Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada comprises 148.43 hectares of rangeland that constitute the original headquarters site of an Alberta cattle ranch established in the 1880s. Located in a shallow east-west valley along the banks of Pekisko Creek in southern Alberta’s foothills, the ranch includes rolling uplands, level flats, covered creek bottoms and a variety of wooden ranch buildings. Ride into history and discover ranching life from the late 1800s at Bar U Ranch National Historic Site. Try your hand at ranching skills, wander through historic buildings, or sit around the campfire and listen to old-time tales. Back-dropped by the Rocky Mountains – a true Alberta experience! Le lieu historique national du Canada du Ranch-Bar U comprend 148.43 hectares de pâturages qui constituent le site original du siège d’un élevage bovin établi en Alberta dans les années 1880. Le ranch, qui comprend de hautes terres vallonnées, des plaines sans dénivellation, des lits de cours d’eau recouverts et différents bâtiments de style ranch en bois, est situé dans une vallée peu profonde qui s'étend d’est en ouest, le long des berges de Pekisko Creek, dans les contreforts méridionaux de l’Alberta. À bord d’une charrette tirée par de grands percherons noirs, découvrez la vie de cow-boy de ranch à la fin des années 1800, au lieu historique national du Ranch-Bar U. Mettez vos compétences de cow-boy à l’épreuve. Initiez-vous aux anciennes méthodes d’élevage dans les ranchs. Après avoir visité d’authentiques édifices rustiques, asseyez-vous autour d’un feu de camp pour écouter de vieilles histoires. Entouré des montagnes Rocheuses, vivez une véritable expérience albertaine! Source: Canada's Historic Places & Parks Canada Websites (2022)

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Commemorative Integrity Statement (Parks Canada, November 2000)

Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2021)

Multi-species Action Plan for Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada and Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada / Plan d'action visant des espèces multiples dans le parc national du Canada des Lacs-Waterton et le lieu historique national du Canada du Ranch-Bar U Species at Risk Act Action Plan Series / Loi sur les espèces en péril Série de Plans d'action (Parks Canada, 2017)

Archaeological Impact Assessment for the Proposed Historic Machine Shed Foundation Replacement at the Bar U Ranch NHS (Stantec Consulting Ltd. for Parks Canada, December 1, 2015)

Bar U Ranch Oral History Project (Glenbow, 1992-1993)

Climate Change Adaptation Workshop: Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, Longview, Alta. / Série de rapports d'ateliers sur l'adaptation aux changements climatiques : Lieue historique national du Ranch-Bar U, Longview, Alb. (Parks Canada,, November 2017)

Drawings: Machine Shed (Implement Shed) - Bldg No. 18 - Bar U Ranch N.H.S. (Parks Canada, July 15, 2016)

Drawings: Slaughter House - Bldg No. 27 - Bar U Ranch N.H.S. (Parks Canada, July 15, 2016)

Drawings: Stud Horse Barn - Bldg No. 1 - Bar U Ranch N.H.S. (Parks Canada, July 15, 2016)

From Start to Finish: An Illustrated History of Cattle Feeding in Alberta (Kris Nielson and John Prociuk, ©Alberta Cattle Feeders' Association, 1998)

Heritage Character Statements / Énoncés de valeur patrimoniale, Bar U Ranch National Historic Site

Abattoir (Building 27) / Abattoir (bâtiment 27) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Blacksmith Shop (Building 14) / Forge (bâtiment 14) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Bunkhouse/Cookhouse (Building 11) / Dortoir/cuisine (bâtiment 11) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Coal Shed (Building 23) / Hangar à charbon (bâtiment 23) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Dairy Barn (Building 25) / Grange à vaches laitières (bâtiment 25) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Feed Mill (Building 3) / Provenderie (bâtiment 3) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Foreman Pearson's House (Building 22) / Maison du contremaître Pearson (bâtiment 22) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Foreman's House (Building 4) / Maison du contremaître (bâtiment 4) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Harness Shop (Building 6) / Atelier des harnais (bâtiment 6) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Hay Shed (Building 2) / Grange à foin (bâtiment 2) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Implement Shed (Building 18) / Remise à outils (bâtiment 18) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Livestock Shed (Building 31a) / Bâtiment d'élevage (bâtiment 31a) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Percheron Box Stalls (Building 29) / Box des percherons (bâtiment 29) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Piggery (Building 31) / Porcherie (bâtiment 31) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Post Office (Building 5) / Bureau de poste (bâtiment 5) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Poultry Building (Building 21) / Poulailler (bâtiment 21) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Poultry Shed (Building 21a) / Hangar du poulailler (bâtiment 21a) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Root Cellar (Building 13) / Cave à légumes (bâtiment 13) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Saddle Horse Barn (Building 16) / Écurie des chevaux de selle (bâtiment 16) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Self-Feeder (Former Bunkhouse, Building 30) / Bâtiment silo (ancien dortoir, bâtiment 30) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Storage Building (Building 8) / Entrepôt (bâtiment 8) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Storage Building (Building 10) / Entrepôt (bâtiment 10) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Stud-Horse Barn (Building 1) / Écurie des étalons reproducteurs (bâtiment 1) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Tractor Garage (Building 7) / Garage à tracteurs (bâtiment 7) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Vehicle Garage (Building 24) / Garage à véhicules (bâtiment 24) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Vehicle Garage (Building 35) / Garage à véhicules (bâtiment 35) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Work Horse Barn (Building 17) / Ecurie des chevaux de trait (bâtiment 17) (FHBRO No. 92-017, March 27, 2000, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Implementation Report: Multi-species Action Plan for Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada and Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada (2017-2022) / Rapport de mise en œuvre : Plan d'action visant des espèces multiples dans le parc national du Canada des Lacs-Waterton et le lieu historique national du Canada du Ranch-Bar U (2017-2022) Species at Risk Act Action Plan Series/Série de rapports sur les plans d'action de la Loi sur les espèces en péril (Parks Canada, 2023)

Multi-species Action Plan for Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada and Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada / Plan d'action visant des espèces multiples dans le parc national du Canada des Lacs-Waterton et le lieu historique national du Canada du Ranch-Bar U Species at Risk Act Action Plan Series / Loi sur les espèces en péril Série de Plans d'action (Parks Canada, 2017)

Summary of Archaeological Excavations 1994, Slaughter House, Operation 27, Bar U Ranch National Historic Site (Rodd J. Heitzmann, March 1995)

Supplemental Climate Information: Bar U Ranch National Historic Site (Scott Parker and Elizabeth Nelson, Parks Canada, November 22-23. 2017)

Xplorers / Xplorateurs (Parks Canada)

Bar U Ranch: Where Ranching History Comes Alive 2:50 (Parks Canada, 2011)

The following visual bibliography is just a sampling of the books which have been published for this park. ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.

cover only Pekisko's Bar U Ranch Doug Nelson 1995

cover only The Bar U and Canadian Ranching History Simon Evans 2004