Atlas Coal Mine
Canadian Badlands History
The Atlas Coal Mine is a former coal mine in Alberta, Canada.
Located in East Coulee, it is home to the last standing wooden
tipple in Canada. It was designated a National Historic Site of
Canada in 1989. Built in 1936, the tipple is a coal loading and
sorting machine. At over 40 feet tall the tipple now serves as a
reminder of the rich mining history of the Drumheller Valley. Old
mining equipment, including a working 1936 battery powered
locomotive and several buildings including the wash house, supply
house, lamp house, and mine office still stand at the site. The
site preserves the stories and artifacts of the men who once mined
the black. The Atlas is the last of 139 mines that once ruled the
valley. This cache represents a part of the Canadian Badlands
history and is not located at the mine.
This cache is part of the Legacy Trail produced by the Canadian
Badlands Geocaching Association for the Best of the Bad Mega
Event.
The Legacy Trail
The Legacy Trail is a collection of geocaches that circles its
way over 100 miles on country roads traversing some of the most
scenic and spectacular landscape in this part of the Canadian
Badlands. A large number of caches in a variety of types, sizes and
difficulty are placed on the Trail. Every town, village and hamlet
in the Canadian Badlands has its own cache. Some caches were named
after local historic events and people, as well as celebrities who
grew up in this area. Some caches were sponsored by geocachers who
attended the Best of the Bad Mega Event. The Legacy Trail was
produced by the Canadian Badlands Geocaching Association for the
Best of the Bad Mega Event.
The Canadian Badlands
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta are like no other place on
earth, home to the world's most extensive dinosaur bonebeds,
badlands and hoodoos, and a world-class museum that shelters a 75
million-year-old legacy. The region is rich in culturally and
historically significant sites that tell the story of the First
Nations people and early settlers, and of a complex and diverse
modern society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
