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Alberta is still a leading producer of livestock and grain, and it ranks among the top three provinces in yearly sales of farm products. Alberta produces most of Canada’s crude oil and natural gas. In addition, tourism and manufacturing play an important role in the economic life of Alberta. A 2006 real estate survey has estimated the population of Alberta at 3,290,350. |
Banff click hereThe town of Banff is a thriving, four-season resort community that combines the alpine beauty of the Rockies with luxurious modern conveniences. Facilities within Banff include first class accommodation, world class ski resorts, attractions, restaurants and services, all situated amidst the most spectacular scenery in the world. Tourists are always surprised by the variety and proximity of wild animals around town. |
Bonnyville
V Real Estate Phone: 780-826-3147 E-mail: brendahaney@telusplanet.net Web Site For complete Real Estate service in the Bonnyville and district area call me! |
Calgary click hereCalgary is known as the Energy Capital of Canada because a number of oil companies have headquarters in the city. It is set in the rolling foothills of Alberta against the majestic Canadian Rockies to the west and the great plains to the east. It has a very modern downtown core with tall, mirrored skyscrapers on the shore of the Bow River. |
Canmore click hereCanmore is ideally located between Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country. This is a mountain playground for all who love the outdoors. It was first settled around 1900 as a trading post. The community officially became a town in 1955. Building restrictions in Banff limiting the development of residences, commercial offices and stores has caused Canmore to boom recently. |
Coaldale
Dave ClarkeMaxwell Realty Lethbridge Phone: 403-308-6970 Web Site Serving Lethbridge and surrounding area of Southern Alberta -residential, acreages, farms and ranches. |
Cochrane
Re/Max Real Estate (Mountain View) Ltd. Phone: 403-247-5171 E-mail: cindy@cindyturner-realtor.com Web Site Cochrane is a beautiful town located in Bow River valley, fantastic mountain views, 20 minutes West of Calgary. |
Cold Lake click hereCold Lake is home to Canada’s largest air force base, an active oil industry, a booming retail trade and year-round tourism industry. It is approximately 294 km northeast of Edmonton. A 2002 real estate survey has estimated the population of Cold Lake at 11,595. |
Edmonton click hereEdmonton is located in central Alberta. With more than 7,400 hectares of grass and trees, Edmonton has more parkland per capita than any other city in Canada. The North Saskatchewan River Valley is the heart and beauty of the city. The city's most famous attraction is the West Edmonton Mall, the largest shopping mall in the world, with over 800 stores and services. |
Grande Prairie click hereGrande Prairie, along the Gateway to the Alaska Highway, is a thoroughly modern city with shopping and cultural amenities equal to those of much larger centre. Recreation facilities within the city limits provide hiking, bird watching, paddle boats, fishing, swimming, golf and more. It is also a short drive from some of the most picturesque scenery in the country along with superb fishing and hunting areas. |
Lethbridge click hereLethbridge is Alberta’s third largest city. The city boasts numerous attractions including the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, Fort Whoop-Up Interpretive Centre, Sir Alexander Galt Museum, Helen Schuler Coulee Centre, Southern Alberta Art Gallery and the High Level Train Bridge. A river-valley park and trail system along the Oldman River provides numerous recreational opportunities. |
Medicine Hat
RE/MAX Medalta Real Estate Toll Free: 866-366-2473 E-mail: hathomes@monarch.net Web Site Specializing in New & Pre-Enjoyed MLS Residental Listings, Farms, Acreages & Commercial Properties in Medicine Hat & surrounding area E-Mail me To-Day! |
Picture Butte
Dave ClarkeMaxwell Realty Lethbridge Phone: 403-308-6970 Web Site Serving Lethbridge and surrounding area of Southern Alberta -residential, acreages, farms and ranches. |
Provost
Meiklejohn Realty Ltd. Phone: 780-753-6869 E-mail: gmeikle@telusplanet.net Residential, Business and Commercial leasing and sales throughout central Alberta including Red Deer and Sylvan Lake. 20 years experience. |
Red Deer
Aaryn LightbownRoyal LePage Red Deer Real Estate Phone: 403-350-7424 City of Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds, Innisfail, and Lacombe. |
