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| Alberta Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Top of Groto Mountain Top of Groto Mountain Allen Ko Alberta's grandeur and beauty are obvious from the moment you arrive. With vast blue skies and the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, and thousands of hectares of farmland and forests, it won't be long before you're engulfed by Alberta's natural features. But it's the people of Alberta that give the province its charm and fervor. There seems to be an ardent sense of community inherent in the people who live there. Casual, friendly, hard-working -- you'll feel at home among these family-minded people. Edmonton, the provincial capital, features world-class attractions including the world's largest mall - West Edmonton Mall, and one of the most vibrant arts communities in North America. Calgary, home of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, is the fastest growing city in the country. The province is home to millions of people, and the standard of living is high. Not to be missed are Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, which are among the most beautiful places on earth. Another world-class attraction is the Royal Tyrell Museum at Drumheller, where you'll fine one of the world's greatest collections of dinosaur remains. Alberta's Provincial Flower is the Wild Rose __________Sights Edit This [Add Sight] Waterton Lakes National Park Edit This Waterton Lakes National Park features a meeting of the Prairies with the Rocky Mountains. This park is a good place to enjoy the beauty of the mountains combined with opportunities to view bison, deer, moose, elk and bear. The park is located on the Canada / US border at the junction of highways 2 and 6. For more information, visit Waterton Lakes National Park type: Parks World66 rating: [rate it] Dinosaur Provincial Park-World Heritage Site Edit This "Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the awe-inspiring badlands about 2 hours drive east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- or 48 kilometres northeast of the community of Brooks. The Badlands Great rivers that flowed here 75 million years ago left sand and mud deposits that make up the valley walls, hills and hoodoos of modern-day Dinosaur Provincial Park. At the end of the last ice age (about 13,000 years ago) water from the melting ice carved the valley through which the Red Deer River now flows. Today, water from prairie creeks and run-off continues to sculpt the layers more.. type: Parks World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.cd.gov.ab.ca tel: (403) 378-4342 address: Dinosaur Provincial Park Wood Buffalo National Park Edit This Wood Buffalo National Park encompasses an area greater than Switzerland. This park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. The park contains a large, self-regulating bison herd and protects the only natural nesting ground of the whooping crane. The park spans the Alberta / Northwest Territories border and is accessed by driving along the Mackenzie Highway 5. Highway 5 is a hard-packed gravel road, as are most of the highways in the Northwest Territories. An open highway cannot be guaranteed in some winter months, so it would be a good idea to check local road more.. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] Elk Island National Park Edit This Elk Island National Park is located approximately one hour's drive east of Edmonton. The park features herds of free-ranging plains bison, wood bison and healthy populations of moose, deer and elk. Over 250 species of bird have been found in the park. For more information on this strikingly beautiful park, visit Elk Island National Park type: Palaces World66 rating: [rate it] ____________Things to do Edit This Like the rest of Canada, Alberta has plenty of places to enjoy a variety of outdoor activities from rock climbing to canoeing, skiing to fishing. [Add Activity] Mt. Louis Edit This Pictured above, Mt. Louis is rated 5.7 on the Yosemite rock climbing scale and is climbed by only 12 to 15 people every year. The mountain is a 2 1/2 hour hike north from the Trans Canada Highway 5 miles west of Banff. From the base of the mountain to the summit is approximately a 10 hour climb. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Bow River Fishing Edit This Birthed in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, the Bow River east of Banff touts some of the best fly fishing waters in the world. This pristine, sparkling river meanders through the foothills, into Calgary, and out onto the short grass prairie of southeastern Alberta. Fly fishing is very popular here, but people also fish using traditional methods, both in the river and the many ponds and reservoirs that the Bow feeds. Calgary has many outfitters that would be happy to supply you with the necessary equipment and also accompany you on fishing excursions, if that more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it |