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  Alberta Canada
Alberta, province of West Canada, bounded on the North by the Northwest Territories, on the East by the Saskatchewan, on the South by the state of Montana, and on the SW and West by British Columbia.
Alberta is an inland territory and the western-most of the three Prairie provinces.
Alberta entered the Dominion on September 1, 1905, with Saskatchewan as the eighth and ninth provinces.
www.canadiangenealogy.net /ahgp/alberta.htm   (185 words)

  
  Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alberta experiences a good amount of sunshine for its northern location; the east-central part of the province is one of the sunniest places in Canada with an average of over 2,500 hours a year.
The Mormons of Alberta reside primarily in the extreme south of the province.
Central and northern Alberta and the region farther north is the nesting-ground of the migratory birds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberta   (5784 words)

  
 Learn more about Alberta in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Alberta is also the heartland of the Canadian Alliance, formerly the second largest political party in parliament and the furthest right, which recently merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the new Conservative Party of Canada.
Northern Alberta and the region farther north is the nesting-ground of the migratory birds.
In the rivers and lakes pike, pickerel, white fish and sturgeon supply food for the natives, and the brook trout is found in the small mountain streams.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /a/al/alberta.html   (1936 words)

  
 Alberta - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
As Alberta extends for 1200 km from north to south, and about 600 km wide at its greatest east-west extent, it is natural that the climate should vary considerably between parallels of 49° and 60° north and also between 110° and 120° west.
Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, is located almost exactly in the centre of the province, and most of Alberta's oil is refined here.
Rivers and lakes are well stocked with pike, walleye, white fish, rainbow, speckled, and brown trout, and even sturgeon.
www.voyager.in /Alberta   (4046 words)

  
 Alberta Cottage Rentals and Cabin Rental, Cottage Canada - USA
Alberta can be divided into four major natural regions: the Rocky Mountains and foothills, which form part of the larger Cordilleran Region; the Alberta Plain; the Saskatchewan Plain, which with the Alberta Plain forms part of the larger Interior Plains region; and a small section of the Canadian Shield.
The forested region of northern Alberta is drained by the Peace and Athabasca rivers, which form part of the Mackenzie river system and flow northward to the Arctic Ocean.
A small section of eastern Alberta, between the North Saskatchewan and Athabasca rivers, is drained by the Beaver River, a tributary of the Churchill River.
www.cottage-canada-usa.com /alberta.htm   (861 words)

  
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www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/p/pa/partial_list.html   (75 words)

  
 Virtual Museum
Rivers are the source of 85 % of the water that is allocated in Alberta.
Rivers receive water runoff from nearby lands that may contain harmful substances such as fertilizers, pesticides, sewage, and chemicals used in industry or municipalities.
River conditions must be kept at a level that is suitable for species survival.
www.brocku.ca /virtualmuseum/riveroflife/riversandstreams.html   (1035 words)

  
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Alberta's fishing tournaments pit angler against angler in a quest for the biggest shimmering walleye and a slice of the $60,600 (Cdn) in prize money.
The Golden Walleye Classic is part of the Northern Alberta Walleye Trail, a series of three tournaments in separate lakes throughout June.
The AYA in Alberta consists of two tournaments, both of which offer substantial prizes in several categories like the $8,000 motor, boat and trailer package awarded last year.
www.fishcanadianrockies.com /stories/alberta-angling-tournaments-spectacular-scenary-big-purses   (943 words)

  
 CBC Blueprint Alberta: H20 - Experts - C. Lacombe
This is a knowledge base asset Alberta leaders should embrace and empower through legislation and funding for study, monitoring and protection.
In Alberta, we do a good job of cleaning sewage before it re-enters the natural water bodies with the exception of removing phosphorous.
Alberta has about 500,000 domestic wells, and each year another 7,000 are added.
www.cbc.ca /blueprintalberta/experts/c-lacombe.html   (756 words)

  
 Hunting Alberta is a smorgasbord for hunters of big game
Alberta deer are known for having massive body size and heavy antlers, each year several book size animals are taken in Alberta.
We specialize in fishing the high mountain lakes and rivers of the Crowsnest Pass in the South, remote fly-in lakes in the North, and the clear streams and rivers of West-Central Alberta..
Reel in Rainbow, Cutthroat, Golden and Bull Trout from the rivers and lakes on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
www.outdoorwildernessadventures.com /infopage_AlbertaWildAdventures.htm   (1843 words)

