Cochrane

Cochrane was built up in 1881 as the Cochrane Ranche, after Matthew Henry Cochrane, a nearby farmer. It turned into a town in 1903 and it had a daily paper and volunteer fire office by 1909. Cochrane consolidated as a town in 1971. Cochrane is arranged at the base of Big Hill in the Bow River Valley. It sits at a rise of 1,186 meters 3,891 ft. The town is crossed by Highway 1A and Highway 22. Cochrane has a notoriety for its western culture, which can without much of a stretch be felt when one meanders the roads especially Main Street.

The town is a prominent goal for dessert and espress in its curious western-situated stores and in addition for windsports, playing golf, climbing and other experience exercises. Cochrane is known for open air interests. It is a middle for paragliding guidance, with the famous Nick Mueller family working a school at the highest point of the Big Hill. The slope is additionally a mainstream preparing ground for cyclists from the zone. Cochrane houses attractions, for example, Cochrane Ranche Historic Site and Bert Sheppard Stockmen's Foundation Library And Archives, situated in the Cochrane Ranchehouse. You can come here and explore this place.