Ads
related to: alberta tourism official site
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Alberta tourism is split into four large regions by the government. [1] As of 2014; Alberta North which saw 1.81 million visits, [2] Alberta Central in saw 8.45 million [3] and Alberta South with 4.29 million [4] and the Canadian Rockies with 4.35 million. [5] As well, Calgary & Area and Edmonton & Areas encompass the two largest cities ...
Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park.Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) [3] of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes.
Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada, is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, spanning 11,000 km 2 (4,200 sq mi). It was established as Jasper Forest Park in 1907, renamed as a national park in 1930, and declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1984. Its location is north of Banff National Park and west of Edmonton.
Alberta, like other temperate regions, is home to mosquitoes, flies, wasps, and bees. Rivers and lakes are populated with pike, walleye, whitefish, rainbow, speckled, brown trout, and sturgeon. Native to the province, the bull trout, is the provincial fish and an official symbol of Alberta. Turtles are found in some water bodies in the southern ...
As of March 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Alberta, 16 of which are owned or administered by Parks Canada. [1][2] The first three sites in Alberta were designated in 1923: the site of rival trading posts Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, the site of the Frog Lake Massacre and ...
This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. Tourist attractions in Calgary (6 C, 27 P) Tourist attractions in Edmonton (6 C, 48 P) Tourist attractions in Lethbridge (3 C, 5 P)