 | Our
Name: after Princess Louise Caroline
Alberta, daughter of Britian's Queen Victoria
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| Size:
approximately 2,500,000 friendly people spread over 661,185 square
kilometres of fascinating landscape
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| Provincial
Flower: The Wild Rose - a simple, pink flower that grows just
about everywhere in Alberta, especially in our ditches!
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| Provincial
Bird: The Great Horned Owl
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| Provincial
Tree: Lodgepole Pine
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| Provincial
Mammal: Big Horn Sheep
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| Provincial
Stone: Petrified Wood
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| Provincial
Motto: Strong and Free
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| Provincial
Tartan: The colours of the Alberta tartan tell the story of our
land, and what it has given us: the green is for forest, the gold for
wheat fields, blue represents clean skies and sparkling lakes, pink is
for the wild rose and black is for oil.
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| Capital
City: Edmonton |
| Population:
(Metropolitan) 907,100
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| Latitude
& Longitude: 51° 03' 00" N - 114° 05' 00" W
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| Elevation:
1049m
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| Temp.
(Winter Average): -9.2°C
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| Temp.
(Summer Average): 16.4°C
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| Prime
Industries: Farming including grain, canola and vegetables, beef
cattle and meat processing, oil and gas production, finance, light
manufacturing, mining and forestry, telecommunications and tourism. |
