Drumheller

A few miles outside the town of Drumheller is a small area with these very distinctive hoodoos. They are part of the badlands that surround the area. Hoodoos in Drumheller, Alberta, are a distinctive feature that continues to attract thousands of visitors each year. The sediments comprising these hoodoos were formed between 70 and 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period (wikipedia). The area attracts many tourists but these hoodoos are best photographed at Sunset.

The East Coulee Railway and traffic bridge, over the Red Deer River near Drumheller, Alberta, was built to transport coak from the nearby coalmines. The last mine closed down in the 1980s, and ever since the bridge has no longer been used, but it makes for a nice bit of photogenic industrial heritage.