Jan. 21, 2026

Hours Update

Hours Update: Heritage Park is open year-round! Gasoline Alley Museum, the Heritage Plaza shops, The Selkirk and the Railway Café are open Monday, March 23 for Spring Break. Historical Village reopens May 16, 2026. Click here for full operating hours.

 

Jan. 21, 2026

Hours Update

Hours Update: Heritage Park is open year-round! Gasoline Alley Museum, the Heritage Plaza shops, The Selkirk and the Railway Café are open Monday, March 23 for Spring Break. Historical Village reopens May 16, 2026. Click here for full operating hours.


 


Bowell Station


Closed

Hours of Operation

  • Monday

    Closed

  • Tuesday

    Closed

  • Wednesday

    Closed

  • Thursday

    Closed

  • Friday

    Closed

  • Saturday

    Closed

  • Sunday

    Closed

The Historical Village is closed except for special events like Ghouls' Night Out and Once Upon a Christmas until the 2026 May Long Weekend.

Exhibit Details

Area

Ranch & Farm Life

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Category

Building/Museum

Guest Amenities

  • Washroom
  • Wheelchair Accessible

About the Bowell Station

On the Prairies, the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway proceeded so quickly that the station builders were frequently unable to keep up. They used portable structures, such as this one, as temporary stations for the hamlets, villages and towns on the line.

Even Calgary, already a prosperous town when the CPR arrived there in 1883, originally had a train station much like this one. The CPR unloaded this pre-fabricated station from a flatcar and placed it next to the tracks near the hamlet of Bowell, just northwest of Medicine Hat, on the CPR main line in 1909. Like many small settlements, Bowell never grew large enough to justify the construction of a bigger station, and eventually the CPR closed it. In 1964, the CPR gave the station to Heritage Park, where it was converted into a washroom.

Bowell Station at Heritage Park

Visit Heritage Park

1900 Heritage DR. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2V 2X3

Email: info@heritagepark.ca
Phone: 403.268.8500

There are plenty of ways to get to the Park, whether that be on foot, via transit, or driving. Click here to find the way that works for you!