place. Gritty town left beside the road on the way to prosperity. Founded in 1892 by
independent spirits who were not
interested in the
progressive ways of the people in Rimbey.
Home of the Fighting Badgers, the tri-province soccer champs three years running (1899,1900 and 1901), and twice voted "Hamlet of the Decade" by a local pamphlet company, Alder Flats is poised to leap into the twentieth century.