Town of Two Hills Claimed

Our Heritage

Over one hundred years ago, the first homestead in the Two Hills area was registered by Tom Watt, a veteran of the Canadian Militia. For the next decade other settlers were primarily English speaking, but at the turn of the 20th century, immigrants from central & eastern Europe arrived and changed the cultural heritage of Two Hills forever.

With the coming of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1927, the Hamlet of Two Hills was established. Two Hills took its name from a nearby post office named after a well known landmark two prominent hills, on the western outskirts of the community, and soon became the most important trading center on the Canadian Pacific Railway line between Edmonton and Lloydminster.

In 1926, the first business establishment, a restaurant, opened in Two Hills. The restaurant was operated by Adelard Desrosiers and served the busy construction crews who were extending the railway grade in the area. Elevator construction workers also frequented the eatery. Sometimes ninety to a hundred people were served in a single day. Another of the very first business establishments in the new hamlet was the Bank of Commerce, which set up a branch