Picturesque prairies

The Canadian Prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are important farming areas, supplying grain and other crops to the rest of Canada and the world. The flat plains are not only excellent for agriculture and livestock, they offer a simple, stunning beauty where land meets sky on the horizon. A rail journey across the Prairies is breathtaking, gazing off into endless undulating landscape as the train passes small towns, grain elevators, farms, sloughs, and more.

Canada rail holidays

There are many urban areas of note in the Prairies with much to see and do for rail travelers. Consider Winnipeg, home to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Manitoba Museum, and the Forks National Historic Site. Saskatoon attractions include the Fort Battleford National Historic Site and the Western Development Museum. Calgary, host of the world famous Calgary Stampede, also has the Glenbow Museum, Fort Calgary, and the Calgary Zoo. People travel from all over to shop at the massive West Edmonton Mall, which has over 800 stores, a tropical rainforest, water park, and roller coaster. Fine arts, theatre, and parks abound throughout the Prairies, including the dinosaur badlands of Drumheller, Alberta, where the Royal Tyrrell Museum offers a huge collection of prehistoric fossils. An Alberta train trip wouldn’t be complete without a jaunt into the Rocky Mountains with a Banff rail tour or Jasper train journey.