Reviews of Fort Normandeau (Tourist Attraction)

Elisha Smith

This is the best place to launch a boat to float the river

Mag Turple

Spectacular spot. Lots of parking and gorgeous exhibit

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michelle stpierre

Rained out

Colleen Joy Wilson

Spent a fabulous afternoon with my grandchildren enjoying cooking on a wood stove. Beautiful location and affordable family fun.

Spaceling Martiens

Great spot to visit or go to launch a raft! About 3 hours to three mile bend from here under normal river flow.

Christina W

Staff who works here is amazing! Lots to do and see. Covid changes things but there are still events and information to acquire. Lovely space overall!

Cend Thorgasm

Nice spot to visit, didn’t learn much about local history but I did enjoy the chickens and the art.

Andrew Eaton

Cool. Interesting place.

Amandy G

Great Place to Launch for a Day on the Red Deer River.

Brian Estey-Hevey

Fort Normandeau was quite nice! The staff was also very friendly. They have a nice little interpretive center as well as a small fort. The main building of the fort is open to visitors to see t things from the past. There is also a very large teepee on site for people to enjoy. You can also put a raft or canoe in at the ramp that is there.

K.B AHIR

Very good

Windmill

Always good for a walk with the dog and fam-jam

Jawed Iqbal

Nice natural scenery and good view of the river which gets super busy with rafters / canoers on weekends. Picnic tables with typical fire pits that one can use, although most people bring their own BBQ grills. However, there is no playground area for kids and the person giving the "interpretive" tour is a millenial SJW who provides biased "historical" information influenced by far left ideology

Joel Randall

Cool little historic site here! They have some chickens and other animals in the summer months. Nice place to have a picnic and fire. The restrooms are nice and always clean. It is a good spot to put off for a short river float to Bower Ponds

ALWAYS Rescue

Beautiful place, well kept. The staff are very knowledgable and friendly. I quite like it there.

Northern Edge Bullies

I always enjoy hanging out at the fort

Filipina-Canadian Fam TV

We love this amazing place

nanda lee

Love this place, right on the river, with cool history

Scott Brown

Fun day with the family

Artem Rudenko

Place for picnic at the red deer river)

Tracey Clarke

Beautiful park

Marc Houwelijckx

Nice fort

Tamara Traub

Interesting bit of history and a nice spot for picnicing.

Cameron Jesse

One of Red Deer’s hidden gems.

Leanne Evanochko

Great educational programming and scenic site.

Lanaea Fleet

A great place to check out.

Dee Olson

Best picnic site in the Red Deer area. Staff are very helpful.

Stacy Smith

Awesome hidden venue

Leanne Landry

The most serene place in central ab. History and indigenous roots and spirit. Love love love it here. Family friendly and nature at its finest!????????????

Hasna Swid

It's very fun

Tiffany Cave

Nice spot to bring the family

Orlando dela Cruz

Awesome place to relax

Brad McDiarmid

Great place to visit and to launch your kayak for a float down the Red Deer River.

David P Anderson

Amazing staff, very personable and accommodating. Beautiful scenery, very relaxed vibe, and they make it easy to learn something while enjoying yourself.

Tailspin Two

Been going there for more than 30 years since when it was still a camp ground. Anybody around here over 50 was likely conceived out there. Now historical education is top knoch. Best kept secret on the Red Deer.

Dan Shephard

Rich in history, well looked after

Tiana Oostindie

A nice place for a picnic! The historical aspect is good but very minimal. The events in the summer are fun! Fort Normandeau days is a great event. Parking is minimal in the summer on a nice day because the boat launch gets full

José Salazar

So beautiful place I leave here for 14 year and I didn't have an Idea this place existed

Jennifer Thomas

It was a good experience to visit a historic site and remember what I learnt in Social studies. Its located about 10 to 15 minutes from the Red Deer Sports Museum. It's a very huge place with a beautiful river view ,natural scenic beauty. The staff are very courteous, friendly and helpful. I visited this weekend and there were many activities. One was an enactment with cannon and there were many other interesting things to do as a family, especially for kids. At main reception you can get snacks, drinks, icecream etc. The exhibits are really worth seeing. Our Province has so many beautiful and historical places to visit.

Fernando

Incredible history, incredible people, incredible experience.

Dan Funk

So clean they sanitized the history.

Martin Matthiesen

Enjoyable little jaunt back in time.

Bob Wolbeck

Nice scenery. Quiet out of the way place.

jeremy melchior

Not a heck of a lot of stuff to see, don't go out of your way to see it. But hey, it's free!

Michelle Langelaar

Love this place for launching a day of floating!

Kamal Khan

Night sky is amazing here.

shamila kulatunga

Very small fort. You can spend around 1 hour exploring things there

Danielle Cole

It was a neat hidden gem

June Rivers

Great educational value for kids and a well run interactive program run by staff.

赤ちゃん

Its pretty, very nice and very comfortable :)

iamrrabbit

Very nice view of river

Curt Setso

Great outdoor family adventure. Lots of walking and fresh air. Good for a family outing

Susan Stefura

Peaceful place to go right near Red Deer

Dave Langbroek

It was a beautiful day but there wasn't that much to do. This place would benefit greatly from a nice 1-2 kilometre walking path.

