Fort Whoop-Up to open on weekends through September
The wagon ride for Fort Whoop-Up approaches the High Level Bridge in the Oldman River Valley.
Fort Whoop-Up and Galt Museum & Archives / Graham Ruttan
For immediate release
Lethbridge—Fort Whoop-Up’s interpretive season was so popular with visitors that it has been extended to include weekends through the month of September.
“With COVID-19, we were unsure how comfortable residents and visitors would feel touring Fort Whoop-Up, but we were very pleasantly surprised,” says CEO Darrin Martens. “Our focus on health precautions helped people feel relaxed visiting the interpretive centre and experiencing local history. We want to continue to offer access to the stories that are told at the fort through our interpretive staff as we enter the fall season.”
Visitation at the fort in 2020 is limited by the space inside the fort’s rooms where a majority of interpretation takes place. In order to comply with provincial health guidelines, all visitors to the fort are taken on guided tours throughout the facility in groups of no more than ten. Online tickets are available for purchase to ensure that groups don’t exceed ten visitors but open spots are available to walk-in visitors.
Tours begin in the Blackfoot Gallery with visitors discovering the history of the Blackfoot people before contact with European traders. From there the tour goes to the rooms that show how the fort would have been occupied and used by the traders and workers who lived there in the late 1800s. The tour ends with a horse-drawn wagon ride through the river valley and under the High Level Bridge—a unique experience.
“For those who want to enhance their weekend Fort Whoop-Up experience, I would recommend that they order, one day in advance, a special Blackfoot inspired picnic lunch, Ii’ethawaahkaa, prepared by our partners at Mocha Cabana.”
Tickets for the tours on Saturdays and Sundays throughout September will be available online at https://fort.galtmuseum.com/visit.
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