Coleman Travel & Tourism

Welcome to Coleman, Alberta

Coleman is the furthest west town in the Crowsnest Pass, and is the last major stop before crossing the Continental Divide into British Columbia. It has a population of 2,500, and, like its neighbours east on Highway 3, was originally founded to support the coal industry, the black gold of Canada's early 20th century. The International Coal and Coke Company, owned by A. C. Flumerfelt, operated from 1906 until 1952, and kept more than 200 coke ovens on the edge of town busy. A commemorative park in the centre of town is dedicated to Flumerfelt, and, interestingly, Coleman was named after his daughter. The park acts as a venue for the annual Coleman Country Market, where artistic wares and high-quality foods are displayed for sale. Leaving from the Crowsnest Museum, which houses galleries of photographs and life-size displays, the Historic Miner's Path leads to the McGillivray mine site, inspiring imaginations. Coleman also boasts the biggest piggy bank in the world, creatively made from a bottle mine locomotive and affectionately known as Ten Ton Toots.