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Alberta Trans-Canada Highway Route: Highway #1 between Calgary and Medicine Hat
Here is the itinerary for the 284 km along Highway #1 between Calgary and Medicine Hat:
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Calgary is now a city of over 1 million people, and has tripled in size since the 1970s. Visitors will see vast recently-built suburbs on the western and eastern approaches, and lots of home construction continuing in all directions. Very quickly you become aware of the office towers that comprise the city's downtown core. The buildings are tightly clustered between the Bow River and the railway tracks, and house the headquarters of most of Canada's oil & gas companies. The city has Canada's largest network of recreational trails, with great (and relatively level) running/ biking/blading trails running for miles alongside the Bow River.
The Bow River generally flows south of the Trans-Canada for this section, and on occasion, you can see a deep canyon from the highway where the Bow River has eroded a deep valley into the otherwise flat prairie's terrain. The prairies are home to native species like coyote, gopher, skunk, badger, and white-tailed deer. There is a vast Indian reservation southwest of the Trans-Canada from Gleichen to Bassano for Blackfoot Indians who signed Treaty 7 in 1877, and permitted settlement of Southern Alberta.
The region east of Calgary is part of the "Palliser Triangle" a dry region of south-eastern Alberta that gets little moisture. Most of the farms were homesteaded n the early 1900s, by European immigrants charmed by prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's stories of "the last best west." The communities along the highway are market centres for the surrounding farms, often centered around irrigation infrastructure, especially noticeable at Lake Chestermere and with Lake Newell at Brooks. Rivers flow eastwards towards the Hudson's Bay, though the Milk River in the very south of Alberta joins the Missouri River to flow south to the Gulf of Mexico.
Ninety million years ago, this land was the bottom of a vast ocean, and the accumulation of decayed plant and animal matter have create vast pools of hydrocarbons. The erosion along the Red Deer River has exposed beds of dinosaur skeletons around Drumheller (home to famed Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology), and at Dinosaur Provincial Park, northeast of Brooks, both are worthy side trips. Medicine Hat also produces its own municipal gas from a field under the city.
The area between Bassano and Brooks and is well known as a cattle ranching area and large feedlots. The Chinook winds keep the area's grasslands free of winter snow, and in the feedlots their diets are supplemented with barley and corn grown in the area. Cattle grow to 1000 pounds (500 kg) in about 18 months (about half the time needed with open range grazing). South-eastern Alberta is also home to wild pronghorn antelope, who you may see hopping over farm and highway fences year-round, especially between Tilley and Suffield just west of Medicine Hat.
Alberta Motor Association road condition reports for this segment.
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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0 | 284 | Deerfoot Trail (Hwy #2) double diamond interchange | Calgary | Map Zoom |
1 | 283 | Pedestrian overpass (with great view) | | Map Zoom |
1 | 283 | 19th Street NE, accommodation, dining | | Map Zoom |
2 | 283 | EB Exit for Barlow Tr S | | Map Zoom |
2 | 282 | Barlow Trail overpass and interchange | | Map Zoom |
2 | 282 | WB Exit for Barlow Tr N (to Calgary International Airport) | | Map Zoom |
3 | 281 | EB Exit to 36 St NE Southbound & NB (to shopping, acommodation, car repairs) | | Map Zoom |
3 | 281 | 36 Street NE overpass, and NE LRT overpass | | Map Zoom |
4 | 281 | WB Exit for 36th St NE to shopping, accomodation, and & car dealerships | | Map Zoom |
4 | 280 | 52 St NE EB exit ramp | | Map Zoom |
5 | 279 | 52 St NE overpass | | Map Zoom |
5 | 279 | 52 St NE WB exit ramp | | Map Zoom |
5 | 279 | 68 St Intersection, shopping to N | | Map Zoom |
7 | 277 | U-turn lane | | Map Zoom |
8 | 276 | 84th St NE (Range Rd 290) (to become new route of NE Bypass) City Boundary | | Map Zoom |
9 | 275 | Railway underpass | | Map Zoom |
10 | 274 | Garden Rd (Range Rd 255) | | Map Zoom |
12 | 273 | Range Rd 284 (RV park to north) | | Map Zoom |
13 | 271 | Range Rd 283 | | Map Zoom |
14 | 270 | Paradise Rd N to Inverlake Rd, S to Lake Chestermere Village | Chestermere | Map Zoom |
15 | 269 | Cross Western District Irrigation Canal bridge | Chestermere | Map Zoom |
15 | 269 | 17th Ave SE underpass | Chestermere | Map Zoom |
18 | 266 | Range Rd 281 | | Map Zoom |
18 | 266 | Highway 791 (Range Rd 280) | | Map Zoom |
21 | 263 | 196 St NE | | Map Zoom |
23 | 261 | Range Rd 274 | | Map Zoom |
23 | 261 | Railway overpass | | Map Zoom |
24 | 260 | Valview Rd | | Map Zoom |
25 | 259 | Cross small unnamed lake | | Map Zoom |
26 | 258 | Highway #9 (N) to Drumheller, Hwy 791 (S), corss irrigation ditch just east of intersection | | Map Zoom |
