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Profile & Cool Places in Alberta (Rural) | Earth’sFace 🇨🇦

Posted on September 9, 2021 by CultSurf

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ALBERTA

/al-BER-duh/ * /al-BER-tuh/

provincial Flag of Alberta — ./

satellite map image of Alberta — .

Canadian Provinces and Territories, map of Alberta province highlighted in red — .

Name origin

for Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, a daughter of British Queen Victoria

Population

<4,371,000

Main languages

Predominantly English (c. 92%)

Capital

*Edmonton

Biggest City

Calgary

Location

Western Canada

Borders the United States to the south

Biogeography

Nearctic Realm

Part of Canada’s boreal forests and taiga, prairies, western mountains and forests (especially the Rockies), aspen parklands, and some dry steppe and highlands (especially around the badlands). Has part of large Lake Athabasca.

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rock formation on a morning in the plains of Alberta — Bobbijogrunewald

canola fields in Alberta, Canada — Darren Kirby

Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Lakes — Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Lakes – Diana Robinson

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mountain and lake setting in Waterton Lakes region, Alberta — Jan Mosimann

hoodoos in the badlands of Drumheller, Canada — Hoodoos in Drumheller – Robert Montgomery

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dinosaur skeleton at the Royal Tyrell Museum, place in Alberta — Royal Tyrell Museum – Wilson Hui

Kakwa Falls in the Kakwa Wildlands provincial park, Alberta — Kakwa Falls – Ken Sawich

Maligne Canyon from inside looking up, Canada — Maligne Canyon – Keith Roper

Maligne Canyon during winter with frozen cascades, place in Alberta — Si Longworth Photography

Valley of the Ten Peaks, Jasper National Park — Valley of the Ten Peaks – Matt Thomason

a forested valley covered in snow in Jasper National Park, Alberta — WherezJeff

mountain peak covered in forest, Canadian Rockies — WherezJeff

a lake surrounded by forest and mountains in Alberta — Jasper National Park – Bernd Thaller

green trees near lake under blue sky during daytime, setting in Alberta, Canada — sterlinglanier Lanier

serene lake and mountain backdrop in Banff National Park — Mahesh Gupta

waterfall in Johnston Canyon, Banff, Alberta — Johnston Canyon – Janani Ramanath

frozen falls in a snowy setting of the Canadian Rockies — John Bakator

large cave and rock formation in winter Alberta, Johnston Canyon — David Kovalenko

two jack lake and mountain backdrop in the evening in Banff National Park — Two Jack Lake – Geoff Pinkney

Minnewanka lake and snowy mountains in Alberta, Canada — Minnewanka Lake – Natalie Toombs

Bow Lake in Banff, western Canada — Bow Lake – Bernd Thaller

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Peyto Lake and forested mountains in sunny setting of Alberta — Peyto Lake – Pascal Bernardon

Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies — Moraine Lake – Jacky Huang

bridge over a curving river and plains setting in Lethbridge, city in Alberta — town of Lethbridge – Ryan Reynolds

historical mural art in the city of Medicine Hat, western Canada — city of Medicine Hat – Kevin Dooley

large teepee structure in Medicine Hat, Alberta — Janusz Sobolewski

falls and canyon in Willmore Wilderness Park — Willmore Wilderness Park – Richard Bukowski

columbia icefield and glaciers in western Alberta province — Columbia Icefield – Gary Campbell-Hall

cascading waterfalls along the icefields parkway in Alberta — Delaney Boyd

road on the icefields parkway leading to a massive snowy mountain in the distance, Canada — Icefields Parkway – Floris Siegers

mountains and blue skies in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park — Peter Lougheed Provincial Park – JD Hascup

lake and mountains under a blue and purple evening sky in Kananaskis Country, place in Alberta — Kananaskis Country – JD Hascup

mountains and forest landscap in kananaskis country, a region of the Canadian rockies — Gaylon Yancy

highway under towering white mountain landscape near Canmore, Alberta — Canmore – Thiago Terleski

a wood bison walking in the snow near elk island, Alberta — Justin Hu

elk island seen from the shores at sundown, place in western Canada — Elk Island – Ezra Jeffrey-Comeau

**A Special Thanks: this post was made possible by the amazing and generous Creative Commons and Free Stock photographers out there. Thank you for making your work and the amazing places you capture accessible to the rest of the world!