Waterton Lakes National Park
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Alberta is the 4th largest province in Canada and boasts a technically skilled workforce and almost all communities connected by broadband to the internet. It produces 55% of the crude oil supply for Canada 80% of natural gas and has more crude oil resources than Saudi Arabia. The provincial government is debt free and as well as being fiscally responsible it is also environmentally responsible. More than half the land is covered with forests and its western borders are the Rocky Mountains.

For a variety of regions Alberta offers the visitor much to see, photograph and experience. To really get close to the land here are some ideas.

Alberta Adventures - On and Off The Map

Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park
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Alberta's Rockies Ever since three railway workers stumbled on a hot spring in Banff in 1883, Alberta's Rockies have had a firm grip on the North American imagination. Loaded with heritage and flat-out adventure, they've become icons of wilderness and offer the tourist a wonderful experience and a chance to explore.

Our Best of the West Tour is a self-drive tour where we arrange the car rental and accommodation for you and supply full itinerary. This tour covers Jasper & Banff National Parks, Kamloops, Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

UFO Landing Pad, St. Paul
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Alberta's Heartland: From ghost towns and sheep dog trials to country music jamborees - central Alberta's adventures are as eclectic as its topography. Famous for canyon hikes and its 700 km of trails in the Big Horn Wildland recreation area, other sites worth checking out are the Ellis Bird Farm, the RCMP Police Dog Training Centre and the 11 lakes in Lakeland Provincial Park, jammed with recreational opportunities. Unusual diversions in this region include Alberta's Fairytale Grounds, the town of St. Paul (home to the world's largest UFO landing pad) and mine tours at Nordegg Heritage Centre.

Peace River at Sunset
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Alberta's North: Unspoiled wilderness. Wild bison. Hundreds of species of birds. Far, very far, from any noise of civilization - this is frontier land, where Mother Nature left us with a natural infrastructure for adventure.

In the Peace River area hop on a jet boat to Alberta's only river-access dude ranch or to a series of cabins on a remote 60-acre island. Or take a guided river float where you'll likely see bears rooting around shorelines, scores of birds, as well as moose and deer.

Billed "Alberta's Adventure City" is Fort McMurray, most famous for the Athabasca Oil Sands, but it also ranks as Canada's largest outpost for fly-in fishing lodges. On the rocky shores of remote lakes such as Namur, Winefred and Athabasca are lodges that cater to anglers, painters and general tourists who just want to get away from it all. Not to be missed is the Oil Sands Discovery Centre where tours take you to actual mine sites and demonstrate how Canadian technology turns prehistoric shale into what pioneers once called black gold.

Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Elkwater
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