Longview (Alberta) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
village in Alberta, Canada
About Longview (Alberta)
Longview is also known as the home of Canadian Country music star Ian Tyson. Highwood River flows west of the village. The Long brothers, Thomas and Oliver, homesteaded at Big Hill, not far from where the village is now. Their last name combined with the view from the then post office, which was opened in 1908, is how the village was named. When the oilfields at Turner Valley were revived in 1936, Longview became known as Little New York. Little New York, had a sister town uphill to the north called Little Chicago. No one seems to know how Little Chicago and Little New York got their names and both towns grew up over night. In 1936 there was nothing there but an empty prairie field. Then, in 1937, oil was discovered at the 6,828-foot (2,081 m) level and people, most of them long out of wor
Top Attractions in Longview (Alberta)
Explore the best things to see and do in Longview (Alberta):
- ★Bar U Ranch
Where to Stay in Longview (Alberta)
- 🏨Blue Sky Motel
- 🏨Twin Cities Hotel
Longview (Alberta) Travel Guide Sections
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