The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village ( uk, Село спадщини української культури, Selo spadshchyny ukrains’koi kul’tury) is an

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that uses costumed historical interpreters to recreate pioneer settlements in east central

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, northeast and east of

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. In particular it shows the lives of

Ukrainian Canadian Ukrainian Canadians ( uk, Українські канадці, Україноканадці, translit=Ukrayins'ki kanadtsi, Ukrayinokanadtsi; french: Canadiens d'origine ukrainienne) are Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent or Ukrainian-born p ...

settlers from the years 1899 to 1930. Buildings from surrounding communities have been moved to the historic site and restored to various years within the first part of the twentieth century. "The Village", as it is colloquially known, has a very strong commitment to

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and the concept of

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. The Village uses a technique known as

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which requires that the costumed performers remain ''in character'' at all times (or as much as is feasibly possible). Actors answer all questions as if it is the year their building portrays. Although this technique is startling for some visitors at first, it allows for a much stronger experience of immersion in history than traditional

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where the actor acknowledges that he is, in fact, in a museum. UCHV elevator

The village is in Lamont County on the

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, on the eastern edge of

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Monuments

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* Alberta Centenary Pioneer Recognition Monument *

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to the Ukrainian Canadian Soldier * Joseph Olesków Monument – by

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* Pioneer Family Monument – by Leo Mol * Statue of Vasyl' Stefanyk * Ukrainian Canadian

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Camp

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Commemorative Cross * Stelmach House

Buildings

The Museum is divided into thematic areas: Overview,

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, Rural Communities, and Town sites. ''Note: the spellings used for names and locations are those from the time to which the building has been restored, and may not match those in use today'' Name (indicates the name of the owners or operators of a building and its original location), as well as the time period to which it has been

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Overview

Provides an introduction to Galician and Bukovinian immigration to Canada by showing the homes of three settler families.

Iwan Pylypow Iwan Pylypiw or Ivan Pylypow ( uk, Іван Пилипiв, September 28, 1859 – October 10, 1936) and Vasyl Eleniak were the first Ukrainian immigrants to Canada in 1891–93. Pylypow was born in the village of Nebyliv in Kalush county (''po ...

was one of two individuals who set off the mass migration of Ukrainians to Canada at the end of the 19th century. His family was Galician. His third house in Canada is preserved at the Village. The second house is that of Mykhailo and Vaselina Hawreliak. The Hawreliaks were a large Ukrainian Bukovinian family who settled in the Shandro area. By the 1920s Mykhailo Hawreliak was quite successful, and the house preserved here has five bedrooms and a

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that collected

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for use in the kitchen. The Nazar Yurko family was also from Bukovina, but was of

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descent. * Pylypow House (

Star, Alberta Star is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lamont County. It is located on Highway 831, approximately north of Lamont and south of Highway 45. Demographics Star recorded a population of 32 in the 1991 Census of Population conduc ...

; Built 1906, depicts 1923–1929) * Hawreliak House ( Shandro, Alberta; Built 1919, depicts 1925–1928) * Yurko House (

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; Built 1920, depicts 1932)

Farmsteads

Shows different farmyards from different eras/stages of development. * Township Survey Marker (Reconstruction to circa 1892) – marked the corner of a Township (36 square miles), containing 160 acre plots of land for farming that were surveyed prior to the mass influx of European immigration to the

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The newly arrived immigrants

* '' Burdei'' – Based on field research and archaeological findings; reconstructed to 1900 - Temporary shelters dug out of the ground or into the side of a hill were a common feature of the earliest farms of the Ukrainian immigrant settlers.

The Bukovinian settlers

* Grekul House (Toporivtsi, Alberta; Built 1915, depicts 1918–1919) * Grekul

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(Toporivtsi, Alberta; Built 1908-1909, depicts 1918–1919 * Grekul

Barn A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In North America, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain.Alle ...

(Toporivtsi, Alberta; Built 1915, depicts 1918–1919 * Roswiyczuk Granary (North Kotzman, Alberta; Built 1914, depicts 1918) * Makowichuk Barn (South Kotzman, Alberta; Built 1912, depicts 1918)

The Galician settlers

* Hlus' House (Buchach, Alberta; Built 1915–1916, depicts 1918) * Hlus' Barn (Buchach, Alberta; Built 1915, depicts 1918) * Hlus'

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(Buchach, Alberta; Built 1915, depicts 1918) * Lakusta Barn (Amelia-Cookville, Alberta; Built 1915, depicts 1918) * Lakusta Granary (Amelia-Cookville, Alberta; Built 1912, depicts 1918)

The later immigrants

* Slemko House (South Kotzman, Alberta; Built 1912, depicts 1919) * Slemko Granary (South Kotzman, Alberta; Built 1913, depicts 1919) * Slemko Barn (South Kotzman, Alberta Built 1914, depicts 1919) *

Pigsty A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock. It is sometimes referred to as a hog pen, hog parlor, pigpen, pig parlor, or pig-cote, although pig pen may refer to pens confining pigs that are kep ...