  
 Travel Alberta Canada - Alberta Lakes, Rivers,White Water Rafting
Alberta’s waterways are divided into seven major water systems commonly known as river basins; areas of land drained by rivers and streams.
Alberta Whitewater Association offers everything from clinics to races to weekend events for kayakers and canoeists of all skill levels.
Alberta is a popular destination for iceboating due to Chinook winds that regularly clear our lakes of snow, which means ice sailors can get out more often.
www.travelalberta.com /en-ab/index.cfm?pageid=279   (1264 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Alphabetical list of rivers in Canada
Alphabetical list of rivers in Newfoundland and Labrador
Alphabetical list of rivers in Prince Edward Island
See Also, List of rivers in Canada, Rivers of the World, Rivers of Africa, Rivers of Europe, Rivers of the Americas, Alphabetical list of rivers in Africa, Alphabetical list of rivers in Europe, Alphabetical list of rivers in the Americas
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/al/alphabetical_list_of_rivers_in_canada.html   (77 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Canada - Alberta
This Bibliography documents the cultural history of the German-speaking cultural group in Alberta from its beginnings in the 1880s to the present by assembling in one place references to the thousands of primary and secondary materials available in libraries and archives across Alberta and elsewhere.
Since Alberta and Saskatchewan both became provinces of Canada in 1905 (one year after the general election) the electoral atlas differs greatly in relation to these two provinces.
A list of addresses for genealogical and historical societies in the province.
www.cyndislist.com /alberta.htm   (3162 words)

  
 countlist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This is a listing of the circle descriptions of all of the butterfly counts and the contact information and dates on which they are to be held.
Milk River Ridge Centered at 49° 13.3', 112° 30.9' NW Corner of Sec 16 Twp 4 Rng 19 W4 Includes in the circle parts of the Milk River Ridge and most of the Milk River Ridge Reservoir.
river, roadsides (some with mainly grasses some with a lot of sweet clover, alfalfa and clover), sedge areas in willow swamps, sedge areas near alkali and fresh water lakes.
owlnut.rr.ualberta.ca /~barb/countlist.html   (3259 words)

  
 rivers that flow north
The vast percentage of rivers on the planet flow in a southerly direction because the source (usually in the mountains) is to the north of the mouth.
If the source of a river is at a higher elevation than the mouth, that river will run from the source to the mouth.
We haven't listed rivers that run to the northwest, or rivers that don't meet the exact requirements.
www.worldatlas.com /aatlas/infopage/riversno.htm   (301 words)

  
 Top Ten Endangered Canadian Rivers Named   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
By their very nature, rivers that cross borders are subject to multiple demands and multiple abuses, creating potential tension between those people living upstream and those living downstream.
Rivers in or near cities often face a wide range of threats including industrial and agricultural pollution, sewage effluent, dams, and habitat destruction (from logging, mining, and urban sprawl).
Wilderness rivers appear on the list when there is an ill-advised proposal to build a dam, open a mine, or rip a road into one of these dwindling reservoirs of beauty and biodiversity.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/07/0707_030707_canadarivers.html   (776 words)

  
 ThinkHolistic.com - Rivers of Time - Michael Moses
Under the direction of international recording artist, Michael Moses, Rivers of Time combines the talents of diverse, interdisciplinary artists into an exciting and unique form of music and theatre which explores the interactions of sound, rhythm, movement and language, inspired by the world's rich diversity of art and cultural traditions.
Rivers integrates the magic and power of digital technology with the soul and spirit of traditional instrumentation.
Rivers of Time is an Interdisciplinary Arts Ensemble focusing on Performance Education and Production.
www.thinkholistic.com /comdir/cditem.cfm?NID=178   (98 words)

  
 Rivers finally signs with Chargers
Rivers, who became the final first-round pick to sign, was selected with the fourth-overall pick by the New York Giants and later traded to the Chargers in a package that sent the No. 1 overall pick Eli Manning to New York.
Rivers is expected to be in uniform and practice with the Chargers Tuesday morning.
An Alberta developer has broken ground on one of a dozen green demonstration homes across the country.
www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2004/08/23/rivers040823.html   (1169 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Germany / Deutschland
A multilingual English-French- German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the ancient nobility of the Alsatian-Rhenan area (Alsace, France and the Rhenish Palatinate/German Rheinpfalz, Germany).
A bilingual English-German mailing list for descendants of the Danube-Swabian German ethnic group from the Danubian Plain in Hungary, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia.
A multilingual English-French-German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the city of Rosheim and surrounding areas at the foot of Mount Sainte-Odile, Alsace, nowadays France.
www.cyndislist.com /germany.htm   (4119 words)

  
 Travel Alberta Canada - Alberta Rocky Mountain Scenic Drives
Raft mighty rivers, climb snow-capped peaks, spot birds, fish in crystal clear waters, barrel down waterslides-a sample of Alberta’s finest.
Alberta’s Peace River Country boasts vast wilderness and spectacular scenery enlivened by a special northern hospitality.
Its spirit is interwoven in the history and lore that is the heritage of this land.
www1.travelalberta.com /content/travellingto/take.cfm?roadtripID=24   (554 words)

  
 Alberta Travel Stories
Known as Festival City, Edmonton is Alberta’s sunny capital and a good launching point for nearby fishing adventures that remain within striking distance of all the cultural activities this city offers.
Alberta Bound Fishing Adventures is just one of many outfitters that can help you to fish the Bow River for Rainbow and Brown Trout.
Alberta Fly Fishing Adventures are among the outfitters who will guide you to the adventure holiday of a lifetime.
www.gocanadianrockies.com /stories/get-hooked-on-an-alberta-fishing-holiday   (629 words)