Rob C

The staff are very unhelpful. When asked about where to park, all she could muster was a very frazzled 'i don't know what to tell people'. I also scored an 'i told you so' moment, but my friend (along with many other people) scored a $50 parking ticket. Everybody's best friend, the county mountie, was laughing all the way to the bank today.

Brendon Wick

Great place for some family fun in the great outdoors

Tom Pierce

Busy for river floats , don't park illegally cops are all over that

Danielle Fortin

Great place to bring the kids and learn about Red Deer's history

Nathan Hoffman

It's a beautiful area to have a picnic for the afternoon. Full washrooms with running water are great. Boat launch is a nice area for getting into and out of the river with kayaks or inflatables.

Becky Rosebrugh

Really neat area.

misTAKEN gender #breakinwalls

Great place to start floating down the river. And a great place to check out their grounds

Lacey Thompson

Participated in an evening program - it was fun. We made homemade butter and scones!

William Roy

Not open for me either brought my uncle was not impressed Drove from Calgary got there at 2 p.m. walk around for an hour September Tuesday the 12th in the maps under Alberta Ghost Town they have this place on the other side of Red Deer thank goodness I looked it up but I guess it was closed anyways

Karl Baker

Always a great place for families... weiner roasts, by the beautiful Red Deer river, lots of float tubers get on the river here!

Brenda Pitts

The website stated the Fort was "open" arrived there to find it closed. Very disappointed.

Irit Brantz

Nice location by the lake, and interesting first nation history.

Santana Friesen

Love the place and the people

Patsi Earl

Never even knew this little jem of a park was here. Great surprise! Beautiful! Nice facility.

Vincent Wong

Went during open hours. The washrooms were open, but other than that everything else was locked up. You can walk the grounds, but other than that it's a waste of time. Not much more than an out of the way restroom stop. This is my reply to "Response from the owner" - We arrived at Fort Normandeau at about 4:30pm on May 21, 2019 and there were no other vehicles in the parking lot.

Leanne Worr

The most serene and historical natural beauty in Red Deer. A must see!!!

Jonatan Roy

Quiet place to relax on the edge of the Red Deer River

Wasteland Wonders

Awesome place to go floating

Pierre Trempe

(Translated) Interesting, but not a requirement to go. (Original) Intéressant, mais, pas un obligation d'y aller.

Cathy Prohl

It was mid-week, overcast and rainy when I visited so pretty quiet. Very nice setting by the river. Museum exhibits are well done and very interesting.

Doug Sterling

Leather a lot. Very interesting

Mark Hewitt

Great spot to launch down the river. Not much of a tourist spot, but decent parking and a boat launch

Alan Tourigny

clean

Josue A. Campos

Visiting this historic site was a good experience, is easy to access and you can walk, have a picnic, go to the river and have some fun. Washrooms are clean. I definitely recommend this place ????????

Brandon McDonald

Love this place! Beautiful well kept park!

Cory Pittman

Nice area, not much there. You may kill an hour of you take your time. Nothing for kids to occupy them. Needs more displays, crafts, activities, etc. Pretty boring spot, take a lunch, that's about the only thing to do there.

Peter Fuzessery

We were there photographing a wedding. Nice place. Lots of people launching rafts to the river from this location. First time here. Lots of apace to have a wedding outside and a campfire in a sheltered area. Only bad part were the extreme number of wasps getting into the food. Staff moved refreshments inside. Nice day but a little smokey.

Randy Patmore

Check it out! History.

Rick Jesse

Great spot for a quick stop and a bit of history

Wayne Blackmore

Beautiful day to enjoy the Fort and interpretive center

Dax Williams

I have lived in Red Deer for 20 years and never really taken the time to go out there and do the interpretive center and stuff. Its so interesting, its like the social equivalent to Kerrywood Nature Centre, which is all about the natural history of the region. Very informative, with a nice layout and good displays.

Richard Edwards

Lots of fun with the kids

Gord Taggart

Verry nice

Karyn James

Nice area by the river, sheltered picnic area was great to have. The interpretive center and for aren't overly exciting for kids.

Geoff Donaldson

Good if you like the outdoors

Brett Robinson

Was pretty good, not much to see though.

Kelly Blanch

Grounds are nice. Sadly waited 20 minutes for the interpretive centre to open (was to be at 1100 according to website). Come back another day i guess.

Wade Wesa

Excellent place to go for walk and check out scenery.

SpikeMike

Really neat piece of history. Well maintained and good interactive place for all ages. Hours of operation are not the the best.

Ronald Hazelwood

Nice place. Great historical site.

chris Stoodley

Bring your family for a picknick here by the river

Carmen DaCosta

Seriously disappointed in this, they could have done so much more with this spot but i feel like the people putting it together didn't care.

Kathy Hartman

My husband, son and I toured the Fort today and enjoyed the site. We relaxed on one of the Fort's park benches by the Red Deer River and it was so peaceful...made us wanted to actually step into the shallow shoreline just to get the feet wet but we remained at the bench.