Mountain Park, Alberta

Mountain Park is a ghost town in western Alberta, south of Cadomin, elevation 6200 feet,[1] at the end of the historic Alberta Coal Branch line of the Canadian National Railway (originally the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway).

[2][3] It closed in 1950 in response to rising debt, declining coal markets, and a flood by the McLeod River that washed out the railroad bed.

[4] Mining throughout the area ceased as the railroads replaced steam locomotives with diesel, and the town was quickly abandoned.

Almost nothing remains of Mountain Park today, except for a restored cemetery and a few remnants of the mine.

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