Alberta
is located in the western part of Canada. The size of is 255,285 square miles, including 6,485 square miles of water surface. is bounded on the east of Saskatchewan, on the north by Fort Smith Region, North West Territories, on the west by British Columbia and on the south by Montana.
(McClelland and Stewart, 1995)
Western most of the Prairie Provinces, lies on a high plateau, rising on the west to the Continental Divide at the British Columbia border. There are the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and the spectacular mountains themselves, with three noted national parks. Jasper, Banff and Waterton Lakes. Although is known as a Prairie Province only ¼ of its area is actually ...
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and Wallace, 1983)
There are no existing glaciers in Alberta. In Alberta 60% was covered by lakes, the other 40% of Alberta are areas of glacial erosion and deposition. In the wintertime there usually is not a whole lot of snow in Alberta. There is an annual snowfall of about 180cm per year.
(Matthews and Morrow Jr., 1995)
Alberta is mostly dry climate, which means it is semi-arid, and usually Alberta will end up having a cool summer. Alberta has some natural vegetation like Tropical and middle-latitude grasslands, and Broadleaf, mixed broadleaf and coniferous forests. Alberta is an area covered by glacial lakes.
(Quentin and Stanford, 1988)
The highest temperature recorded in Alberta was 43.3 C at Fort Macleod on July 18th, 1941. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Alberta was at -61.1 C at Fort Vermilion on January 11, 1911. The greatest amount of rain to have fallen in Alberta was 1440m at Cameron Falls 1975. The greatest snowfall for Alberta was 1066cm of snow at ...
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she was the 4th of Queen Victoria. Alberta was created as a province in the year 1905.
(McClelland and Stewart, 1995)
Hurtig Publishers say that Alberta ranks 4th in Canada. The motto for Alberta is 'Fortis et Liber' which means Strong and Free. The flower in which represents Alberta is the Wild Rose, also known as the prickly rose.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie was the first to discover the Mackenzie River in the year 1789. The Mackenzie River is the longest river in Canada. The missionaries in the 1800's converted Indians/meets-people who are both white and Indian mixed descent. They settled their ways of life on farms and settling into there own permanent homes.
(The World Book ...
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