Fort Steel | Heritage Livestock

Heritage Livestock AT FORT STEELE

Watch as our active livestock department works with the animals at Fort Steele to recreate the daily routines of farming life in the 1890’s.

Daily livestock demonstrations in the spring, summer and fall include daily care and feeding, horse-powered grain grinding, hay sling, and baling. Old-time farming equipment is used for sowing crops in the spring, haying and raking in the summer and harvesting in the fall.

Around the Town site you will discover a multitude of animals including pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, donkeys, ducks, and in particular, our team of 'gentle giant' Clydesdale horses which are a visitor's delight, and have become a Fort Steele icon.

Many of the animals you'll visit here are rare and endangered breeds and are registered with Rare Breeds Canada. More information about each breed is available by clicking on the links below.

Black Clydesdales

Barred Plymouth Rock Chickens

Here are some links to the organizations our Society is associated with:

Canadian Livestock Records Corporation: Clydesdale Registration

Clydesdale Horses Association of Canada: Clydesdale Association Homepage

Rare Breeds Canada: Small Livestock Registration

Small Farmers Journal: A publication we find interesting