Bassano where communities grow
Getting away from the city
A small town getaway in the Prairies. A home to 2500 people, a friendly community in one of the most humble parts of alberta.Go to Bassanos river that has been dated back all the way to 1914. This beautiful settlement features all of that a larger town has; however community is what keeps it apart from the others. Visit Majorville Medicine wheel just south of Bassano to see 160 acres of stone on a high hill. Located right in the middle of Medicine hat and Calgary, by surrounding rivers and flatlands. It always feels like a place close to home.
living in Bassano
Bassano is a very inexpensive part of Alberta and is one of the safest communities in alberta. Housing usually ranges from $200,000 to $400,00 ranging from 1000 - 2000sqft with a basement included as well. The localization of products and stores makes everything accessible easily such as stores, town centres and restaurants. Construction in this area is not that clustered as it is in bigger cities such as Edmonton and Calgary, Getting around town becomes a lot easier. The community of Bassano is very small and offers plenty of opportunities for recreational activities; Activities range from bowling, golf, swimming, and curling. Although the town is small it still offers a variety of k-12 schools that are public and catholic. On top of that they are a very catholic community, building 2 churches right after they built the hospital. Wherever you are in Bassano there's always a community.
A brief history
The town was first established in 1883 during the Construction of the Canadian Pacific railway. Named after marquis de bassano who was a shareholder for the Canadian Pacific railway founded the city. However before he passed away he would have funded the town and built it as well. The first hospital between Medicine hat and Calgary was built in 1914 in Bassano.The town is most known for their dam, located by Bow River the water converged on to main land. When the dam was finally built in 1914 agriculture was thriving. Fast forward to the 1980’s and the dam needed to be rebuilt and is still here to this day. Some notable facts are that It holds the highest record temperature in Alberta at a scorching 43.3 celsius. To further add when the dam was built it was one of the greatest irrigation settlements in the continent at that time. Many tourists say it's great for fishing and is open all day throughout the entire week with lots of locals coming together. Although the town is very small with the history included it truly is a whole in the wall for tourists everywhere.
Future developments
Where Bassano stands now it's a small community trying to expand outwards while still holding the community. One of Bassanos most successful sectors is in agriculture, according to Alberta's statistics. One of their most notable businesses is Bassano growers LTD, since the 1970’s they have been supplying and distributing potatoes to locals. Recently they have been looking to go farther out of the town and on top of that they are planning to diversify in what they grow and distribute to serve all of alberta. As they are one of Alberta's smallest communities the impact they want to deliver is for all Albertans and Canadians near and far.Bassano encourages the help to expand farther across Alberta in all sectors.
Adventures and activities
The community offers up its dam to everyone to fish freely under certain regulations however. This includes the certain types of fish that are Alberta regulated that includes 1 trout that's 35cm, 3 mountain whitefish under 3 cm and 3 pikes at maximum. This is to preserve the wildlife in the dam as they are a scarce population in this region of alberta. To further there are guided tours to go over the history and explore all of the dam. Fishing tours are also available. Another part of Bassano is the medicine wheel located 20km in Majorville. Take a spiritual walk and get in touch with the surroundings. The walk has tours that go through the deep history and the meaning behind its construction. Recreation centres are a great way to introduce and meet other people while doing activities. Bassano includes a recreation centre that welcomes everyone and hosts different activities and events on weekends to get everyone involved.
Albertas regualtions on day time fishing
Since the beginning of august the rivers, lakes and national parks in the southern western part of Alberta have are putting regulations for day time fishing. Local officials say that it is from 12am to 2pm. The regulations started when they lake's temperature started to rise. During this time it went up to 20 degrees. This has been happening for 3 days now since it's been announced. To top it all off the overflows that are making it even more difficult to fish. This is when experts say that they have to put a regulation on the rivers.“Trout, char, whitefish and salmon — they have a better need or lower threshold for oxygen than a lot of other fish and that’s partly due to the temperature,” said Henry Komadowski, an environmental sciences instructor at Lethbridge College. “The warmer it gets, the less water can hold in terms of oxygen.” With this new found information lakes are closed only during those times. On the other hand because of where Bassano is located this rule does not apply because the dam cuts off the water. This is mostly in effect for Bow river. The reason why this is an important matter is because the fish may not be able to survive when the temperature and water levels increase that high. The dam wont have this issue because it blocks off most of the in bow river. In Alberta fashion these regulations were respected and followed through. Thankfully these regulations have been lifted on September 1 of 2022 . As the winter months come the regulations won't be a problem due to the lakes being frozen. So will the dam be. For more information read more on how the regulation impacted southern alberta and what experts have to say on the matter.