Sherwood Park click hereOn the east outskirts of Edmonton, this planned subdivision was once called Campbelltown. The name Sherwood Park likely finds its roots in a campaign to promote the subdivision amid rural settings and is likely named after Sherwood Forest, England. |
Taber
Dave ClarkeMaxwell Realty Lethbridge Phone: 403-308-6970 Web Site Serving Lethbridge and surrounding area of Southern Alberta -residential, acreages, farms and ranches. |
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Alberta’s major agricultural products are livestock and grain. In the late 1990s the province was second only to Saskatchewan in the production of wheat and was the leading province in the raising of beef cattle and barley. Its livestock production also includes dairy cattle, hogs, and poultry. Other important crops are sugar beets, potatoes and other vegetables, nursery products, and rye. There are three principal agricultural regions in Alberta. The first is Palliser’s Triangle, a semiarid prairie region that includes most of southeastern Alberta and extends eastward into Saskatchewan. Captain John Palliser, who surveyed the area between 1857 and 1860, called it a semidesert, unfit for agriculture. Its soil, however, classified as brown and dark brown, is quite fertile when it has sufficient moisture. Several large rivers, fed by the snows of the Rockies, cross southern Alberta and provide water for one of the most extensive irrigation systems in Canada. The province has about 466,000 hectares (about 1.15 million acres) of land under irrigation. Sugar beets and other vegetables, fruit, oats, alfalfa, and barley are the principal irrigated crops. The Saint Mary Irrigation Project, near Lethbridge, is the largest in Canada and was established as a joint federal-provincial project. Livestock is raised in the southern foothills and on the grasslands of Palliser’s Triangle. These two areas comprise the typical "cattle country" of Alberta, where large ranches are found. The most fertile soils are found in the second region, a large triangle formed by Westlock, Lloydminster, and Calgary. This triangle lies, for the most part, in the Parklands, which is the major mixed-farming area of Alberta. Wheat is the chief crop, but cattle, hogs, poultry, and vegetables are also raised. The principal soils in this area are black (deep and extremely fertile) and dark brown (only slightly less fertile). Far to the north is the third region, the Peace River valley, where wheat and other grains are grown and cattle and hogs are raised. Here, the soils are dark gray or gray (not as fertile as black soil). Alberta’s forest resources are used for several purposes. White spruce is cut for lumber. Poplar is used to produce plywood. Lodgepole pine is used to make paper and treated poles and posts. Alberta’s principal mineral resources are petroleum and natural gas. Most of Canada’s supply of these minerals comes from Alberta. Alberta’s vast oil reserves include the oil-rich sands of the Athabasca River valley. This costly-to-recover resource was first exploited in the late 1960s, when an oil-sand processing plant opened near Fort McMurray. Alberta also has commercially important reserves of sulfur, silica sand, clay, and limestone. Alberta’s oil and natural gas furnish raw materials for large industrial complexes at Edmonton, Red Deer, and Calgary, and also for smaller ones at Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. These complexes include oil and gas refineries and plants that use refinery by-products to make plastics, chemicals, and fertilizer. The oil and gas industry provides a market for firms that supply pipes, drills, and other equipment. Steam-driven power plants fueled by coal produce 92 percent of the electricity in Alberta. Plants burning natural gas produce 6 percent. Both the coal and natural gas are obtained within the province. Hydroelectric power plants account for the remaining electricity generation. All the large rivers flowing through Alberta originate in the Rocky Mountains. The forested region of northern Alberta is drained by the Peace and Athabasca rivers, which form part of the Mackenzie river system and flow northward to the Arctic Ocean. The rest of Alberta, with the exception of two small areas, is part of the huge Saskatchewan river system, which drains most of the Canadian prairies. Both the North Saskatchewan and the South Saskatchewan rivers rise in the Rocky Mountains and flow eastward across the plains. |
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