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K3 Corn Maze & Family Farm
K3 Corn Maze & Family Farm
Michelle Pinon - News Advertiser
Kalin Kallal is a kid at heart. That’s proven to be a great thing for families looking to keep the kids busy and enjoy an affordable outing at the K3 Corn Maze & Family Farm.
The Tofield area attraction has been open for the past four years and its following continues to grow. Most of the patrons come from Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan and Ardrossan areas, but he is always trying to attract folks from other areas of the province.
The main goal is to provide something for everyone. To that end, there are many other activities for younger and older children. Some of these include: wagon rides, walking trail, rubber duck races, ladder toss, horseshoes, ladder toss, corn hole games, zip lines, rail racing, pedal carts, petting zoo, Wild West shootout, giant bale pile with slide, playground, picnic and pavilion areas as well as a concession and covered barns.
The corn maze itself covers five acres. Kalin said it has been a “tough growing season with lots of rain, followed by extreme heat. “But all in all the corn’s done fairly well.”
“It’s hard to believe that five years ago it was a wheat field,” says Kalin, who grew up on the property. The idea of having a corn maze came after a visit to the Lacombe corn maze. “As we were leaving, I told my wife, we need to this.” Kalin says there are no attractions for families east of Edmonton, and wanted to change that. The following spring, his wife Marcy and his mom Elaine rolled up their sleeves to help build his dream.
They started clearing the area, which encompasses around 100 acres, the following spring and never looked back. Amazingly, the corn maze opened that fall. Kalin said Marcy “always believes in him” and they are happy to share the dream with their three children, Easton, Hudson and Emersyn.
One event they are looking forward to this fall is the Field of Screams event. Last year, it was there busiest day of the year, attracting 1,400 people.
Kalin is a natural entrepreneur and is the midst of starting up a website, where people can buy anything and sell everything online. He said the website will include a timed auction and plans are to go live in about one month’s time.
Needless to say, Kalin doesn’t sleep much. Besides the corn maze, he is busy farming, putting up silage and hay, and feeding some cattle. “I just bought my first quarter section.” Kalin has also thought of incorporating other attractions at the corn maze in the coming years as well as building their forever home.
