Operated by the Prairie Tractor and Engine Museum Society, Coyote Flats Pioneer Village located just outside of Picture Butte, is gearing up for an unforgettable end of summer and fall.
Chair Earl Dunn says Harvest Days is coming up, in conjunction with Picture Butte’s Jamboree Days.
“We have a Parade of Power, we’ve got one new building – the General Store has just been completed and is starting to fill up now. We have a number of things going on Saturday and Sunday this weekend.,” Dunn notes.
The weekend will include threshing, dog agility, blacksmithing, woodturning demos and come check out antique machinery in action with the Parade of Power Saturday, and a horse pull Sunday.
“For kids, we have a playground there. We’ll also have a barrel train for the kids to ride in – all made out of barrels. We have a lady that does some spinning of wool. It’s quite a unique thing, and not very common,” Dunn adds.
Visitors can also explore some of the historic buildings on-site over the weekend.
“I think we have 28 buildings on the place. Most of them have been moved in from other areas,” says Dunn.
Next month, Coyote Flats Pioneer Village hosts its annual Pig ‘N Pull Fundraiser Sept. 27.
It’s a tractor pull followed by a delicious pulled pork meal and silent auction.
The dinner starts at 6 p.m., and the tractor pull is free for spectators. Information about tickets for the fundraiser dinner can be found online.
“We barbecue at least one pig and sometimes two,” Dunn notes.
The tractor pull will be held throughout the day. “We usually start it around 10:30 or 11 a.m. Depending on how many tractors come, we finish around 6 p.m., just in time for the supper,” says Dunn.
Coyote Flats is perfect for visitors who want to go back in time, Dunn explains. “It’s all history. We’ve got the first Christian Reformed Church built in Canada. It was built in 1906 I believe. It’s been moved a few times. We’ve got an old school house, an Eaton’s catalogue house, a CPR station from Dayton, a garage from Iron Springs and a meat market from Shaughnessy. There’s a lot of different things. They’re all equipped and decorated according to the year they are or came from.”
Dunn says there’s also an ice cream shop. “It’s a very busy place on a summer day. We sell a pile of ice cream out of there. It goes back to the 1950s. That’s the era we built it in. The floor and the ice cream coolers are all old ones.”
For more information about Coyote Flats or for a list of events, please visit online at coyoteflats.org/2025-events.
