Vulcan is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Vulcan County. It is on Highway 23, midway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge. The population of the town was 1,769 in 2021. Now known as the "Official Star Trek Capital of Canada", Vulcan has a tourism building made to look like a landed space station, a statue of the original series Enterprise, and other Star Trek themed attractions.
Tourism and Trek Station
View of the row of grain elevators in Vulcan, Alberta. After 1920.
Vulcan elevator row in the 1960s
Centre Street 2008
RCAF Station Vulcan, also referred to as RCAF Aerodrome Vulcan, was a Second World War flying training station located southwest of the town of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. It was one of many stations that were established in Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Jacket patch from No. 19 Service Flying Training School
Remaining hangars
Historical marker commemorating the former RCAF Aerodrome
Ground level view of a runway at the Vulcan/Kirkcaldy Aerodrome