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Edmonton celebrates 100 years!
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Edmonton has 22 major parks and more than 150 km of trails in the North Saskatchewan River valley. The river valley is used year round
primarily for picnics, hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. Edmonton is
one of the cities with the most urban parkland in North America.
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For more interesting facts about Edmonton, please click here
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Don't miss Edmonton's 100th birthday party Rhythm of the City on Oct. 8!
Come downtown and join in a daylong party ( 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ) to
celebrate Edmonton 's 100 th birthday. Activities take place in and
around the new Sir Winston Churchill Square and include dancing, entertainment,
processions, and birthday cake, with a grand finale
of fireworks in the evening.
Join the celebration!
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For more events happening in Edmonton, please click here
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The City of Edmonton manages and maintains:
- 1,785 sports fields
- 313 playgrounds
- 896 neighbourhood parks
- 143 kilometres of park trails
- 100 tennis courts
- 12,205 hectares of parks and natural areas
- 19 arenas
- Eight outdoor rinks
- 12 indoor and five outdoor pools
- 39 wading pools
- 14 spray decks
- 16 athletic tracks
- Three municipal golf courses
- Two senior centres
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Click on a picture to enlarge it.
Speedboat on the North Saskatchewan River
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The Legislature buildings. Edmonton is the political and intellectual capital of Canada's province of Alberta.
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The Edmonton Queen paddleboat takes visitors on a beautiful cruise through the River Valley.
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Chokecherries are a common wild fruit and belong to the rose family. The fruit
is strong and rather bitter, but make delicious jelly and syrup.
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Edmonton's climate is temperate with four distinct seasons.
Snow cover characterizes winter from November through mid-March.
Summers are generally dry and sunny. Average temperatures range
from 17 C in the summer months to 15 C in the winter months.
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Edmonton is the capital city of the province of Alberta and is located
near the geographic centre of the province. Alberta is directly north
of the U.S. state of Montana. The Edmonton metropolitan area is the
sixth-largest in Canada with a population of more than 937,000 people. |
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Edmonton encompasses 670 square kilometres, making it one of
the largest cities, by area, in North America - larger than Chicago,
Philadelphia and Detroit. Edmonton's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) is 9537
square kilometres, an area slightly larger than the Mediterranean
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Featured attraction in the city:
The Muttart Conservatory,
located at 9626-96A St., has more than 700 species of plants.
It has arid, tropical and temperate pyramids, as well as a show pyramid.
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Edmonton is also known as the City of Champions for its long history of
successful professional and amateur sports teams.
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Edmonton is Canada's Festival City, due to the abundance of successful
festivals, including North America's largest alternative theatre event,
the International Fringe Festival.
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