede, Alberta’s longest running consecutively held rodeo.
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169.9
(154.6) |
105.6
(96.1) |
Highway exit
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Junction of highway # 855 north to Endiang, AB. Endiang has a post office and community hall, which hosts an annual Turkey dinner every November.
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175.2
(149.3) |
108.9
(92.8) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 862, secondary
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182.7
(141.8) |
113.5
(88.1) |
Highway exit
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Access to Town of Hanna, AB, all services , Campgrounds
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183.3
(141.2) |
113.9
(87.7) |
Highway exit
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Access to Fox Lake, AB, Picnic area, Campground, 50 sites some elec. Sewer Dump station.
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185.0
(139.5) |
115.0
(86.7) |
Highway exit
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Access to Museum Camping and R.V. Park full hookups 40 sites, sewage dump station,
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186.5
(138.0) |
115.9
(85.8) |
Highway exit
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Hanna, AB, Municipal Airport.
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190.4
(134.1) |
118.3
(83.3) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway #36, north to Castor, AB. Castor was incorporated 1910. Main industries are agriculture, oil and gas services, and mining.
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191.5
(133.0) |
119.0
(82.6) |
Highway exit
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Access to Weigh Scales
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194.5
(130.0) |
120.9
(80.8) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 36, south to Brooks, AB.
Access to Prairie Oasis Park,AB, 18km's camping picnic area. Attractins in and around Brooks Alberta: Brooks and District Historic Museum. Approximately 20,000 artifacts in 17 different buildings on 7 acres of land. - Kinbrook Island Provincial Park. Facilities: electrical hookups tenting sites, showers, hiking trails, sewer dump station. - Dinosaur Provincial Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park provides a variety of services & facilities, including powered and non-powered campsites, firewood. 126-site campground, including 59 powered sites. Camping is also allowed in winter - Brooks Aqueduct, the Brooks Aqueduct, AB; ia a suspending a concrete flume twenty metres above the parched prairie landscape. The Aqueduct is a National and Provincial Historic Site.
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227.8
(96.7) |
141.6
(60.1) |
Highway exit
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Access to Scotfield, AB.
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233.8
(90.7) |
145.3
(56.4) |
Highway exit
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Highway pullout
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237.0
(87.5) |
147.3
(54.4) |
Highway exit
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Access to Town of Youngstown, AB. Youngstown, AB; is a small agricultural village in the heart of Alberta's ranch country.
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238.3
(86.2) |
148.1
(53.6) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 884 secondary south.
Access to Blood Indian Park, AB; Campgrounds, serviced and unserviced sites, general store, showers and picnic shelters, trout fishing.
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245.0
(79.5) |
152.2
(49.4) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 884 secondary, north to Veteran, AB.
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259.0
(65.5) |
160.9
(40.7) |
Highway exit
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Access to hamlet of Chinook, AB. Chinook is a Pacific Northwest Indian word meaning 'snow-eater'.
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268.0
(56.5) |
166.5
(35.1) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 886 secondary , north to Consort, AB, south to Buffalo, AB. Consort is the home town of K.D. Lang.
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271.0
(53.5) |
168.4
(33.2) |
Photo
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View from highway
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285.6
(38.9) |
177.5
(24.2) |
Photo
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View from highway
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291.5
(33.0) |
181.1
(20.5) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 41 south to Oyen, AB, north to New Brigden, AB.
Alberta Provicial Visitor Information Centre
Campground.
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309.7
(14.8) |
192.4
(9.2) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 889 secondary north
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311.2
(13.3) |
193.4
(8.3) |
Highway exit
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Junction of Highway # 899 secondary, south
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314.1
(10.4) |
195.2
(6.5) |
Highway exit
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Access to Town of Sibbald, AB, campground
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318.7
(5.8) |
198.0
(3.6) |
Photo
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View from highway
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324.5
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201.6
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Saskatchewan Border
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Alberta and Saskatchewan Border and end of Highway #9
Start of Saskatchewan Highway # 7: NOTE: for highway travel east via Saskatchewan Highway #7 See Highway #7 Travel Guide Alberta/Saskatchewan Border to Saskatoon, SK; for driving directions. Start/Finish of highway travel guide -e
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