29 | 255 | Boundary Rd | | Map Zoom |
29 | 255 | Range Rd 270 | | Map Zoom |
30 | 254 | Rest Area (EB) | | Map Zoom |
33 | 251 | Range Rd 264 | | Map Zoom |
34 | 250 | Rest Area (WB) | | Map Zoom |
36 | 248 | Range Rd 262 | | Map Zoom |
37 | 247 | Hwy 24 (S) | | Map Zoom |
38 | 246 | Range Rd 261, creek crossing to east of intersection | | Map Zoom |
39 | 245 | Range Rd 260 | | Map Zoom |
41 | 243 | Range Rd 255 | | Map Zoom |
42 | 242 | Range Rd 254, access to Auction House to north | | Map Zoom |
44 | 240 | Cross Irrigation Canal | | Map Zoom |
45 | 239 | West Highway access | Strathmore | Map Zoom |
46 | 238 | Wheatland Trail (Hway #817) | Strathmore | Map Zoom |
47 | 237 | Lakeside Blvd (N) Spruce Park Dr (S) | Strathmore | Map Zoom |
48 | 236 | E Pine Rd (access to from service roads) | Strathmore | Map Zoom |
51 | 233 | Range Rd 245 (Eagle Lake to south) | | Map Zoom |
52 | 232 | Range Rd 244 (Race track to south) | | Map Zoom |
53 | 231 | Cross Irrigation Canal | | Map Zoom |
54 | 230 | View to Eagle Lake to south | | Map Zoom |
55 | 229 | Range Rd 242 (Eagle Lake Campground 6 km to south) | | Map Zoom |
56 | 228 | Highway 21 (N) to Drumheller, Range Rd 242 (S) | | Map Zoom |
67 | 217 | Highway 561 (E) to Hussar, Trans-Canada make 90 degree bend | | Map Zoom |
85 | 199 | Range Rd 230 (S) to Siksika Indian Reserve 146, Trans-Canada bends | Gleichen | Map Zoom |
86 | 198 | Range Rd 230 (N) Highway 547 (S), to Gleichen | Gleichen | Map Zoom |
88 | 196 | Range Rd 225 (S) access to Gleichen | Gleichen | Map Zoom |
89 | 195 | Township Rd 222 (W) to Gleichen | Gleichen | Map Zoom |
90 | 194 | Highway 904 to Gleichen | Gleichen | Map Zoom |
101 | 183 | Highway 842 south to Siksika Indian Reserve, with Blackfoot Crossing Museum 7 km | | Map Zoom |
105 | 179 | Creek crossing & Irrigated farmlands | | Map Zoom |
115 | 169 | Highway 56, south to town of Crowfoot and Siksika Insian Reserve | | Map Zoom |
132 | 152 | Highway 847 (S) to Bassano, all services, small airport | Bassano | Map Zoom |
134 | 150 | Exit for Bassano, 1 km to W | Bassano | Map Zoom |
137 | 147 | Highway 550 (E) to Rosemary, Range Rd 182 (N) passing between small ponds/lakes, irrigated agricultural lands | Bassano | Map Zoom |
145 | 139 | Lotham Range Rd 175 | | Map Zoom |
147 | 137 | Newell Lake access | | Map Zoom |
172 | 112 | Highway 36, south to Taber, north to Emerson Bridge park | | Map Zoom |
181 | 103 | Highway 873, access S to Brooks and Lake Newell | Brooks | Map Zoom |
183 | 101 | Highway 542, access to Brooks (W) | Brooks | Map Zoom |
187 | 97 | Cross Irrigation Channel | Brooks | Map Zoom |
198 | 86 | Township Rd 184 (S) to Tillebrook | | Map Zoom |
201 | 83 | Hwy 536 (S) to Tilley, 876 (N) to Dinosaur Provincial Park | Tilley | Map Zoom |
246 | 38 | Hwy 884 (N) to Ralston, small airport | | Map Zoom |
268 | 16 | Old Highway 1 to south of highway | | Map Zoom |
273 | 11 | Hwy 524 (S) | Redcliffe | Map Zoom |
276 | 8 | Range Rd 65 (S) to Redcliffe, all services | Redcliffe | Map Zoom |
279 | 5 | Range Road 70(W) and Broadway Ave (E) access to Redcliff to W, Drive-in to E | Redcliffe | Map Zoom |
280 | 4 | Overpass over Saamis Dr NE (no access) | Redcliffe | Map Zoom |
281 | 3 | Box Spring Rd Interchange | Redcliffe | Map Zoom |
283 | 2 | 3rd St NW interchange | Redcliffe | Map Zoom |
283 | 1 | Bridge over South Saskatchewan River | | Map Zoom |
283 | 1 | Power House Rd, waterslide to W, 1st Street SW (E) with motels, gas | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
284 | 0 | 8th St SW lights, east on 6 St SWto Medicine Hat Regional Hospital | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
284 | 0 | Pedestrian Overpass | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
284 | 0 | WB exit to Red Deer Dr service rd | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
284 | 0 | EB Exit to Hwy 3/41A | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
284 | 0 | Interchange Hwy 3/41A, EB access to Bomford Cr service Rd, east to downtown Medicine Hat on Gershaw Dr, west to Medicine Hat airport | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
284 | 0 | WB Exit to Hwy 3/41A | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
285 | -1 | 16th Street SW intersection, services on S side | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
285 | -1 | Creek crossing, parks & sports fields | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
286 | -2 | Passing Medicine Hat College (N), World's larges teepee on S side | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
286 | -2 | Major intersection: South Ridge Dr SW, access to college and attractions, golf course | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
288 | -4 | EB Exit for 13 Ave | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
288 | -4 | Underpass for 13 Ave SE, shopping & services | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
288 | -4 | WB Exit for 13 Ave | Medicine Hat | Map Zoom |
KM from Start | Highway Point Description | Municipality | GPS and
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