Nordegg Heritage Centre

The Nordegg Heritage Centre, operational in 2005 from May 14 to September 25, showcases historical and informative displays, as well as the tourist information center for the Nordegg area. Nordegg's Brazeau Collieries Minesite Industrial Museum became a Provincial Historic Resource in 1993 and a National Historic Site in 2002. 

One minesite tour runs each day, at 1 pm, from mid-May until July 1.  From July 1 until Labour Day, tours of this attraction leave the Heritage Centre at both 10:00 am and 1:00 pm.  The morning tour is an Overview Tour and is shorter than the afternoon's Technical Tour.  The Technical Tour takes visitors inside the coal processing buildings.  September tours are on weekends only, or by prior arrangement.  Phone for more information. 

To arrange special or group tours, phone Phylis at 403-845-4444.  Or for further information about tours, contact the Tourist Desk at 403-721-COAL (2625). 

The Heritage Centre also houses the Coliseum Gift Shop and the Coal miner's Café.

For schools and organizations wishing to do a group tour of the minesite, there is considerable resource material, as well as links to other study areas, on the website of the Nordegg Heritage Centre.  And for the casual tourist, there also is considerable general information given on this site: http://nordegghistoricalsociety.8m.com