Westlock & District Tractor Museum - Westlock, Alberta - Oddball Museums on Waymarking.com

"...Their names are like pages from a history of Canadian Agriculture. John Deere, International Harvester, CASE, Fordson, Massey Harris, Minneapolis Moline, McCormick Deering.

But as the 20th century edged onward, the vast majority of the vintage tractors were discarded or yanked apart. As technology advanced, machinery became more sophisticated, complicated and expensive. Today a new tractor can reach $300,000.

Because rust never sleeps, few of the vintage tractors have survived to be restored. That makes those that have all the more precious and gives the Westlock & District Tractor Museum the potential to be a big draw not only from the district but further afield. It will give a community that was built and has been sustained by agriculture another horse to ride to continued prosperity.

Led by a handful of local residents who own and have restored more than 200 vintage tractors, The Westlock & District Tractor Museum Foundation was formed three years ago with the vision of developing a world class facility in Westlock. They've secured considerable support, raised funds for their dream and offered substantial pieces of their own collections as the artifacts in the museum-to-be...."

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Days and Hours of Operation: The museum is open the long weekend in May until the September long weekend, and any other time by appointment. Daily from 10 until 4 Address: 10424 100th Avenue Westlock, Alberta Canada T7P 1T6 Related Website: [Web Link] Price of Admission: 8.00 (listed in local currency) What is in the collection: Tractors...lots of them, working and not, inside and out.

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