Alberta Information
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-Alberta is one of the three prairie provinces.
-It is the fourth-largest province.
-Saskatchewan is east of Alberta; British Columbia is west.
-The Northwest Territories are north of Alberta.
-The state of Montana is south.
-Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta of Britain.
-Edmonton (capital city) and Calgary are the largest cities.
-Alberta's flower - Wild Rose, tree - Lodgepole Pine, bird - Great Horned Owl,
mammal - Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
-Alberta's motto - "strong and free".
-It is known as Canada's "energy province".
THE PEOPLE
-Alberta is home to over 3.2 million people.(July/05)
-The largest cities are Edmonton (capital) and Calgary.
-More than half of the people live in these two cities.
-Immigrants came from Britain, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the East and Southeast Asia.
-Ethnic backgrounds - British (44 percent), German, Ukranian, French, Scandinavian, Dutch,
and many other countries
HISTORY
-The first people were the:
Slavey, Chipewyan, Kootenay, Beaver, Cree, Sarcee, Blood, Piegan, Gros Ventre and Blackfoot.
-In the north they hunted moose, caribou and deer, fished and gathered plants and berries.
-They used bark canoes to travel up and down the streams.
-On the plains they hunted the bison and lived in tipis.
-Anthony Henday ( European explorer and fur trader ) came to Alberta in 1754.
-Fur traders built trading posts on the Athabasca River and North Saskatchewan River.
-Forts were built to keep law and order.
-The First Nations traded furs and received guns, blankets and metal goods.
-Alberta grew when the railroad was built in 1883.
-Early settlers were ranchers from England and the United States.
-Immigrants came from Ukraine and many parts of Europe to farm.
-Alberta became a province on September 1, 1905.
LAND AND WATER
-The main rivers are the Peace River, North and South Saskatchewan River, and Athabasca River.
-There are icefields in Banff and Jasper National Parks.
-The icefields help to fill the rivers.
-There are five national parks.
-Banff National Park is the oldest national park in Canada.
-Wood Buffalo National Park is the home to about 2200 wood buffalo (endangered).
-A large mountain range ( Rocky Mountains ) is along the western border.
-The badlands ( dry, sandy, rocky area) are in southeastern Alberta.
-Northern Alberta is covered with forest and muskeg.
-The rest of the province is on a great plain or prairie.
CLIMATE
-The foothills receive the most rainfall.
-Warm, dry "chinook" winds are produced when air funnels through the Rockies.
-Chinook winds sweep down on southern Alberta and raise temperatures in the winter.
-Cold Arctic air masses bring cool weather in the winter.
RESOURCES
-Alberta has oil, natural gas, and coal.
-Oil was discovered at Leduc (near Edmonton) in 1947.
-It is the main producer of coal in Canada.
-The province is also the main producer of oil and natural gas in Canada.
-Alberta sells the oil, natural gas and coal to other provinces and other countries.
-There is also sulfur, silica sand, potash, quartz, thick salt deposits, clay and limestone.
-Forests cover over half of Alberta.
-There is good soil for growing crops like oats, canola and barley.
-The main crop is wheat. Alberta is the second largest producer of wheat in Canada.
-There are many dairy farms and cattle ranches.
-Most of the beef cattle in Canada are raised on ranches in the southern foothills.
PEOPLE AND PLACES
-Calgary stampede has bull riding, calf roping and wagon racing.
-Dinosaur Provincial Park is in the badlands.
-A 9 m. high Ukranian Easter egg is displayed at Vegreville, east of Edmonton.
-Figure skater Kurt Browning (born in Caroline, Alberta) won four World Championships.
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