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The property was acquired by Ed Jefferies in 1953, who leased the location to the Alberta Fish and Game Association. [5] A pond bearing Jefferies name is located northeast of the lagoon. In 1970, Jeffries sold the sanctuary to the City of Calgary. [1] In March 2022, the City of Calgary began a project to reconnect the lagoon to the Bow River.
Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation: Slave Lake: Northern Alberta: Located in Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, indoor and outdoor exhibits, programs, education and study center of boreal birds on their breeding grounds Bow Habitat Station: Calgary: Calgary Region
Devonian Gardens (Calgary), Calgary; Cascades of Time Garden (Banff), Banff; Lee Pavilion located within the Citadel Theatre, Edmonton; Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge; Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton; Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, Lethbridge; Olds College Botanic Garden, Olds [1] University of Alberta Botanic Garden, Devon ...
Eagles were considered the most prominent of birds in classical antiquity.Several legends attested to their unique qualities, such as Aristotle's claim that the sea eagle only raised the young who could look at the sun directly without their eyes watering, or Pliny the Elder's claim that they were immune to being struck by lightning, while the Geoponica claimed that they protected from hail. [1]
The following list of the parks in Calgary includes recreational greenspaces within the city limits that are maintained by either Calgary's municipal government or the government of Alberta. The municipal government maintains 75 urban parks and gardens, [ 1 ] while the provincial government maintains one urban park.
The park is named after John Lawrey, who settled in the area in 1882 and established a market garden which supplied railway workers and settlers with fresh produce. [3] He died in 1904, and his two nephews lived on the property up until World War I. [2] The area of the park formerly hosted multiple now demolished buildings. [3]
This article is a list of historic places in the Calgary Region, in Alberta, which have been entered into the national Register of Historic Places, which includes federal, provincial, and municipal properties. A few are in the national park system.
CrossIron Mills is located in Rocky View County, on the southeast corner of the QEII Highway (the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor) and Highway 566. [3]CrossIron Mills. As of July 2007, when the City of Calgary expanded its boundaries, this places the property just outside the city limits, as well as just outside the hamlet boundaries of Balzac (Highway 566 links to 176th Avenue N.E. in Calgary).