Canada - Alberta

Old Entrance Bed 'n Breakfast Cabins are located within Yellowhead County along the north bank of the Athabasca River at the historic site of Old Entrance, Alberta 14 km north-west of Hinton, Alberta, Canada and 30 km from the east gate of Jasper National Park.

During construction of the transcontinental railroads in the early 1900's the name of "Entrance" was given to the last station on the Canadian Northern Railway line prior to entering Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies through the Yellowhead Pass. During the years that the railway operated through this tiny frontier community it was the gateway to the vast, largely uninhabited country to the north; the Grande Cache, Smoky River and Willmore Wilderness areas. Local big game guides and outfitters were renowned and the general store and Entrance post office were the trade centre for fur trappers throughout this vast wilderness region.

Today with the railway gone historic Old Entrance is a beautiful riverfront site for Old Entrance Bed 'n Breakfast. The historic 1914 CNoR train station building is now used as our B & B main house, 1923 log schoolhouse and Shand-Harvey's 1921 trapper's cabin remain. Our 60 acre property and surrounding crown lands provide excellent bird watching, hiking, mountain biking and horse riding trails. Often deer can be spotted grazing the hillside and coyotes can be heard yelping across the river. Usually clear night skies provide spectacular star gazing.

Three self-contained one bedroom cabins:

• White Cabin: 660 sq. ft. Sleeps up to six guests with one queen-sized bed and two double-sized futon sofa beds in the living room. Features a spacious country kitchen and piano.
• Grey Cabin: 512 sq. ft. Sleeps up to four guests with one queen sized-bed and one double-sized futon sofa bed. Features a natural gas fireplace in living room and great mountain view from the covered deck.
• Brown Cabin: 384 sq. ft. Sleeps up to four guests with one queen-sized bed and one double-sized futon sofa bed. Featues an efficient wood burning fireplace stove in living room and a nice view from covered deck.

The one-bedroom cabins each have one queen-sized bed and one or two double sofa beds in the living room, fully-equipped kitchen, full bathroom, satellite TV/VCR, outside deck, lawn chairs, picnic table, fire pit & propane barbeque. The kitchens have fridge, stove, microwave, coffee maker, toaster and basic dishes and cooking utensils. The cabins are heated with natural gas and have supplemental wood burning heater stoves. We provide dry, split firewood for use inside cabins during winter months. These fully-serviced cabins are completely set up for light house keeping and meal preparation. We do not provide daily maid service. Fresh linens and towels are available on request.

Each cabin has it's own a propane barbeque located on the outside covered deck and nearby picnic table, lawn chairs and steel fire ring pit.

Firewood for outdoor fires is available for purchase at $10/wheel barrel load delivered to the fire pit site. Please check our outdoor fire and firewood policy on our website.

Guest Suite: Located on the lower floor level of our main house. This suite is quite private, it is accessed via an open stairway to the ground floor. The Main Bedroom has a queen-sized bed, adjacent private bathroom (not ensuite) and guest sitting area with in-floor heating, large windows, sofa, chair, satellite TV/DVD, coffee maker and small fridge for guests' use. No cooking facilities. A second bedroom with one double bed is available for travelling companions or children. It is not rented separately. Resident perfume hyper-sensitivity - No Scents Make Good Sense.