Alberta’s best restroom is…in a gas station?!

Yes, you heard that right.

The restroom at the Valleyview Shell Super Station – a massive truck stop in a tiny town about 350 kilometres northwest of Edmonton – has been nominated as one of five finalists for Cintas’ Canada’s Best Restroom Contest.

According to the contest website, this unsuspecting front-runner was awarded the 2010 top honour by Convenience Store Magazine for its geo-thermal heating and cooling technologies.

And with its solid adler wood stall doors, tiled walls and sparkling Victorian style semi-flush mount chandeliers (yes, seriously) this luxurious washroom blows away any horror movie/poronographic movie-type notions typically associated with gas station bathrooms.