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Town in Alberta, Canada
Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Hinton is a town of almost 10,000 people (2016) on the Yellowhead Highway in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. Hinton sells itself as a gateway town to the Rockies, and also for its beaver boardwalk and surrounding parkland. If you're driving through, a coffee stop in the town, and a stretch along the boardwalk is a good opportunity for a driving break.
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Hinton Training Centre
History of Alberta’s forestry industry. Open year-round.
Museum of the local area. Located in a former Grand Trunk Pacific train station, the oldest surviving building in Hinton, was in service from 1911 until the 1980s. It has bern moved across the Yellowhead Highway from the current VIA Rail shelter.
Walk around the Maxwell Lake with lots of evidence of beaver dams and lodges. Early morning or evening you may even see one. The timber boardwalk connects to waterside gravel paths around the area. Easy to spend an hour or two here.
Guided horseback rides for up to 4 riders along the scenic Athabasca River valley and eastern slopes of the Rockies.
One weekend, free camping, Family Fun Night with open air family dance on Friday, rodeo events on Saturday and Sunday.
Three-day music festival with an eclectic range of performers from the local music scene and across Canada.
Recreation area with network of trails that are popular among ATVers, equestrians, hikers and bikers. Watch out for old telegraph poles and the Grand Trunk Pacific Station, which is said to be buried in the sands.
Canyon with towering cliffs, meandering streams and sunken sinkholes. Ogre Canyon Falls.
In Alberta's upper foothills region, camping, orienteering, camping, fly fishing, kayaking, swimming and wall climbing. Cadomin Caves, a multi-chamber cave system 2,791 m (9,150 ft) in length, allows exploration and caving with permission from the Alberta Speleological Society, but the cave remains wild and proper equipment and experience is necessary. The caves are a bat habitat and are thus closed from September to April.
Chinese and Western food. Located in the valley beside the Roxy Theatre.
Counter service for breakfast and lunch. Great range of espresso drinks, and a choice of six brews.
Chinese and western cuisine, all-you-can eat luncheon smorgasbord.
Overlander Mountain Lodge
Warm, log décor, gourmet cuisine, seasonal specialties, plus mains like salmon with brandy cream and lobster; Oka cheese and sun-dried tomato stuffed chicken; AAA Angus steak; and bison tenderloin with Cabernet sauce, truffles and foie gras. Breakfast, lunch (Jul-Sep) and dinner.
Old—school pharmacy with an attached 50's—style diner serving specialty hot dogs and classic milkshakes
Hotel, bar and liquor store.
Hotel with Cheers Lounge bar.
Hotel with For Pete's Steak and Grill restaurant serving New York steak, steak Neptune and chicken cordon Swiss. Restaurant open daily 6AM–11PM, lounge until midnight Monday-Saturday.
Hotel with Final Shot Sports Bar.
Horseback Adventures
Backcountry equestrian camp with private sleeping cabins, shower house, hot and cold running water and solar lights. Ride the high country for 2-6 days as part of an all-inclusive guided horseback vacation to Jasper and Solomon Creek Wildland Provincial Parks. Cabin-tent combo rides to the Moosehorn Valley available for up to 8 days in length.
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