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What is Alberta's area?

661 848 kmē. Alberta is the fourth largest province.

What is Alberta's motto?

Strong and free. "Glorious and free" is the motto of Manitoba. "Je me souviens" or "I remember" is Quebec's motto. "One defends and the other conquers" is Nova Scotia's motto.

Which is not an official symbol of Alberta?

Rocky Mountains. The lodgepole pine is Alberta's provincial tree, the wild rose is the flower, and the great horned owl is the bird. Although many people think of the Rockies when they think of Alberta, the mountains are not official symbols of Alberta.

Which Alberta town does singer k d lang come from?

Consort. k d lang was born Katherine Dawn Lang in 1962. Her first band was the Reclines, a tribute band to Patsy Cline.

Whichof these states in the United States is in the same time zone as Alberta?

Utah. There are six states that are completely in the same time zone. There are several others that are partly in the Mountain Time Zone.

Who or what is Kinosoo?

a legendary huge fish. Kinosoo was said to be a giant fish who lived in Cold Lake. The town of Cold Lake has a summer festival honoring the legend of Kinosoo, and he is on the town crest.

Who was Alberta named after?

An English princess. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1871-1939) was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert' sixth child. She became on marriage the Duchess of Argyll.

Who was Alberta's first premiere?

Alexander Rutherford. Alexander Rutherford was a member of the Liberal Party and was premiere from 1905 to 1910. His house is now a museum in Edmonton.

There are poisonous snakes in Alberta.

t. Prairie rattlesnakes are fairly common in the grass lands of Southern Alberta. They will often share the same winter hibernaculum with bull snakes.

What is the largest lake entirely within Alberta?

Lake Claire. Lake Claire, at 1436 kmē is the largest lake entirely inside Alberta. Lake Athabaska is larger, at 7936 kmē, but it is mostly in Saskatchewan. Lesser Slave Lake is the next largest, with 1168 kmē.

When was Treaty 8 first negotiated?

1899. Treaty 8 was the largest land settlement up to that time between the Canadian government and aboriginal people. It covered the area that is now northern Alberta, and some of northern B.C., Saskatchewan, and southern N.W.T.

What is a hoodoo?

a rock structure. It is a sandstone structure that is formed by erosion. A caprock iholds down the sandstone, and keeps it from washing away. This creates surreal and other-worldly looking rock pillars.

Which river flows through Edmonton, the capital?

North Saskatchewan. The North Saskatchewan River starts in the Columbia Icefields and passes through Edmonton on its way to Hudson's Bay.

What other dinosaur was Albertasaurus most like?

T- Rex. At 26 feet Albertasaurus was smaller than the 50 foot long T-Rex, but was physically similar. It lived in Alberta in the Late Cretaceous Period. You can see its bones in the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta.

Which is not a wild cat found in Alberta?

serval. The serval is a smallish wild cat found in southern Africa