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Alberta is the western most "prairie province". It
also happens to be where my family and I live. Edmonton is the capital
city. Alberta became a province of Canada in 1905.
The Rocky Mountains run down the border of Alberta and British
Columbia and extend into the United States.
Check out our brief photo tour of Alberta if you'd like to
see more of the scenery of the province.
You can find out a lot of interesting information about the province
at http://www.gov.ab.ca/
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The Provincial Flag
The Alberta provincial flag was adopted on June 1, 1968. It
depicts the provincial shield in the center of a blue background.
From top to bottom, the shield shows St. George's Cross, blue sky,
snow-capped mountains, green hills, prairie and wheat sheaves at the
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The Provincial Bird
The Great Horned Owl was adopted as Alberta's provincial bird on May
3, 1977, by a province wide children's vote.
It is one of Canada's most common birds of prey (raptors)
and lives in Alberta year round. This owl hunts only at night and
is most easily identified by its large size and feathery ear tufts
(horns). Most Great Horned Owls mate for life laying 1 to 5 eggs
each year well before the snow melts. Find out more about the Great
Horned Owl > (includes additional worksheets)
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