Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Alberta

When you think of Alberta, like this "Lost Canadian", you may think of the Canadian Rockies and be familiar with places in Alberta such as Calgary, Edmonton, and Banff, but as amazing as these places are, there is SO much more to discover about how incredible Alberta truly is!

• Alberta is made up of the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains of North America, the Canadian Badlands, glaciers, and Boreal Forests.
• It has badlands, which are home to the world’s richest site of dinosaur bones.
• Alberta became a province of Canada in 1905. Before this, it was a part of the North West Territories.
• The area now known as Alberta has been inhabited by various Native American (First Nations) groups for at least 10,000 years.
• There is a town in Alberta named Vulcan with a 31-foot Enterprise replica next to the spaceship-shaped visitors center. It even has a plaque written in three languages: English, Vulcan, and Klingon!
• Alberta has 27,525 sq km (10,627 sq mi) of protected land in over 500 sites including 75 provincial parks and five national parks.
• The world’s longest beaver dam is in Wood Buffalo National Park and measures 850 metres (2,790 feet) long.
• In 1914, Alberta women led the fight in Canada for the right of women to vote.
• Alberta has had more natural disasters than any other province in Canada, including landslides, mining disasters, wildfires, and earthquakes.
• It it is known as one of the few rat-free zones in the world. 

You will learn many more interesting things about Alberta at this link.