A report on Alberta

A topographic map of Alberta, showing cities, towns, municipal district (county) and rural municipality borders, and natural features
Moraine Lake at Banff National Park. The Alberta Mountain forests makes up the southwestern boundary of Alberta.
Köppen climate types in Alberta
Southeastern Alberta features a semi-arid steppe climate.
The wild rose is the provincial flower of Alberta.
A bighorn sheep in Kananaskis Country. The bighorn sheep is the provincial mammal of Alberta.
Specimens at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, located in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation at Dinosaur Provincial Park. Some of the specimens, from left to right, are Hypacrosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Gorgosaurus (both in the background), Tyrannosaurus, and Triceratops.
Blackfoot Confederacy warriors in Macleod in 1907
Fort Chipewyan, a trading post and regional headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1820
Downtown Calgary was one of several areas afflicted during the 2013 Alberta floods.
Population density of Alberta
Petroleum resources in Alberta
Cows in Rocky View. Nearly one-half of Canadian beef is produced in Alberta.
A canola field in Alberta
The Three Sisters at Bow Valley Provincial Park in Canmore
Bronco riding at the Calgary Stampede. The event is one of the world's largest rodeos
Distribution of Alberta's 6 specialized municipalities (red) and 74 rural municipalities, which include municipal districts (often named as counties) (orange), improvement districts (dark green) and special areas (light green) (2020)
The Alberta Legislative Building serves as the meeting place for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in St. Albert. The RCMP provides municipal policing throughout most of Alberta.
The University of Alberta in 2005. The institution is the oldest, and largest university in Alberta.
Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary is the largest hospital in Alberta.
Calgary International Airport, the province's largest airport by passenger traffic.
A Via Rail passenger train passing by freight trains in the background, at Jasper station
Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at Alberta Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail).

One of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Fort Chipewyan

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Hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

The Fort Chipewyan Winter Road traverses the Peace-Athabasca Delta
Fort Chipewyan 1900 and
Fort Chipewyan HBC post in 1900
Fort Chipewyan fur trader 1890s with $35,000 worth of furs

Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the Province of Alberta.

Alberta Health Services

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EMS Chevrolet Tahoe

Alberta Health Services (AHS) which is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta is the single health authority for the Canadian province of Alberta and the "largest integrated provincial health care system" in Canada.

Southeast corner of the lake from Marten Mountain looking south with Dog Island, Devonshire Beach, and the Town of Slave Lake visible in the distance

Lesser Slave Lake

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Southeast corner of the lake from Marten Mountain looking south with Dog Island, Devonshire Beach, and the Town of Slave Lake visible in the distance
Lesser Slave Lake in the Center of Alberta
Lesser Slave Lake at Canyon Creek
Slave Lake shoreline

Lesser Slave Lake (Petit lac des Esclaves), known traditionally as ᐊᔭᐦᒋᔨᓂᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ayahciyiniw sâkahikan in the Plains Cree language, and T’saatine nda ghe’in’deh in Dehcho Dene Zhatıé is located in central Alberta, Canada, northwest of Edmonton.

Pachyrhinosaurus

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Extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of North America.

Extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of North America.

P. canadensis skull cast, Geological Museum, Copenhagen
P. lakustai skull
P. perotorum holotype
Size comparison of P. canadensis
Restoration of two P. perotorum
TMP 2002.76.1, which may be a specimen of Pachyrhinosaurus, Achelousaurus, or a new taxon, in Royal Tyrrell Museum
Skull differences between different growth stages of P. perotorum
A herd of P. perotorum resting next to contemporaneous paleofauna from the Prince Creek Formation
P. lakustai composite skeleton
Restoration of P. lakustai

The first examples were discovered by Charles M. Sternberg in Alberta, Canada, in 1946, and named in 1950.

Average trajectory of a clipper

Alberta clipper

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Average trajectory of a clipper
Clipper barque Spirit of the Age 1854 by T. G. Dutton
Typical winter storm tracks in Minnesota.

An Alberta clipper, also known as an Alberta low, Alberta cyclone, Alberta lee cyclone, Canadian clipper, or simply clipper, is a fast-moving low-pressure system that originates in or near the Canadian province of Alberta just east of the Rocky Mountains and tracks east-southeastward across southern Canada and the northern United States to the North Atlantic Ocean.

The Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton

Executive Council of Alberta

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The Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton
The Alberta wordmark, the de facto logo of the Alberta Government in everyday usage such as websites and public advertisements.
Jasper Avenue, a hub of major offices and the financial centres in Edmonton.

The Executive Council of Alberta, or more commonly the Cabinet of Alberta, is the Province of Alberta's equivalent to the Cabinet of Canada.

Rural and specialized municipalities, cities, towns, and select hamlets in Alberta

List of communities in Alberta

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Rural and specialized municipalities, cities, towns, and select hamlets in Alberta
Distribution of Alberta's 6 specialized municipalities (red) and 74 rural municipalities, which include municipal districts that are often branded as counties (orange), improvement districts (dark green) and special areas (light green) (2020)

The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal districts (often named as counties), improvement districts, and special areas), Métis settlements, and Indian reserves.

The 120th meridian defines part of the border between British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and defines part of the border between California and Nevada in the United States.

120th meridian west

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Line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 120th meridian defines part of the border between British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and defines part of the border between California and Nevada in the United States.

In Canada the border between British Columbia and Alberta is defined by the meridian north of where it intersects the Continental Divide of the Americas, and in the United States part of the border between California and Nevada follows it.

Mount Alberta seen from near the summit of Diadem Peak

Mount Alberta

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Mount Alberta seen from near the summit of Diadem Peak
Mt. Alberta seen from the Columbia Icefield
Mt. Alberta (Ctr) from South Twin summit

Mount Alberta is a mountain located in the upper Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Map of Numbered Treaties of Canada. Borders are approximated.

Numbered Treaties

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The Numbered Treaties (or Post-Confederation Treaties) are a series of eleven treaties signed between the First Nations, one of three groups of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and the reigning monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921.

The Numbered Treaties (or Post-Confederation Treaties) are a series of eleven treaties signed between the First Nations, one of three groups of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and the reigning monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921.

Map of Numbered Treaties of Canada. Borders are approximated.
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alt=A large piece of parchment paper with detailed, small text of the treaty.|Treaty 8

These agreements were created to allow the Government of Canada to pursue settlement and resource extraction in the affected regions, which include modern-day Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories.