ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game

[nova20194]

Saint Paul, AB

St. Paul, Alberta is a small town in East-Central Alberta. It was formerly called Saint-Paul-des-Métis and was originally a French-Catholic settlement and mission to the Metis people.

St. Paul's major economic strengths are agriculture and the service industry. This has helped St. Paul maintain a degree of stability during the oil boom and bust cycles that Alberta is so dependent upon. Situated in Alberta's Lakeland, its location in the middle of one of the best natural playgrounds gives all who come to the area plenty of recreational opportunities of all kinds.
Population: 5,144 (2004)


St. Paul, Alberta has taken western hospitality to a new realm. The small Prairie town has built the world's first UFO landing pad. It's all in an effort to attract both tourists and Martians to this rural pocket of Canada. What starts off as a tongue-in-cheek celebration of Canada’s centennial has grown to full-fledged intergalactic fervour. There is a map of Canada embossed in the centre of the back stop of the Landing pad. The map is made of stones that were provided by each province of Canada. It has six 30 inch concrete pylons that make up the main column.

On June 3rd, 1967 the Hon. Paul Hellyer, Minister of National Defence, flew in by helicopter to officially open the Pad. The pad was one of over 100 Centennial Projects organized by the town.

The sign beside the pad reads: "The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."

[Front-Ranger]

Lucerne, WY

in Hot Springs County, just west of the famous Thermopolis Hot Springs on the way to Yellowstone National Park. The average cost of a home in Lucerne is over $200,000. About 500 people live there and unemployment is a low 3 percent. The word Lucerne means alfalfa in French.


Stereo photo of the Lower Falls of Yellowstone, near Lucerne.

[MaineWriter]

Ericksdahl, TX

in Jones County, population 35

Leslie

[nova20194]

Lacombe, AB

Lacombe is a town in central Alberta, Canada, located north of Red Deer, the nearest city, and south of Edmonton, the nearest major city. The town is set in the beautiful, rolling parkland of central Alberta, between the Rocky Mountain foothills to the west, and the flatter Alberta prairie to the east.

Lacombe is named after Father Albert Lacombe (28 February 1827 — 12 December 1916), a French-Canadian Oblate (Roman Catholic) missionary who lived among and evangelized the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations of western Canada. He is now remembered for having brokered a peace between the Cree and Blackfoot, negotiating construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through Blackfoot territory, and securing a promise from the Blackfoot leader Crowfoot to refrain from joining the North-West Rebellion of 1885.

One of Lacombe's most famous residents was Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada from 1967 to 1974. A local museum and park, Michener House and Michener Park, commemorate his legacy as one of Canada's most famous and influential Governors General.

Several times, the main street of this community has been used in films, since it was re-modelled to resemble a town in the early 1900s. Lacombe's lovingly restored Edwardian buildings in the downtown, a historic Flat Iron building, a working blacksmith shop, and the Michener House Museum all provide appealing visual backdrops for films, and a taste of the history of the town.

Anna Maria Kaufmann, an international opera singer now living in Germany was raised in Lacombe.

The Canadian University College was first located near Lacombe in 1909 and continues to operate today.

[belbbmfan]

Everett, Texas

population: 134

[Meryl]

In response to Front-Ranger's request for more variety in this old TRIP, I'm going to be declaring more frequent SIDE TRIPS just for the heck of it.

The next poster can choose a town starting with any old letter they please.  Choose well! 

[jpwagoneer1964]

Bordeaux, Wy

[MaineWriter]

Xhigui, Mexico

According to my sources, there are no X towns in Texas, Wyoming or Alberta, so we are forced to travel to Mexico....

Have fun with I whoever comes next!

Leslie

[nova20194]

Irvine, AB


Irvine is a hamlet in Alberta, located about 20 km east of Medicine Hat on highway 1.

During the September long weekend Irvine is home to the 20 Mile Post Days. This is a weekend event that includes a parade, and weeklong rodeo. It is known as 20 Mile Post Days because it is approximately 20 miles from Medicine Hat.

Irvine also features an elementary school, along with a Convenience Store, and a hockey and curling rink.

[belbbmfan]

Eaton, Texas