Ponoka at a Glance
Named from the Blackfoot ponokaii, which means elk, Ponoka turned 100
years old in 2004, commemorated by the town's Centennial
Park and its hard-to-miss centrepiece, The Legacy, the world's largest statue
of a cowboy breaking a wild horse. The town's Fort
Ostell Museum, Glen
Crandall Antique Collection and Cowboy
Museum all house artifacts from Alberta's wild west, and the Ponoka
Stampede, the city's premiere event, welcomes livestock displays, rodeo
competitors and exhibitions and displays from around the world for several event-filled
days in the summer.
Alberta’s first sanitarium was founded in the town in 1912, guaranteeing its
residents need not rely solely on the sometimes unreliable industries of agriculture
and ranching. Through comprehensive, careful planning, Ponoka has become a progressive
community of more than 6,000 people whose residents enjoy a high standard of
living, relaxed rural lifestyle and scenic surroundings, including the Battle
River Valley. Laced through by the Wolf
Creek Trail, activity is encouraged with hiking paths, ball diamonds and
picnic tables, indicative of a town where family comes first.
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WELCOME TO Ponoka!
