HOME ON THE RANGE
As well as the magnificent Rockies, with
their soaring peaks,
photogenic wildlife, ski and summer resorts, Alberta is also
cowboy country, with vast ranches producing the world's best
beef.
But, this was also the home of dinosaurs and still has
some of the world's richest archaeological treasures. On the urban front Edmonton
and Calgary two of Canada's most dynamic cities.
TOURING:
Superlatives don't do justice to the Rockies and Banff and Jasper National Parks,
where spectacular panorama’s open up with every bend in the road. From
Banff, take the eight-minute gondola ride up sulpher Mountain for stunning views
of Mt. Norquay and Cascade Mountain, all towering above the town of Banff, the
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MOVIE TIME:
Alberta grabbed the limelight recently, thanks to box office successes, such
as Brokeback Mountain and Robin Williams' RV. They were followed by The Assassination
o0esseJames by the Coward Robert Ford, starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.
All show off Alberta's world-famous scenery. While off-duty, Pitt, Angelina
Joke and her children visited Drumheller's Royal Tyrrell Museum, with the world's
most extensive collection of dinosaur fossils.
THE GOOD LIFE:
Alberta boasts some of Canada's finest golf courses. The Northern Bear Golf
Club, near Edmonton, is a Jack Nicklaus signature course; Jasper Park Lodge
Golf Course has been rated Canada's No 1 Resort Course. Spas, such as The Willow
Stream Spa at The Fairmont Banff Springs, are world-class.
A TASTE OF ALBERTA:
For the best steak you have ever tasted, order up Alberta's natural, grass-fed
beef just make sure that it's Canada AAA, dry-aged for at least 21 days. It's
a real treat - and affordable! And Callebaut Chocolates, created by one of the
world's leading chocolate makers, is based in Calgary.
FESTIVALS, FAIRS AND FUN!
Country and Western music is alive and well in Alberta, where Albertans love
to party, especially outdoors in the summer. During the
Capital EX Dews in Edmonton,
enjoy everything from traditional chuck wagon races, food and wine tasting to
the latest pop stars, live in concert (late is also home of the Fringe Theatre
festival, North America's largest, with 140 productions, 30 venues (end of August).
SOMETHING SPECIAL:
• Ski champagne powder deepest, driest, lightest and fluffiest snow.
• Take a boat trip on Maligne Lake where the waters in the largest lake
in the rockieschange from emerald to turquoise
• Join cowboys rounding up cattle on a Western guest ranch.