No trip to the Drumheller Valley is complete without a visit to the town that almost disappeared; East Coulee. Once a thriving coal town with over 3000 residents, the memory of the former mining boomtown is still well preserved within the Valley walls. East Coulee now has a population of 200, many of whom are dedicated to the towns rich history. The road to East Coulee is a trip back in time, down the valley of the dinosaurs, where petrified forests once stood, and miners toiled for coal in the many mines tunnelled into the river valley walls.East Coulee, a town rich in memory
No trip to the Drumheller Valley is complete without a visit to the town that almost disappeared; East Coulee. Once a thriving coal town with over 3000 residents, the memory of the former mining boomtown is still well preserved within the Valley walls. East Coulee now has a population of 200, many of whom are dedicated to the towns rich history. The road to East Coulee is a trip back in time, down the valley of the dinosaurs, where petrified forests once stood, and miners toiled for coal in the many mines tunnelled into the river valley walls.
