Royal Visit - Royal Visit 2005 - Government of Alberta

Alberta is a province in the country of Canada.

Alberta and Canada flags.

General facts

Other general facts

Origin: Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. When it was named, Alberta was one of four provisional districts of the North-West Territories, and included only part of the present province with the same name.

Proclaimed a Province: September 1, 1905

Time Zone: Mountain Time (two hours behind Toronto or New York; one hour ahead of Vancouver, Seattle or Los Angeles; seven hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT); and six hours behind GMT during Daylight Savings Time)

Telephone Area Codes: 780 in the northern part of the province, 403 in the south

Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Encyclopedia

Alberta Legislature building and grounds,
Edmonton.

Oldest surface landscape: extreme northeastern part, east of the Slave and lower Athabasca rivers, where crystalline rocks formed during the Precambrian era - 4,000 to 544 million years ago - appear at the surface.

Largest Lakes: Lake Claire and Lake Athabasca

Largest Lake Entirely in Alberta: Lake Claire (1346 sq. km)

Longest Rivers: Peace River and Athabasca River, which flow from the Rockies north to the Arctic Ocean

Source: 2003 Canadian Encyclopedia

Current weather in Alberta

Economy

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