Welcome to Sunny Alberta!
Alberta is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and one of the prairie provinces.
Capital: Edmonton
Official language: English
Renowned for its natural beauty, richness in fossils and nature reserves, Alberta has several unique features.
6 UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites:
1. The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
2. Dinosaur Provincial Park
3. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
4. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
5. Wood Buffalo National Park
6. Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Popular Sites in Alberta
1. Banff National Park
2. Elk Island National Park
3. Jasper National Park
4. Waterton Lakes National Park
5. Drumheller
Alberta has flora and fauna that few places can boast of.
It is home to many different species of animals such as the American bison also known as buffalo. It is also home to moose, mule deer, elk and white-tailed deer. There are also mountain goats in the Rocky Mountains; wolves, grizzly bears and black bears in the mountains and wooded areas.
It is not unusual to see mountain goats on your way to Banff National Park, a moose gazing on cars from his half-hidden position among the trees or even a grizzly or black bear crossing the highway without a world of care.
Birds! Lots of migratory birds arrive every spring.
Unique features:
Paleontology
1. Alberta has one of the greatest diversities of dinosaur fossils worldwide.
2. The Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is only 2 hours east of Calgary, Alberta.
Alberta boasts that it is one of the few places in the world that is rat free.
WELCOME TO ALBERTA!
FIRST STOP: EDMONTON
