Alberta Villas
Alberta has a large supply of villas and holiday accommodation. The province is known abroad for it's snowy winters. It has numerous tourist attractions and wealthy free economy, so villas can be bought or rented. Views of the great mountains and the vast prairies can be seen.
Accommodation often gets called lodges or Chalet. in Canada.
Alberta's economy is one of the strongest in Canada, supported by the burgeoning petroleum industry and to a lesser extent, agriculture and technology.
Alberta is an important skiing destination for tourists. It has several world-class ski resorts. Saskatchewan has the most golf courses and water bodies per capita than most provinces. Statistically the warmest summers with the most sunlight hours in Canada occur in Saskatoon as well.
The City of Edmonton is the seat of the provincial government—the capital of Alberta.
Summer brings many festivals to the province. The Edmonton Fringe Festival is the world's second largest after Edinburgh's. The folk music festivals in both Calgary and Edmonton are two of Canada's largest and both cities host a number of annual multicultural events. With a large number of summer and winter events, Edmonton prides itself as being the "Festival City".
Agriculture has a significant position in the province's economy. Over three million cattle are residents of the province at one time or another, and Albertan beef has a healthy worldwide market. Nearly one half of all Canadian beef is produced in Alberta. Alberta is one of the prime producers of plains buffalo (bison) for the consumer market.
Alberta is an important destination for tourists who love to ski. It boasts several world class ski resorts, such as Nakiska and Fortress in Kananaskis Country, Sunshine Village, Mount Norquay and Lake Louise Mountain Resort in the Banff area or Marmot Basin near Jasper. Canada Olympic Park, with its downhill ski and ski jumping facilities, is located in the city of Calgary.
Alberta has been a tourist destination from the early days of the twentieth century, with attractions including outdoor locales for skiing, hiking and camping, shopping locales such as West Edmonton Mall, outdoor festivals, professional athletic events, international sporting competitions such as the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games, as well as more eclectic attractions.
Edmonton, Calgary, and the Canadian Rockies (Banff National Park and Jasper National Park) are the most popular destinations for visitors. West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton is the most visited attraction in the province. Many visitors each year attend Calgary's world famous Stampede, a celebration of Canada's own Wild West and the cattle ranching industry. Edmonton, known as Canada's Festival City.
Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, Northwest Territories to the north, and by the U.S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three provinces and territories (the others being New Brunswick and Yukon) to border only a single U.S. state. It is also one of two provinces that are land-locked (the other being Saskatchewan).
The capital city of
Alberta is Edmonton, located just south of the centre of the province. Calgary
is a major distribution and transportation hub as well as being one of Canada's
major commerce centres. Edmonton is the primary supply and service hub for Canada's
oil sands and other northern resource industries. According to recent population
estimates, these two metropolitan areas have now both exceeded 1 million people,
Calgary being slightly more populous than Edmonton. Other municipalities in the
province include Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie,
Camrose, Lloydminster, Wetaskiwin, Banff, Cold Lake, and Jasper.
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