Bar U Ranch
In French: Ranch Bar U
Highway 22 and Highway 540, Foothills County
About Bar U Ranch
In Foothills County, Bar U Ranch is the National Historic Site. The register gives 1883–1951 for Bar U Ranch.
Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada comprises 148.43 hectares of rangeland that constitute the original headquarters site of an Alberta cattle ranch established in the 1880s. Located in a shallow east-west valley along the banks of Pekisko Creek in southern Alberta’s foothills, the ranch includes rolling uplands, level flats, covered creek bottoms and a variety of wooden ranch buildings. The designation refers both to the landscape and the built elements of the site.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · in the register’s words, not edited
National Historic Site status comes on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Finding Bar U Ranch
Foothills County
Its nearest historic neighbours are too far for a short walk.
Questions about Bar U Ranch
When was Bar U Ranch built?
Work on Bar U Ranch is recorded as 1883–1951.
Can you visit Bar U Ranch?
The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.
Is Bar U Ranch protected?
The designation recognizes its national significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Provincial or municipal designation may.
What is Bar U Ranch?
Bar U Ranch has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 1989.
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