Vulcan - The Place I Call Home
Vulcan, Alberta is the place I call home.
Vulcan was named in 1915 for the Roman god of fire and black smithing...and at the time, Star Trek wasn't even a thought or a twinkle for Gene Roddenberry. However, as time passed and the town grew, the council and townspeople decided it was high time to find their niche in the world...Star Trek was a big thing and we were lucky enough to have already been named with a very Star Trek-kie name--and so, Vulcan became a Star Trek town.
The town got its name from a Canadian Pacific Railway employee who came to survey the land and had a particular fascination with Roman mythology. The area that Vulcan sits on is the highest elevation point of the CPR line of the time.
The Town of Vulcan has approximately 1,800 people and is nestled in southern Alberta. It really is a pretty little town and the people here are fabulous. We are located in Vulcan County, the second largest county in Alberta. The county includes five villages and a few hamlets and is home to just over 6,000 people. The villages in Vulcan County are: Arrowwood, Carmangay, Champion, Lomond and Milo.
We have our very own Web site for the Town of Vulcan, which you can find here.
We have the Vulcan Tourism and Trek Station, which looks like a star ship. Each year in June, we have Spock Days which runs the second weekend of June each year--and thousands and thousands of people flock to our little town for festivities and all things Trek.
A side note: People who like Star Trek are not Trekkies...they are Trekkers. Please, don't feed the bears or ever get this confused again. =) I know this from interviewing a raft of Trekkers at the convention weekend and accidentally writing Trekkies in the newspaper article before the event. Who knew? Now you do...
We also have the FX6-1995-A, the Town of Vulcan's very own star ship. The original USS Enterprise from the Star Trek series inspired the concept of our ship. The FX6-1995-A is located at the main entrance to town and has greetings mounted on the base of the platform, which you can read in English, Vulcan and Klingon.
The Tourism and Trek Station inside is decorate with planets and even has a star ship deck replica inside. Soon, we will have a virtual reality game as well. Our hard earned tax money at work. (No satire intended, really.)
In July, the annual Show n' Shine and Vulcans to Vulcan motorcycle ride comes to Vulcan. Hundreds of vintage cars line Main Street in Vulcan, as well as motorcycles on the Vulcans to Vulcan motorcycle run and other motorcycles entered into the show.
Long before Star Trek, Vulcan was famous for it's 'Nine in a Line'. Nine grain elevators in the town boasted the largest grain storage capacity in the country until a fire in 1971. Pictures of Vulcan's "Nine in a Line" were published in newspapers and magazines across the country.
Before Star Trek, Vulcan was also popular for it's flight instructor school, the Vulcan Aerodome. The Aerodome opened in 1942 and was home to the No. 2 Flight Instructor School and later, the No. 19 Flight Instructor School.
Vulcan is a pretty community, thanks largely in part to Communities in Bloom of Vulcan whose efforts have made improvements in and around Vulcan.
Amazingly, there is a lot to do in Vulcan. We have a museum which captures the essence of our past, a weekly community newspaper, The Vulcan Advocate, restaurants, a Chamber of Commerce, the Vulcan Business Development Society, stores, grocery stores, banks, an outdoor pool, an indoor arena, a cultural center, the County Central High School, a brand new elementary school Vulcan Prairieview Elementary, an 18-hole golf course, a hospital, and much, much more.
Vulcan was named in 1915 for the Roman god of fire and black smithing...and at the time, Star Trek wasn't even a thought or a twinkle for Gene Roddenberry. However, as time passed and the town grew, the council and townspeople decided it was high time to find their niche in the world...Star Trek was a big thing and we were lucky enough to have already been named with a very Star Trek-kie name--and so, Vulcan became a Star Trek town.
The town got its name from a Canadian Pacific Railway employee who came to survey the land and had a particular fascination with Roman mythology. The area that Vulcan sits on is the highest elevation point of the CPR line of the time.
The Town of Vulcan has approximately 1,800 people and is nestled in southern Alberta. It really is a pretty little town and the people here are fabulous. We are located in Vulcan County, the second largest county in Alberta. The county includes five villages and a few hamlets and is home to just over 6,000 people. The villages in Vulcan County are: Arrowwood, Carmangay, Champion, Lomond and Milo.
We have our very own Web site for the Town of Vulcan, which you can find here.
We have the Vulcan Tourism and Trek Station, which looks like a star ship. Each year in June, we have Spock Days which runs the second weekend of June each year--and thousands and thousands of people flock to our little town for festivities and all things Trek.
A side note: People who like Star Trek are not Trekkies...they are Trekkers. Please, don't feed the bears or ever get this confused again. =) I know this from interviewing a raft of Trekkers at the convention weekend and accidentally writing Trekkies in the newspaper article before the event. Who knew? Now you do...
We also have the FX6-1995-A, the Town of Vulcan's very own star ship. The original USS Enterprise from the Star Trek series inspired the concept of our ship. The FX6-1995-A is located at the main entrance to town and has greetings mounted on the base of the platform, which you can read in English, Vulcan and Klingon.
The Tourism and Trek Station inside is decorate with planets and even has a star ship deck replica inside. Soon, we will have a virtual reality game as well. Our hard earned tax money at work. (No satire intended, really.)
In July, the annual Show n' Shine and Vulcans to Vulcan motorcycle ride comes to Vulcan. Hundreds of vintage cars line Main Street in Vulcan, as well as motorcycles on the Vulcans to Vulcan motorcycle run and other motorcycles entered into the show.
Long before Star Trek, Vulcan was famous for it's 'Nine in a Line'. Nine grain elevators in the town boasted the largest grain storage capacity in the country until a fire in 1971. Pictures of Vulcan's "Nine in a Line" were published in newspapers and magazines across the country.
Before Star Trek, Vulcan was also popular for it's flight instructor school, the Vulcan Aerodome. The Aerodome opened in 1942 and was home to the No. 2 Flight Instructor School and later, the No. 19 Flight Instructor School.
Vulcan is a pretty community, thanks largely in part to Communities in Bloom of Vulcan whose efforts have made improvements in and around Vulcan.
Amazingly, there is a lot to do in Vulcan. We have a museum which captures the essence of our past, a weekly community newspaper, The Vulcan Advocate, restaurants, a Chamber of Commerce, the Vulcan Business Development Society, stores, grocery stores, banks, an outdoor pool, an indoor arena, a cultural center, the County Central High School, a brand new elementary school Vulcan Prairieview Elementary, an 18-hole golf course, a hospital, and much, much more.
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