780-765-3652 www.rycroft.ca
The village of Rycroft was established as a village in 1944. It is a very “tight knit” community with numerous large families and many active community members. The village of Rycroft was well known as a tourism town in the 60’s, 70’s and early eighties, because it is the hub of the Peace and was originally situated for the Northern Alberta Railroad (also known as NAR). The local campground, “Nardam”, was given this name for that very reason. The small lake was manmade as a source of water for the railroad and later onwhen NAR no longer required the water it was turned into a campground and there named “Nardam”. A Caboose is on permanent lease from NAR in Edmonton to be situated in Rycroft for the historical value. This caboose is located in Devonian park, which has been professionally landscaped to extenuate the beauty of the history of “the Hub of the Peace”. Rycroft is also well known for the “tee pee” located at the crossroads of highway 49 and highway 2. The tepee in the past was used as a tourist information center and gift shop, however, over the years the novelty of “the tepee” wore off but is still standing.
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Campground: T & J golf course located 2 km south west of town. Offering a nine hole golf course, driving range and a small area for camping. 780-765-2088
