The Dead Man’s Flats “teepee” is no more.
The wooden structure was torn down and removed on Nov. 21 after approval by Municipal District of Bighorn councillors. No objections to the project were made.
The teepee was a former Alberta Tourism Canmore Information Centre that was constructed over 25 years ago.
The teepee made the trip east on Highway 1 to the small, uniquely named hamlet in the ’90s after a new tourist centre was built.
The dark brown, decaying structure had been unused for over a decade; sitting quietly docile until its demolition.
Earlier this year, the MD contacted the last known member of the Dead Man’s Flats Business Association, Inno Thomas, and indicated the land lease agreement had expired between the two bodies.
The association had previously overseen the teepee and its physical state.
This past April, Thomas considered registering the association and fixing up the teepee to have it become an advertisements display. However, in a recent letter to the MD, Thomas expressed no more interest in the teepee.
The space where the teepee once stood has “no concrete or immediate plans,” said MD chief administrative officer Martin Buckley.
The area currently has a large information board that relates the history of Dead Man’s Flats to interested tourists.
