Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site is the perfect day trip just 2.5 hours from Calgary. This site commemorates the Hudson Bay and North West Company Fur Trading Posts while telling the stories of the nine different Indigenous groups and legendary explorer and fur trader David Thompson. Today, Parks Canada and partners tell the stories of the many different people who spent time on the banks of this historic river highway while protecting the archeological remains of the four trading posts. Visitors can experience interpretive trails, exhibits, Indigenous programming, fur trade interpretation, bison viewing, bicycling, canoeing and kayaking along the shores of the North Saskatchewan River. Want to stay awhile? Let your story become a part of this place too and stay in our trappers tents, tipis, cabins or RV sites.