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Welcome to Ribstone ...



Time Zone: Ribstone lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR), MDT- Heure Avancée des Rocheuses (HAR).

Note: If you travel east from Ribstone (for example, toward Cut Knife (SK)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area codes for Ribstone: (780) & (587)<1>

Communities near Ribstone ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ribstone.

  • Edgerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chauvin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Heath
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heath came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
  • McLaughlin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLaughlin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaughlin
  • Marsden
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenshields
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenshields came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshields
  • Paradise Valley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
  • Rivercourse
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Unwin
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unwin
  • Provost
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ribstone ...

Looking for more information about Ribstone? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ribstone, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ribstone.

Adding Ribstone to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ribstone was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ribstone.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ribstone. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Area code (587) is an overlay for area code (780).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.









 

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