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Drumheller is a town in the Badlands of east-central Alberta on the Red Deer River an hour and a half northeast of Calgary.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, a renowned museum that hosts the world's largest collection of dinosaur fossils under one roof, is located just in the northwest of the town along the North Dinosaur Trail.
The veiw out of World's Largest Dinosaur across Drumheller. Photo: G Larson South of the road bridge on Highways 9/56 one can find the World's Largest Dinosaur—an 80 foot high T-Rex that you can climb up inside of and view the Badlands from.
Backdrop for countless cinematic productions including Shanghai Noon, Unforgiven, Knockaround Guys and Ratrace.
Drumheller held city status in Alberta for a number of years until the mid-1990s when residents voted to revert the community to town status.
Community profile
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada census:
| Population: | 7,785 (-0.6% from 1996)
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| Land area: | 107.93 km²
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| Population density: | 72.1 people/km²
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| Median age: | 38.4 (males: 36.6, females: 40.4)
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| Total private dwellings: | 3,202
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| Median household income: | $43,885
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The Hoodoos
Hoodoos East of Drumheller, Alberta Photo: G Larson Hoodoos are a collection of vertical soft sandstone rock formations characterized by the harder capstone. The capstone protects the softer sandstone from errosion.
East of Drumheller, Alberta, on Highway 10, the Hoodoos are in a protected park and a local attraction.
Hoodoos are found in a number of other areas. See Hoodoo (geology)
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