The Atlas Coal mine is an excellent interpretive centre and museum. This is the last standing wooden tipple building in Canada. The mines out-buildings surrounding the tipple are all original. Nothing has been re-created here and everything is as authentic as it was when the mine closed. The tunnel tour is highly recommended as it really gives one a perspective...
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Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site
110 Century Drive | East Coulee, Drumheller, Alberta T0J 1B0, Canada
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Ranked #2 of 9 attractions in Drumheller
24 Reviews
Type: Mines, Historic Sites
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16 tons of Fun!Drumheller is Coal Valley, where over 100 mines penetrated the black seams of the badlands. Go up the underground, ride the mine......
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16 tons of Fun!Drumheller is Coal Valley, where over 100 mines penetrated the black seams of the badlands. Go up the underground, ride the mine train, and climb the wooden tipple. Tours are fun and fascinating, and the guides rock.New in 2011! Step into the mine portal! For your safety, restrictions apply on some tours.
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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its about the coal history of this region. should visit.
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Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
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They have done allot of work over the years bringing this Old Mine Back to Life, to show people what it was like to mine for Coal in Southern Alberta.
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Red Deer, Canada
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Coal and other mining history would disappear if it weren't for places like the Atlas.
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Ottawa, Canada
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This tour was something unique, and well worth the visit. You don't get to actually go into the mine, but you get to enter the coal processing plant, and see the village that was erected to support the mine. It's incredibly interesting, and worth the admission fees (which were very reasonable.)
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Stettler
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It is a nice old mine, I have not been there for a while, but when I was there it was an informative tour.
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This every growing site is an incredible prairie coal site. The most incredible part is the tour that you get to take right up into the tipple--the top of the tower, really. Lots of other authentic parts like the wash house and the pay master's house really make you feel like you've stepped back in time. It is well worth...
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Went thinking it was same old same old but wow were we impressed. Brought friends from Australia and ended up spending the day. Took all three tours; best way to see it all. Young lady doing train tour was awesome. All 4 kids had great time and so did I. Next try Bellvue in Crowsnest pass and train tour in...
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We try to visit Drumheller every summer and finally made the time to visit the Atlas Coal Mine. It was a really interesting piece of Alberta history. Even the kids found it interesting.
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Young family of 6 and again, fun for all. Even my husband and I enjoyed it!
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