Fort Macleod Historic Downtown
Fort Macleod Main Street
Alberta's first provincially designated historic district, preserving early 20th-century sandstone and brick shopfronts and the Empress Theatre.
The main street of Fort Macleod preserves brick and stone commercial buildings from the 1900s and 1910s. It was the first historic district in Alberta to be designated at the provincial level. The Empress Theatre on the main street, built in 1912, is one of the oldest theatres in the province still in operation, with performances and films in summer. The district is small and can be walked in about half an hour. It has cafés and old-fashioned diners, making it a good place to stop for a meal between visits to the fort museum and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Admission is free. It is about 50 km from Lethbridge.
Opening hours
All day (shops approx. 10:00–17:00)
Nearby sights
- Fort Museum of the North West Mounted Police
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Lethbridge Viaduct (High Level Bridge)
- Remington Carriage Museum
- Helen Schuler Nature Centre
- Indian Battle Park
- Fort Whoop-Up
- Galt Museum & Archives