Archive for the ‘Alberta’

  • Wood Buffalo National Park Wood Buffalo National Park
    Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada’s biggest park situated in southern Northwest Territories and northeastern Alberta. It was founded in the year 1922 for protecting the largest herd of the world of roaming Wood Bison. It is the only known nesting site of whooping cranes. The park ranges from 600 feet at Little Buffalo River to 3100 feet in Caribou Mountains. The headquarters of the park is situated in Fort Smith with smaller satellite office in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. It comprises of one of the biggest fresh water deltas of the world known as Peace-Athabasca Delta formed by Athabasca, Peace and Birch Rivers. It is quite popular for its karst sinkholes in north eastern section of the park. The Wood Buffalo is situated directly Athabasca  [...]
    July 26th, 2011
  • Fairmont Banff Springs Fairmont Banff Springs
    Fairmont Banff Springs is a heritage hotel. Nestled in the Canadian Rockies, the hotel dates back to eighteen eighty eight. The hotel was built to resemble a Scottish Baronial Castle. Certainly the hotel complements the beautiful surroundings at Banff. This is one case when the man made has not spoiled the natural. Springs was built originally as a railway hotel that was stayed in mainly by adventurous travelers who came here for expeditions. The hotel had a reputation then for impeccable service and hospitality, and the same brand of hospitality has remained unchanged over the years. The hotel has retained its features that made it famous in the first place, such as the personalized attention, the meticulous and painstaking attention that is  [...]
    March 22nd, 2011
  • Calgary vacation Calgary vacation
    This is my first trip to Canada and i planned a perfect Calgary vacation to make the most of it. Calgary happens to be the largest city in Alberta Canada. This city is located in the southern part of the Alberta province. The area here is on the foothills and the prairie, which is about eighty kilo meters on the east of the Canadian Rockies.When you reach the grasslands of Alberta, is where this city is located. This place is a famous destination for winter sports and eco friendly tourism. There are many mountain resorts here which are located near the city and the metropolitan area. The Petroleum industry is quite huge and a lot of the economic activity here in Calgary revolves around this.  There are many hi tech industries and tourism and  [...]
    November 16th, 2010
  • Canadian Rocky Mountains – an abode to numerous endangered species Canadian Rocky Mountains – an abode to numerous endangered species
    The Canadian Rocky Mountains, which is located in the western region of North America, stretches itself for more than 4,828km (almost 3000 miles) as of Mexico, all the way through the United States of America as well as into Alaska along with Canada. In addition, dividing the entire Canadian provinces of the British Columbia as well as Alberta, the towering peaks of the huge Canadian Rockies tower above the plains and rises to a height of almost 11,975ft (around 3,650m). Moreover the alpine townships that are sprinkled by the side of the Rockies that are located on the Alberta side are actually unblemished mountain playground where each and every season has its individual only one of its kind exquisiteness as well as assortment of activities.  [...]
    June 17th, 2010
  • Alberta reserving its place in the hearts of tourists Alberta reserving its place in the hearts of tourists
    Alberta tourism offers a lot to the tourist arriving at the city of superlatives. The various tourist attractions in the city take account of the stunning beaches as well as the museums and most exciting the fossils of dinosaurs. The best time to visit Alberta is during the summer season, which is through months of May and September. The wealthy, rolling farmlands of the town of Alberta cut loose to a slanting, curvature gorge. The walls of the canyon are having many layers in the company of mudstone, coal and sandstone that interchange with shale series. These layers of rocks belong to the Cretacious era immediately previous to the massive dinosaurs developed into wiped out. The Badlands of Drumheller are incredibly uncommon. A natural procedure  [...]
    April 26th, 2010
  • My favorite things to do in Alberta including few tourist attractions My favorite things to do in Alberta including few tourist attractions
    Imagine of the Canadian region of Alberta moreover you imagine of extensive open spaces by the side of mountains and prairies. This feeling is defensible as Alberta encloses several of the mainly untouched as well as spectacular mountain surroundings anyplace across the world. However, Alberta as well proffers multi-ethnic cities, ranches redolent of the American Wild West as well as the biggest shopping mall all across the world. The area envelops a gigantic locale, so far with a populace of merely about 3 million, the majority of who reside in the 2 most important cities, Edmonton and Calgary. It is obviously, the impressive Canadian Rockies themselves, which are the biggest attraction of the province, as well as the majority of tourists,  [...]
    April 21st, 2010
  • Banff: My best travel destination Banff: My best travel destination
    When transcontinental railway started in the year 1883 through the Rocky Mountains, the same year three railway workers found out about this wonderful site as they took chance upon simmering hot springs. From then this site has become one of the well-known tourist destination. In the year 1885, this site was named as the Cave and Basin National Historic Site, which is the hot springs now a day called as. It is the first National Park of Canada, which was later lengthened as Banff National Park. The town of Banff is renowned as the Highest Town of Canada that has an elevation of 1,372 metres above the sea level. Banff is the home to more than 6,000 people. When I went to explore the town of Banff, I witnessed something great and amazing that  [...]
    March 29th, 2010
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