| The province of Alberta has just celebrated | | | | |
| its 100th birthday as a province of Canada. | | | | - Calgary is the largest city in Alberta. |
| To mark the celebration Queen Elizabeth II | | | | |
| and prince Philip visited the province on May | | | | - Alberta became a province back in September |
| 23 to May 25 2005. She toured around Alberta | | | | 1, 1905 splitting for their northern |
| visiting different cities along the way. Some | | | | neighbors Northwest Territories. |
| on the moments were, in Edmonton where she | | | | |
| took a lap at the commonwealth stadium in | | | | - Alberta has some of the most beautiful land |
| front of thousands of Canadians. The | | | | terrain in the world |
| government of Alberta changed there most busy | | | | |
| highway and named it after her (for highway 2 | | | | - Alberta economy is the busiest in all of |
| to QE2) | | | | Canada due to the oil sands in Fort McMurray |
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| Alberta has two major cities Edmonton and | | | | There are other wonderful cities in Alberta |
| Calgary. Edmonton is the capital of the | | | | here are a few, Banff, Wetaskiwin, Fort |
| province and is also known as the gateway to | | | | McMurray, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie, |
| the northern Alberta oil sands located in | | | | Jasper, Lethbridge, Camrose, Lloydminster, |
| Fort McMurray. | | | | and Red Deer. |
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| Calgary is known to be headquartering of | | | | It is the expressed opinion as a writer to |
| these large oil companies, also known as | | | | visit this beautiful province of Alberta; it |
| white-collar cities. | | | | offers some of the prettiest sights in the |
| | | | world (Banff, Jasper) also having the biggest |
| Some quick facts | | | | shopping mall in the world (west Edmonton |
| | | | mall) for the avid shopper. |
| - Official language in Alberta is English, | | | | |