(Based on field research; reconstructed to 1919)

Ukrainian-Canadian farmers

* Hewko House (Podola, Alberta; Built 1917–1924, depicts 1930) * Kitt

Threshing Machine A threshing machine or a thresher is a piece of farm equipment that threshes grain, that is, it removes the seeds from the stalks and husks. It does so by beating the plant to make the seeds fall out. Before such machines were developed, thr ...

Shed ( Myrnam, Alberta; Built 1922, depicts 1930) * Chernochan Machine Shed (

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, Alberta; Built 1915, depicts 1925-1928

Rural community (reflecting 1925–30 time period)

* Roadside

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(Based on field research; reconstructed to 1919) * Luzan

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( Luzan, Alberta; Built 1927, depicts 1929) * Luzan

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(Luzan, Alberta; Built 1926, depicts 1929) * Kiew Hall – a

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; originally independent, later (1930s) affiliated with the

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( Kiew, Alberta; Built 1924, depicts 1930)) * St. Nicholas Russo-Greek Orthodox Church (Kiew, Alberta; Built 1908, depicts 1925–1928) * Kolody

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( Vilna, Alberta; Manufactured 1927, depicts 1929) * RussiaA misnomer applied by Northern European Canadians who, at the time of the establishment of the school district, mistakenly understood that the local residents (who referred to themselves as "rusyny" –

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,) were Russian. The name of the school district was changed in the early 1930s to "Franko" school, after the famous Western Ukrainian poet and writer,

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced ˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, ...

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(

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; Built 1910, depicts 1926–1929) * Russia School Barn (Musidora, Alberta; Built 1926, depicts 1926–1929) * South River Teacher’s Shack (South River, Alberta; Built 1921, depicts 1927) * St. Nicholas

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(also known as St. Mary's or Hlus' Church) ( Buchach, Alberta; Built 1912, depicts 1930)

Town site (reflecting 1925–30 time period)

* St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church (

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, Alberta; Built 1934, depicts 1934–1935) * Wostok

Hardware Store Hardware stores (in a number of countries, "shops"), sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware for home improvement including: fasteners, building materials, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing suppl ...

( Wostok, Alberta; Built 1937–1938, depicts 1939) * Hilliard

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( Hilliard, Alberta; Built 1925, depicts 1930) * Hilliard Pool Hall Stable & Garage (Hilliard, Alberta; Built 1925, depicts 1930) * Market Square * Radway

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Office (

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; Built 1920, depicts 1929) * Radway

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’s Garage (Radway, Alberta; Built 1927, depicts 1929) * Radway Livery Barn (Radway, Alberta; Built 1927, depicts 1929) * Pawlenchuk Lot Barn (

, Alberta; Built 1930, depicts 1932) * United Merchants of Alberta General Store (Smoky Lake, Alberta; Built 1932, depicts 1932) * Andrew Alberta Provincial Police Post (

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; Built 1913, depicts 1925–1928) * Bellis Home Grain Co.

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( Bellis, Alberta; Built 1922, depicts 1928) * Bellis

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Station (Bellis, Alberta; Built 1923, depicts 1928) * Morecambe School (

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; Built 1929, depicts 1930) * Hilliard Hotel (Hilliard, Alberta; Built 1928, depicts 1929) * Alberta Lumber Co.

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Lamont, Alberta Lamont is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located east of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 831. History Settlement began in the 1880s. The area's location along the Victoria Trail, which was used by travellers betw ...

; Built 1907–1910, depicts 1928) * Alberta Lumber Company Cement Shed (Lamont, Alberta; Built 1906, depicts 1928) * Alberta Lumber Company Coal Shed (Lamont, Alberta) * Demchuk

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Shop ( Myrnam, Alberta; Built 1927, depicts 1929) * Demchuk House (Myrnam, Alberta; Built 1928, depicts 1929) *

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Shop (Based on field research; reconstructed to 1930)

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA,

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