Coutts, Alta., is one of the busiest U.S. ports of entry in western Canada.
It’s also home to a baseball diamond where you can launch homers over the Canada-U.S. border.
Between the rodeo arena and the municipal library sits the Coutts baseball diamond. All that separates the two borders in this part of the rural community is a shoddy chain-link fence.
Of course, crossing the border at an unauthorized point of entry is illegal. But hitting a slugger of a home run all the way from one country to the other sure isn’t.
What to expect
For decades, ragtag kids in the community of Coutts, Canada, have whispered about the town’s greatest athletic feat: hitting a home run from Canada to a nearby field in Sweet Grass, Montana.
Canada has a history of raising standout sluggers in its rural small towns. The multigenerational family baseball talent in Maple Ridge was responsible for producing Larry Walker Jr., one of the best to ever play the game. Could the next baseball star hail from Coutts?
It’s only an hour’s drive from Lethbridge to test your merit at this secluded rural Alberta baseball diamond.
There’s even been some work done for you in determining how far you need to hit the ball. At Coutts, it’s 285 ft., according to Craig Robinson who calculated the distance for The Wall Street Journal.
There won’t be an opportunity to retrieve the ball once you’ve cleared the bases, but the bragging rights alone will be worth it.
Coutts Baseball Diamond
When: Open year-round
Where: 315 2nd Ave. South, Coutts, Alta.
Cost: Free
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Em Medland-Marchen
Em is a Staff Writer for Curiocity Calgary. They are passionate about live music, rose gardens, iced coffee, their dogs Bandit and Stanley, and walks along the Bow River.
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