Netook Crossing

What is Netook Crossing?

Opportunities for residential, commercial and industrial development await you at Netook Crossing.

Nestled between the stunning foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and the rolling prairies spreading eastward beyond Alberta's Highway 2 (also known as the Queen Elizabeth II highway- QEII), Mountain View County's Netook Crossing development is in the heart of Canada's economic "Western Tiger"- the Calgary/ Edmonton corridor- located just over 30 minutes north of Calgary on the QEII.

Netook Crossing offers developers a variety of options for short, medium and long term residential and mixed use development on about 1,618 hectares (4,000 acres) in the area nestled between the Town of Olds (population 7,600) and the QEII.

Where is Netook Crossing?

The story of "Netook"

The origins of the word "Netook" can be traced back to the journals of explorer Peter Fidler, who in 1792 while traveling through what is now central Alberta, mentioned that he and his party "were approximately 20 kilometers away from a point of woods containing a large single pine tree the Blackfoot called 'nee-tuck-kis'- meaning "lone pine tree". An 18th century account of a smallpox epidemic among the Blackfoot, related to explorer David Thompson by Piikani Leader Saukamappee (Young Man), also mentions the lone pine tree, or "Nee tuck kis".

Landmarks in Mountain View County which have derived their name from the early references to the lone pine tree include: Lonepine Creek, Lonepine Hall east of Didsbury, the former Lone Pine School District No. 579, and the historic Lone Pine Stopping House, which was located approximately four miles north and east of present-day Olds (near the site of Lone Pine- Bennett Hall).

During more recent times, the Calgary- Edmonton Railway established "Netook" siding 12 kilometers north of Olds, with the Canadian Pacific Railway operating a station there between 1913 and 1916. A post office at Netook was later operated by postmaster Fred Smith at NE 34-33-1 W5M, from its inception in March, 1928, until his death in April 1958. Two grain elevators also operated at Netook siding (12 kilometres north of Olds) along the Calgary- Edmonton CPR line, both of which ceased operations by the 1960's. During the Second World War, the airfield at Netook was an auxiliary field for #32 Royal Air Force Elementary Flying School Bowden. In 1953, the airfield was leased to the Town of Olds, and an Olds Flying Association was formed. With the construction of the Olds/ Didsbury Airport, Netook became a gliding centre, and is used today by the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.