Fort Ostell Museum - Ponoka, Alberta
Posted by: T0SHEA
N 52° 40.868 W 113° 35.046
12U E 325320 N 5839933
Fort Ostell Museum is a great museum to visit while in Ponoka. The museum is across on Hwy. 2A from Petro Canada.
Waymark Code: WMZ88V
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/27/2018
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The Fort Ostell Museum society was founded in 1967 with their first museum housed in a wood frame building. It moved to their current location in 1987.
This is an interesting museum with displays divided into topics: sleigh display, nurses at PMH (Provincial Mental Hospital), creamery, original Fort Ostell, World Wars, early bridal dresses, a school rooms, doctor's officer, many household appliances and a timeline highlighting events from 1867 to 2017.
Near the entrance is a guest book on a wooden pedestal started on January 29, 2014.