St. Paul (Alberta)

St. Paul is a town of 5,800 people (2016) in Lakeland, Alberta, Canada. St. Paul is home to the world's first UFO landing pad. Since its construction in 1967, there have been no UFO landings at the site, but it has drawn many terrestrial visitors.

Understand
The community was founded as a Métis colony in 1896, but the colony later dissolved sometime between 1905 and 1909. After the area was made available to other groups in 1909, the community was incorporated as St. Paul de Métis in 1912, though it was referred to as St. Paul des Métis by 1922. It then incorporated as the Town of St. Paul in 1936.

By car
St. Paul is approximately 2 hours northeast of Edmonton by taking Highway 15 to Lamont, then following Highway 29. An alternate route from Edmonton is by following Highway 28 to Ashmont, then following Highways 36 and 29 - older maps might still show this as Highway 28; however, area highways were renumbered in 2006 and Highway 28 now bypasses St. Paul.

By bus

 * Operates a bus route several days per week between Cold Lake and Edmonton including a stop in Bonnyville and St. Paul.