Stirling, Alberta, a National Historic Site by Parks Canada, is one of the last surviving examples of early 20th-century Mormon settlement patterns in Southern Alberta. This year reflects it's 100th anniversary.

The first settlers arrived May 5, 1899, sent by LDS church leaders to build an irrigation system through the barren prairie grasslands of western Canada. Led by Theodore Brandley, the Peterson's, the Brandley's, the Zaugg's and many others came to Canada with high hopes for the future. Only a railway stop surrounded by an endless sea of grass marked their new home, but today, because of their perserverance, Stirling, Alberta, has become a thriving agricultural community on the edge of the Canadian frontier.