Calgary, alberta (canada)....?

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Mr. Peabody

Calgary is the home of the Calgary Stampede - the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.
This year, just to show how patient and forgiving we are, it starts on Independence Day!!! (July 4th for the rest of us) and runs to July 13th.

Karen C

Juan has the situation down to a tee! So read that and you should have a handle on that part.

Calgary is a pretty decent place to live - I did for more than 35 years. There is a river - well there are two rivers running through it. The Bow is the main one (the other is called the Elbow River) and it cuts Calgary almost in half. A major street - Memorial Drive runs parallel to the Bow for the biggest part of the city but The Bow turns south once you get into the eastern part. Center Street, for all intents and purposes, cuts the city in half north and south. The streets are partially named for the quadrant they are in. For example, 16th Avenue N.W and N.E. are on the north side of the city. It is one continuous street but the name changes at center street to reflect the quadrant it is in.

Parts of Calgary used to be towns in their own right. For example, Forest Lawn in the south east quadrant and Bowness in the northwest quadrant.

Calgary went through a boom in the 70's and early 80s due mostly to the gas and oil industry. It then became a bit of a magnet for other industries. The province of Quebec was experiencing some political upheavals at the time also so a number of head offices previously housed in Montreal etc. moved to Alberta and Calgary seemed to attract a lot of them.

In 1988 Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics - opening up all manner of sports outlets - a sort of mini boom. Calgary, was not a stranger to hosting people - it is after all the home of the Calgary Stampede and has been for eons. I do not think many would argue with me that we put on one very super show for the world. The Olympic Flame was housed at the top of the Calgary Tower and, as far as I know, they still light it for special occasions - I think the Upcoming Canada Day celebrations is one of those occasions.

On the subject of sports, Calgary is the home of The Calgary Stampeder's Football Team -"Get That Horse Ready to Run" being chanted by fans when a touchdown is imminent - then of course, a cute gal on a fine steed, races the length of the football field when the touchdown for Calgary is a fact - and The Calgary Flames Hockey Team.

Calgary is about 80 miles east of Banff National Park so one can see the mountains from most places in the city. It is also right in the path of the Chinooks - warm winds that come over the mountains from the Pacific Ocean in the winter. A Chinook can last from a few short minutes to most of the winter and there can be lots of Chinooks with cold periods between. When it is cold it can be very cold -38Â° with the wind chill factor making it even colder. Then you might see an arch like formation in the western sky - The very welcome Chinook Arch followed by a lovely warming of the air.

The time zone there is Mountain Standard Time.

This started out to tell you a little bit about it but it is fast turning into a book, so I'll leave it at that.

Not quite everything you always wanted to know and were afraid to ask. :o)

Hope that helps

zanthus

Sorry, but the CAPITAL of Calgary????

Sorry my dear, You really need a Map of Canada....

Calgary is a CITY in the Province of Alberta, on the Western side of Canda.

Calgary is a very nice city, and even though it is getting bigger, when you drive into it, it still seems like a small city.
I believe there are something like 500,000 people living there now.

It is very close to the Rocky Mountains, so for example you can travel to Banff in about 1.5 hours.

Calgary is NOT the Capital of Alberta...another city about 3 hours North of Calgary called Edmonton is the Capital city of Alberta.

If you go to Google, or even Yahoo search and type in

Travel Alberta Calgary, you should find TONS of information.

JuanB

Calgary is the largest city in the province of Albert in the country of Canada.

The capital of Alberta is Edmonton
The Capital of Canada is Ottawa, Ontario

Caroline J

Sigh.

Bananas

calgary is a city

its like asking the capitol of Dallas, Texas

the cats' mother

You have already been told all you need to know about
Calgary being a city in a province in Canada. This may give you an idea of why Canadians roll their eyes over U.S.
ignorance of their country.

sai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary

Chelsea S

Calgary is now over 1 million people.

hmmm

Well, what's the capital of... I don't know... Chicago? Or San Francisco? It's a city you idiot.

Erin H: You're just as much an idiot. I hope you don't live here, cuz the capital of Alberta is not Calgary, it's Edmonton.

Retired Republican

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Erin H

Canada is the country, Alberta is the province, and Calgary is the city. So there is no capital for Calgary. Actually, Calgary is the capital of Alberta. Google Canada, or Alberta Tourism if you are genuinely interested.

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