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Profile & Gallery of Places in Alberta (Calgary – Edmonton) | Earth’s Face

Posted on September 14, 2021 by CultSurf

CALGARY

/KAL-ger-ee/ * /KAL-guh-ree/

EDMONTON

/ED-muhn-TUHN/ * /ED-min-TIN/

satellite map of the city of Calgary, Alberta

satellite map of the city of Edmonton, Canada

Name origin

Edmonton: originally Fort Edmonton, a fur trading post, named after Edmonton, England, the birthplace of a founding governor, Sir James Winter Lake

Calgary: named for the hamlet of Calgary, Scotland

Population

Edmonton: City <981,000 – Metro <1,321,000

Calgary: City <1,336,000 – Metro <1,392,000

Location

Edmonton: Central Alberta, aspen parklands region

Calgary: Southern Alberta, foothills/prairies region

Calgary is along the Bow River and the Elbow River. Edmonton is along the North Saskatchewan River.

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Cities of Alberta Image Gallery: Calgary & Edmonton

a main square with colonial buildings and horse drawn carriage, Calgary's Heritage Park and village — Heritage Park, Calgary – Bernard Spragg

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the wonderland sculpture in downtown Calgary, Alberta — Wonderland sculpture – Davide Colonna

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a scene with skyscrapers and the wonderland sculpture on the streets of downtown Calgary, Canada — Nataliia Kvitovska

interior view of the Peace Bridge in Calgary — Peace Bridge, Denisse Leon

the Peace Bridge at evening over the Bow River leading to downtown Calgary — Robert Montgomery

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footbridge from Prince's Island Park with view of the Calgary skyline — Prince’s Island Park – Richard Carter

the Calgary Tower at night with lights, Alberta, Canada — Calgary Tower – asweseeit.ca CANADA

riders on horseback holding Canadian flags during the Calgary Stampede — Calgary Stampede – Leif Harboe

bronco riding at a rodeo during the Calgary Stampede — Sean Robertson

exterior of knox united church in downtown Calgary — Knox United Church – Bill Longstaff

ceiling of the chinese cultural centre in Calgary — Chinese Cultural Centre – Ricky Leong

a penguin swimming in water at the calgary zoo — Calgary Zoo – Bernard Spragg

black and white of studio bell centre, a place in calgary — Studio Bell – Michael Brager Photography

an autumn trail in fish creek provincial park, Canada's biggest urban park — Fish Creek Provincial Park – Bernard Spragg

fort calgary exterior in the snow — Fort Calgary – Bernard Spragg

the devonian gardens within the CORE shopping centre, Calgary, Alberta — Devonian Gardens – M Cheung

CORE Shopping Centre exterior and busy street in central Calgary — CORE Shopping Centre – Andres Alvarado

the Central Library in Calgary interior architecture — Central Library – Bilal Karim

view of Calgary skyline from the Bow River — Bow River – Bernard Spragg

stephen avenue in the evening with some light decorations, Calgary — Stephen Ave – Ayrcan

walking bridge over a wetland area in outer Calgary — Ahmed Zalabany

street art designs on a building in Calgary, CANAda — Toni Reed

interesting buildings and skyscrapers from street view at night in Calgary — Ryunosuke Kikuno

Hawrelak Park and Edmonton skyline — Hawrelak Park – Kurayba

neon sign museum at dusk in Edmonton, Alberta — Neon Sign Museum – WherezJeff

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pyramids of muttart conservatory in Edmonton, Canada — Muttart Conservatory – Mack Male

old streetcar and building in Fort Edmonton Park — Fort Edmonton Park – Richard Laperche

west edmonton mall interior with bridge and canal, major place in Alberta — West Edmonton Mall – GoToVan

Art Gallery of Alberta exterior cool architecture — Art Gallery of Alberta – IQRemix

Art Gallery of Alberta interior cool architecture, Edmonton — IQRemix

Royal Alberta Museum exterior — Royal Alberta Museum – Doug Zwick

view of Edmonton skyline from across north saskatchewan river — North Saskatchewan River Valley – Kurayba

North Saskatchewan River Valley at evening with Edmonton skyline — WherezJeff

ice castles exhibition in Edmonton — Ice Castles – Jason Woodhead

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Alberta Legislature Building with lit Christmas Tree and decorations in front at evening, Edmonton — Alberta Legislature Building – WherezJeff

view of downtown Edmonton from under a bridge across the north saskatchewan river at night — WherezJeff

North Saskatchewan River at evening with sun reflecting on the water — North Saskatchewan River – Richard Bukowski

University of Alberta Botanic Garden from bench view across a pond — University of Alberta Botanic Garden – Janusz Sliwinski

central city of Edmonton at sundown with bridge — Alex Pugliese

blue lights reflecting on the inside of a bridge passageway in Edmonton, Canada — Alex Pugliese

snow-covered walkway view from a bridge in the morning in Edmonton — Corey Tran

man on the steps in downtown edmonton, alberta at night with lights and christmas decor — Redd

9 thoughts on “Profile & Gallery of Places in Alberta (Calgary – Edmonton) | Earth’s Face”

winteroseca on September 14, 2021 at 10:10 am said:

Calgary also has a TELUS building with a light display. They call it the Northern Lights! It’s fantastic! I love the Peace Bridge too!

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- CultSurf on September 14, 2021 at 10:11 am said:
  
  I saw! I couldn’t find a cool free-stock image for it but the TELUS does look amazing. I’d love to visit Calgary
  
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  - winteroseca on September 14, 2021 at 10:12 am said:
    
    I can actually see the TELUS building from my apartment every night! So, I can say I have seen the Northern Lights and people will think the real one!
    
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  - CultSurf on September 14, 2021 at 10:37 am said:
    
    Haha, well you are very lucky to be so close. You must enjoy living in such a pretty city, Calgary gets the real Northern lights too right?
    
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  - winteroseca on September 14, 2021 at 10:42 am said:
    
    You can see them in Calgary, but it’s best when the sun is active and you’re away from the city lights. There is a website where you can figure out if you can see the Northern Lights in your area and when
    
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  - CultSurf on September 14, 2021 at 10:57 am said:
    
    Right, I forgot about the city lights. I’m sure they’re a lot better out in the wild. Either way at least they have the artificial ones!
    
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  - winteroseca on September 14, 2021 at 11:19 am said:
    
    People have seen them while driving on the highway. It’s more common in Northern Alberta and definitely north of that too! You should see this comedy routine by Yumi Nagashima called Why Japanese People go to Yellowknife. It’s super funny!
    
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  - CultSurf on September 14, 2021 at 12:06 pm said:
    
    Ooh, I love comedy so you know I’ll check it out! I’ll probably get to the NW Territories in the next week so looking forward to that.
    
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  - winteroseca on September 14, 2021 at 12:24 pm said:
    
    I love comedy too! Canadians are awesome at it!
    
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