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Alberta ( / ælˈbɜːrtə / al-BUR-tə) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta borders British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south.
- Calgary
Calgary (/ ˈ k æ l ɡ ər i / ⓘ KAL-gər-ee) is the largest...
- Edmonton
Edmonton (/ ˈ ɛ d m ə n t ən / ⓘ ED-mən-tən) is the capital...
- Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta (French: Assemblée...
- List of Communities in Alberta
Rural and specialized municipalities, cities, towns, and...
- Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; French:...
- Allophone
Origin of term. The word "allophone" (from Greek ἀλλόφωνος...
- Alberta's Rockies
Alberta's Rockies comprise the Canadian Rocky Mountains in...
- Southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian...
- Danielle Smith
Marlaina Danielle Smith ECA MLA (born April 1, 1971) is a...
- Demographics of Alberta
Many of Alberta's cities and towns have also experienced...
- Calgary
Geography of Alberta; Continent: North America: Region: Western Canada Canadian Prairies: Coordinates: Area: Ranked 6th among provinces and territories • Total: 661,848 km 2 (255,541 sq mi) • Land: 97.05% • Water: 2.95%: Coastline: 0 km (0 mi) Borders
- Ranked 6th among provinces and territories
- Slave River, 210 m (690 ft)
- Mount Columbia, 3,747 m (12,293 ft)
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Canada became a country in 1867. It was much smaller than it is now, and did not include the parts of the country to the west. From 1670 to 1870, parts of Alberta were included in "Rupert's Land", land owned by the Hudson’s Bay Companyin support of its trading monopoly over a vast area of Canada and parts of the United States. Northern part of Albe...
Alberta is very cold in the winter and has a lot of snow during the very cold season. There is a drypart of Alberta in the south.
Alberta has a huge amount of oil (in the Athabasca Oil Sands) and natural gas. There are also a lot of farms in Alberta. Farmers grow several different types of crops Farmers mainly grow wheat. There are also a lot of cows on Alberta farms, and Alberta beef is exported.
Alberta at the Open Directory ProjectProvincial Archives of Alberta website Archived 2013-02-20 at the Wayback MachineThe province of Alberta, Canada, has a history and prehistory stretching back thousands of years. The ancestors of today's First Nations in Alberta arrived in the area by at least 10,000 BC, according to the Bering land bridge theory.
Alberta is the fourth largest Canadian province with an area of 642,317 square kilometres (248,000 sq mi). Alberta has around 4,067,175 living there, making it the fourth most populous province in Canada. The capital of Alberta is Edmonton lying near the middle of Alberta.
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