  
 Canmore Alberta Canada fishing guide
Spectacular scenery, fresh mountain air and a variety of pristine lakes, rivers and streams provide the perfect backdrop for fishermen of all ages and abilities to enjoy this wonderful outdoor activity.
All persons sport fishing in Alberta are required to have a Sport Fishing License, except youths under 16 years of age, Alberta residents aged 65 and older, and native Indian people.
Alberta fishing news and information provided by the Government of Alberta and Alberta Sustainable Resources....
canmorealberta.com /directory/activities/fishing_guide.html   (607 words)

  
 Rivers That Flow North
And even in an era where traveling by river is uncommon we speak of "downriver" and "upriver", and we know that "upriver" (or "up the creek") means against the current, while downriver, with the current, is much easier going.
For a good example of a large, famous river that loops around in all sorts of directions, look closely at a map of the Ohio River, which flows mainly west-southwest for 981 miles from Pittsburgh until it meets the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
Other north-flowing rivers in that area are the Unare and Cuyuni, the Magdalena in Colombia, the Berbice and Essequibo rivers in Guyana, the Corantyne or Corantin on the border between Guyana and Suriname, the Mana in French Guyana.
www.geocities.com /loisnotlane/rivers.html   (3905 words)

  
 Alberta Trans-Canada Highway
On the south side you can see the famous Brooks Aqueduct, built in the early 1900s, the largest concrete structure in the world at that time, and on then north side is Dinosaur Provincial Park and the city of Drumheller, home of the world-renowned Royal Tyrell Museum.
The Yellowhead Highway enters the province of Alberta at Lloydminster (noted not only for its oil industry, but as the only city in Saskatchewan that is taxed as if in the province of Alberta).
Edmonton's 800,000 residents are in the middle of the bulk of Alberta's oil & gas fields.
www.transcanadahighway.com /Alberta/index.htm   (621 words)

  
 [Rivers-list] Riverbed data processing for 2-dim simulation(Spain)
Hello again, We have got nice TIN in several rivers, I mean that the survey was very good in detail: in places with coarse substrate every cobble meant about 3-6 nodes, and every boulder approximately 8-12 nodes.
Of course, it can influence the 2-dim simulation at a microhabitat scale, because the aquatic fauna is affected by the velocity field in a great manner (in example, trout).
Our > experience with rivers is that linear or inverse distance interpolations are > the ones that do best, mainly because the information grid is not > homogeneous in the streamwise and spanwise directions.
www.cedex.es /pipermail/rivers-list/2005-October/000352.html   (548 words)

  
 Principal Rivers of the World — FactMonster.com
Confluence of Shilka (Russia) and Argun (Manchuria) rivers
Confluence of Beni and Maumoré rivers, Bolivia–Brazil boundary
Confluence of Nmai and Mali rivers, northeast Burma
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0001779.html   (172 words)

  
 Kananaskis guide to outdoor adventure in Bragg Creek, Alberta and the Rocky Mountains
Alberta Sustainable Resources want to tell you that they are protecting us and the environment in Kananaskis through logging.
Read what the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development said in the Alberta Legislature on April 2, 2007 - with comment.
You can access the trails, rivers, ponds and mountains along highway 66 and in West Bragg Creek.
www.braggcreek.ca   (377 words)

  
 Anderson Tours - Alberta's Group Travel Specialist
Alberta North is vast forests, mighty rivers and crystal clear lakes.
Expect the unexpected as we travel throughout the towns and villages of North East Alberta which are intertwined with thousands of acres of parkland, lake and wilderness.
Explore the Yellowhead Trail from Edmonton, Alberta to the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia.
www.albertatours.com /tours/explore   (555 words)

  
 Fly Fish Alberta ~ Guided Fly Fishing Headquarters for Alberta, Canada ~ Fly Fish Alberta!
On our wade trips, Red Deer River floats, and secret waters floats, the mosquitoes can be a nuisance in June.
April and May is very good many years for early season brown trout dry fly action, as well as the Bow River rainbows and browns.
In Alberta there is public access to 99% of our waters and private land is not an exclusive item as it is in some US States.
www.flyfishalberta.com /guide/FAQ.htm   (669 words)

  
 Alberta Environment - Information Centre - List Publications
Alberta River Water Quality Index - Effect of Wastewater Treatment Upgrades (Disinfection)in Edmonton and Calgary
Alberta State of the Environment: 1996 Report - Aquatic Ecosystems
An overview of Alberta’s rivers, lakes and wetlands.
environment.gov.ab.ca /info/listing.asp?subcategoryid=91   (256 words)

  
 Alberta's Grasslands Region
Located in Southeastern Alberta, grasslands are the most threatened of Alberta's six natural regions.
As a result, more than 80 per cent of Alberta's native grasslands have been plowed under and turned into cropland during the past century.
Largely because of this habitat loss, more than half the species on Canada's endangered species list are prairie species.
raysweb.net /specialplaces/pages/grassland.html   (218 words)

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