Whiskey Gap in the Milk River Ridge and on a water shed
between the Missouri and Saskatchewan River drainage
system.

In the 1860's and 1870's American traders crossed into
what would become Alberta to trade goods and alcohol
for buffalo robes and furs. One of the main routes for
this trade, the Riplinger Road, crossed the border just
west of Whiskey Gap

During the Prohibition period in Alberta between 1916 -
1924 alcohol was smuggled through this area from the
United States. Later it flowed in the opposite direction
when the Americans declared Prohibition.

The local post office was named Fareham in 1918, and
when the railway reached the area a hamlet consisting
of 3 grain elevators, a store, and other businesses
and houses grew up around this post office. In 1913
the community was officially renamed Whiskey Gap.
Although little remains of this once thriving community,
its name reflects its long and colorful past and stategic
location.

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