Visit Heritage Park
1900 Heritage Dr. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2V 2X3
Email: info@heritagepark.ca
Phone: 403.268.8500
Finnish Sauna
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Hours of Operation
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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The Historical Village is now closed until May 17, 2025 except for special and ticketed events. The Historical Village will be open for Ghouls' Night Out from Oct. 24 - 27, 2024. The Historical Village will also be open for Once Upon A Christmas on Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. from Dec. 7 - 22, 2024. Gasoline Alley Museum and the shops and restaurants in Heritage Plaza are open year-round.
Exhibit Details
Category
Building/Museum
About the Finnish Sauna
Sylvester Saha immigrated to Canada from Finland in the spring of 1902, and built a house near Sylvan Lake, then known as Snake Lake, next to his brother’s home. In order to have some of the traditional comforts of his home country, Sylvester built this sauna for his family.
After red-hot stones of the bathing room’s fireplace were doused with water, bathers would enter into temperatures as high as 100 degrees Celsius on the higher platforms, or sit on benches and sweat for an hour or more. The sauna was donated to Heritage Park in 1985 by owners of the land previously belonging to the Saha family.
