Stirling, Alberta, Canada--Information Desk

Introduction

This summer, Stirling, Alberta will be recognized as a National Historic Site by Parks Canada, it being one of the last surviving examples of early 20th-century Mormon settlement patterns in Southern Alberta.

The first settlers arrived May 5, 1899, sent by LDS church leaders to build an irrigation system through the barren prairie grasslands of western Canada. Led by Theodore Brandley, the Peterson's, the Brandley's, the Zaugg's and many others came to Canada with high hopes for the future. Only a railway stop surrounded by an endless sea of grass marked their new home, but today, because of their perserverance, Stirling, Alberta has become a thriving agricultural community on the edge of the Canadian frontier.

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