Fort Steele School Programs

Fort Steele Heritage Town offers many grade school programs which are delivered by trained and costumed interpreters. All of these programs are designed to fit with specific curriculum components and have a recommended grade level.

Here’s a sampling of programs being offered; check the web link for more.

The Home Sweet Home (Grades K+) – Develop an appreciation for the domestic life of a 19th century family, by actively participating in activities such as washing clothes on a scrub board, baking in a wood stove and churning butter. Of course, the sweetest things in life are earned with hard work, especially when it’s homemade ice cream you will be making.

In the Animal Husbandry (Grades K+) – Help with heritage livestock, tour old farm equipment and learn how farming worked before electricity.  Wagon rides available as an add-on.

Trading and Trapping (Grades 3+) – Students will explore the journeys of fur traders, the challenges they faced and how trading shaped daily life and regional connections.

Night at the Kootenay Post (Grades K+) – Step back in time with a Night at the Kootenay Post, a fully-immersive overnight experience that lets students live like residents of 19th century Fort Steele.