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ALBERTA B.C FACTS
By Sierra Rhoda Faith Bennett
FACTS -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,
fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Edmonton (capital city) and Calgary are the largest cities Alberta's flower - Wild Rose, tree - Lodgepole Pine, bird -
Great Horned Owl
Alberta Facts
ALBERTA’S PEOPLE Alberta is home to over 3.5 million people.
(April, 2007) 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, Ukrainian, French, Scandinavian, Dutch,
HISTORY The first people settled in the area
about 8000 years ago In the woodland areas the Woodland
Cree and Chipewyan tribes 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 the Blackfoot, Blood, and Peigan hunted the bison and lived in tipis
HISTORY 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
In 1874 The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) established their first post in Alberta at Fort Macleod
Alberta grew when the railroad was built in 1883
Early settlers were ranchers from England and the United States
Immigrants came from Ukraine, Germany, Romania and many parts of Europe to farm
Alberta became a province on September 1, 1905
Land & 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
LAND & WATER
-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 Coal was first mined near Lethbridge in
1872 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
RESOURCES 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
Alberta is the only province to produce sugar from sugar beets.
RESOURCES Alberta is the only province to produce
sugar from sugar beets. There are many dairy farms and cattle
ranches There are also poultry, hog and sheep
farms. Most of the beef cattle in Canada are
raised on ranches in the southern foothills.
PEOPLE & PLACES
The mountain scenery of Banff and Jasper national parks attracts thousands of tourists.
Calgary stampede has bull riding, calf roping and wagon racing
Dinosaur Provincial Park is in the badlands
Historical sites include Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Rocky Mountain House (fur trade) and the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
A 9 m. high Ukranian Easter egg is displayed at Vegreville, east of Edmonton
PEOPLE & PLACES
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.
Tantoo Cardinal (born in Fort McMurray) is a Canadian film and television actress
ALBERTA B.CThe province I am researched is Alberta. This province is important to me because, it is part of Canada. My brother went to Alberta for basic with all most all of the JCR’s. I don’t know if I am going to basic, its up to Bobby and all of the other people if some of the JCR’s go to Alberta for basic. And who is going or not going!!!