Visitor Buildings Burn in Grass Fire That Swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

Visitor Buildings Burn in Grass Fire That Swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
A fire burns at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village near Elk Island National Park, Alta. in this Alberta RCMP handout photo on April 18, 2025. The Canadian Press/HO, Alberta RCMP
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Firefighters who battled a wind-fanned grass fire that spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton managed to save the historic structures at the open-air museum, but provincial officials say the visitor centre buildings were lost.

Alberta Arts, Culture and Status of Women Minister Tanya Fir, as well as MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, whose constituency takes in the village, say in a statement that the visitor centre buildings “housed many irreplaceable artifacts that told the stories of generations of Ukrainian Albertans.”