Edmonton Vacations-AB, Canada

The province of Alberta has just celebrated its 100th birthday as a province of Canada. To mark the celebration Queen Elizabeth II and prince Philip visited the province on May 23 to May 25 2005. She toured around Alberta visiting different cities along the way. Some on the moments were, in Edmonton where she took a lap at the commonwealth stadium in front of thousands of Canadians. The government of Alberta changed there most busy highway and named it after her (for highway 2 to QE2)

Alberta has two major cities Edmonton and Calgary. Edmonton is the capital of the province and is also known as the gateway to the northern Alberta oil sands located in Fort McMurray.

Calgary is known to be headquartering of these large oil companies, also known as white-collar cities.

Some quick facts -Official language in Alberta is English, - Calgary is the largest city in Alberta. -Alberta became a province back in September 1, 1905 splitting for their northern neighbors Northwest Territories. -Alberta has some of the most beautiful land terrain in the world -Alberta economy is the busiest in all of Canada due to the oil sands in Fort McMurray

There are other wonderful cities in Alberta here are a few, Banff, Wetaskiwin, Fort McMurray, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie, Jasper, Lethbridge, Camrose, Lloydminster, and Red Deer.

It is the expressed opinion as a writer to visit this beautiful province of Alberta; it offers some of the prettiest sights in the world (Banff, Jasper) also having the biggest shopping mall in the world (west Edmonton mall) for the avid shopper.

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NoneFeel free to reprint this article as long as you keep the article, this caption and author biography in tact with all hyperlinks. Ashton Billesberger is the owner and operator of Alberta Canada Guide - http://www.alberta-canada-guide.com, which is the best site on the internet for all Alberta related information.

Things To Do and See in Edmonton

West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton
The world's largest shopping and entertainment complex,

with a roller coaster, tropical rainforest and an indoor bungee jump,

in addition to the over 800 stores and 20 restaurants.
Attraction type: Mall; Amusement/theme park; Water park

Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton
Park featuring recreations of Edmonton in different stages of its history.
Attraction type: Amusement/theme park; Historic village

University of Alberta, Edmonton
Attraction type: Educational site

Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton
Five glass pyramids housing plants of different ecosystems:

arid, temperate and tropical.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Garden

Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Edmonton
Costumed "villagers" reenact the struggles and the triumphs

of the Ukrainian immigrants in Canada.
Attraction type: Historic village