Experience Cochrane
Photos Courtesy of Town of Cochrane and Jo-Anne Oucharek
Located 36 km west of Calgary, Cochrane is an ideal getaway,
Cochrane Ranche Historic Site. Full of western memorabilia,
be it for an afternoon adventure or a weekend camping.
ask the staff about their 101 Hats Collection and the numerous examples of saddles, brands and barbed wire on display.
The town gets its name from Senator Matthew Cochrane, who established a ranch here in 1881. So, the town’s western
Before World War I, Cochrane was home to a stone quarry,
roots run deep. This is cattle country, and it is home to both
a saw mill, and four brick plants. Skilled artisans combined
the Bert Sheppard Stockmen’s Foundation Library, and the
their talents to construct buildings of quality and style. Today,
Tim Hall/ Cochrane Tourism Association
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