Yellowhead County Heritage Program

The Heritage Program's purpose it to help preserve and conserve our historic sites, stories and information throughout Yellowhead County for present and future generations.

Since 2011, Yellowhead County has been actively engaged in preserving and creating a greater awareness of the region’s long and storied past. The County has established a Heritage Advisory Board that has completed work on projects such as: a municipal heritage survey and inventory of local historic resources; a country school signage program in partnership with Grande Yellowhead School Division; and, historical interpretive signage at Solomon Hill near Brule. In 2016, they were recognized by the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation for their work in developing a heritage management plan for the municipality, and are in the process of identifying suitable candidates for municipal heritage designation. They recognize the growing interest in heritage tourism; with a bus tour which highlights a different area's history held each year, and a facility opened in 2016 in the Hamlet of Evansburg, which houses the local historical society's museum and archives. Yellowhead County's mission is to build a better community for present and future generations!