Wrentham, Alberta


Wrentham is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Warner No. 5. It is located southeast of the intersection of the Veteran Memorial Highway and the historic Red Coat Trail, approximately east of the Village of Stirling, south of the Town of Taber and west of the Village of Foremost.
The hamlet was named by the Canadian Pacific Railway after Wrentham, a village in Suffolk, England.
The hamlet is located in census division No. 2 and in the federal riding of Lethbridge.

Regional attractions

;Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum:
The Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum features a Hadrosaur nest and embryo, ancient fossils, dinosaur models, located in Warner.
;Galt Historic Railway Park:
The Galt Historic Railway Park located 1 km north of Stirling is another popular museum which displays of life and travel in the 1880s to 1920s are set up in the restored 1890 North West Territories International Train Station from Coutts, Alberta, and Sweetgrass, Montana. The station was moved to the current location near Stirling in 2000 and is in the process of restoration. Future plans include moving the 1915 Ogilvie grain elevator from Wrentham for display along the station in the park, and developing a railcar dining car facility using vintage Canadian Pacific Railway dining cars.
;Stirling Agricultural Village:
Stirling Agricultural Village is a National Historic Site of Canada, and was listed as one of only three communities in Canada designated as a National Historic Site because of the community's well preserved settlement pattern that follows the Plat of Zion model. Located within the village are two museums and the Michelsen Farmstead, a totally restored 1900s home showcasing rural life in Alberta in the 1930s. Listed as a Provincial Historic Site in 2001., and the Galt Historic Railway Park.
;Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton Lakes National Park is a National Park located in the extreme southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, 40 km west of Cardston, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton Lakes was Canada's fourth National Park formed in 1895. The Rocky Mountains rise suddenly out of the rolling prairies in the park. Amid the peaks are the three Waterton Lakes, carved out of the rock by ancient glaciers.
;Writing On Stone Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both a nature preserve and protection for the largest concentration of rock art, created by Plains People. There are over 50 rock art sites, with thousands of figures, as well as numerous archeological sites. Located 44 km east of Milk River.