ALBERTA, “WILD ROSE COUNTRY”

by Clay Larroy

Traveling can be an important part of your life, whether for business or for pleasure. Take time each day to alleviate stress while traveling or vacationing and you will thank yourself for it when you get back home. With all the chaos, jet-lag, partying and other excitement of travel comes a whole lot of stress on your mind and body. By the time most vacations are over, another one is needed to recover so taking a few minutes each day to rejuvenate will make it easier for you to resume your normal life when it's all over. When you want to plan a vacation contact me!

Alberta is a nature-lover's paradise, enriched by wide-open spaces and stunning sunsets. In terms of nature, the province is renowned for the glorious peaks of the Rocky Mountains and the beauty of its parks, epitomized by Canada's first national park, Banff.

Alberta also has vast plains, but it is the mountainous Rockies where you'll find your jaw continually dropping. Whether driving along the Icefields Parkway or hiking through a forested park, you'll be amazed by this alpine wilderness of woodland, mountains and lakes. If anything exemplifies 'picture-postcard', it is this.

Even in Alberta's cities there is plenty of green space, including Canada's largest living history museum, Fort Edmonton Park. Albertans love to hark back to the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, but it was the discovery of oil south of Edmonton in 1947 that assured the city of its future, making it one of Canada's fastest-growing metropolitan areas.

Edmonton's love affair with the past reaches its apogee in the annual Capital EX fair each July, when amid other attractions (fairground rides, rock concerts and so on) Edmontonians relive the Gold Rush days with events like gold-panning contests. Most people consider Alberta's true 'gold' to be its stunning scenery, however. And that makes Alberta one very rich province, indeed.

Region Attractions in Alberta

Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park was established in 1907 and is the largest of Canada's Rocky Mountains parks, spanning 10,878 sq kilometres (4200 sq miles). The spectacular scenery is characterised by glaciers, rugged mountains, forests and meadows carpeted with alpine flowers. The park protects a range of fragile mountain ecosystems - elk, moose, bear, bighorn sheep and mule deer are regular sights - and is home to the threatened woodland caribou. Maligne Lake, 48km (30 miles) southeast of Jasper is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and its crystal clear waters are popular for boating and fishing.

Website http://www.jaspernationalpark.com 

REFERENCE SITES:

http://www.travelresearchonline.com/ 

“Always in Alberta there is a fresh wind blowing.”

— Nellie L. McClung

Travel to experience life and create spectacular memories!