Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

No rush to get to a campsite today so we had a more leisurely breakfast got things a little better organized before heading out this morning.

At the pond we saw this cute family through the morning fog.

There were a number of these huge single male bison feeding along the road...

and these trumpeter swans and signets were on one
of the lakes way back from the road.

Then on to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. East central Alberta used to be home to the largest settlement of Ukrainian pioneers in Canada. They have replicated houses and farmsteads of the Ukrainian pioneers in Alberta in 1892-1930. They have costumed role-players in the buildings actually living as they did then. This wagon was just going by as we were leaving the parking lot.

This sod house was one of the original dwellings.

One of the early barns.

This couple was about to sit down to a lunch of bulgar wheat and vegetables. They were delightful and answered all our questions about how they got there, about their family, about the crops etc.

We had a lunch of pyrogies, sausage, cucumber salad, stuffed cabbage rolls and borst. Very tasty and very Ukrainian!
John caught a picture of this church as we were heading out of the Village. The site was very interesting and well done. From there we went back to the Park and decided to take the Beaver Pond Trail, but no action there so headed back to the campground for a nap. After dinner we went back to the Lake to follow the Lake trail.
John got this great picture of a beaver coming on shore to dine on some reeds. We walked to the end of the trail and then came back to the car and then home to the tent and another quiet night.