Visit the Town of Maple Creek!
Imagine a destination where you can enjoy world class dining, soak in the sunshine while enjoying a glass of award winning wine. Take a leisurely stroll through streets filled with history while browsing for that perfect gift.
Enjoy a range of cultural events while stepping back in time to learn more about Canada's old west.
Your summer destination is awaiting you in Maple Creek-- where past is present!
Edmonton Travel Guide - Canada Exceptional Experience
Edmonton Travel Guide - Canada Exceptional Experience
Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta, Canada and has a metro area of approximately 1.35 million people. Edmonton is famous for its beautiful river valley park system, the North Saskatchewan River Valley, which offers over 100 kilometers of recreational trails, wildlife viewing, and city views. The river valley also contains many parks, including Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest historical park. If the great outdoors is not your target, the city also offers West Edmonton Mall, the largest shopping mall in the Western Hemisphere. On top of that, Edmonton has a vibrant theater community, a busy cycle of annual festivals.
Central Edmonton is Edmonton's oldest area. Shiny office towers populate the downtown core, just blocks away from well-treed streets and lovely old homes. This is the heart of the city, with much of the city's attractions. Enjoy world class festivals in Churchill Square, hit one of the sunny patios on Rice Howard Way.
South Central, once the community of Strathcona, this in another well-established area. It's just south of the river, with views of downtown and the river valley. It is home to the University of Alberta, bringing a college community's youthfulness and excitement. The city's hottest strip, Whyte Avenue, offers dining, drinking, live music, live theater, and funky shopping.
The west end combines a considerable residential area, light industrial and commercial areas, and shopping destinations like the famous West Edmonton Mall. South is another sprawling region of Edmonton. The area just recently got Light Rail Transit, and the eastern parts around Capilano and Ottewell are 50s styled mature neighbourhoods. The area is home to the Fort Edmonton Park as well as Southgate Mall and some beautiful parks in the river valley.
North area of the city has many layers. Mature, pre WWII neighbourhoods like Delton and the Highlands, somewhat mature 1950s/1960s neighbourhoods like Rosslyn and Calder, 80s suburbs like Clareview, and modern suburbs like Castle Downs. In addition, Greater Edmonton also features several large communities outside Edmonton's city limits:
St. Albert on the northwest is a French-themed community with a popular city farmers market.
Sherwood Park on the southeast is a suburban area that despite having a population approaching 90,000 still retains its status as a hamlet, making it the largest such community in Canada.
Fort Saskatchewan on the northeast.
Leduc and Beaumont are bedroom communities a few kilometers south of Edmonton; Leduc, a city in its own right, is located next to the Edmonton International Airport.
Spruce Grove and Stony Plain are bedroom communities just west of Edmonton, accessible via the Yellowhead Highway.
CFB Edmonton. Also known as the Superbase, this is one of Canada's largest military reservations; it is located immediately north of Edmonton off Highway 28 (97 Street).
If you want to spend time outdoors, the summer months offer the most opportunities for recreation and entertainment. In the summer, Edmonton offers great outdoor festivals, street entertainment, open-air concerts, and many other world-class entertainment opportunities. Winter is equally exciting.
A large part of the city, built before and during the Second World War, is laid out in a grid pattern of straight streets, which makes for easy navigation by car or foot. There are a number of bridges, including the Walterdale Bridge and High Level Bridge, going in and out of the downtown core.
A lot to see in Edmonton such as :
West Edmonton Mall
World Waterpark
Alberta Legislature Building
Muttart Conservatory
Fort Edmonton Park
Edmonton Valley Zoo
Galaxyland
Elk Island National Park
TELUS World of Science
Art Gallery of Alberta
Downtown
Hawrelak Park
University of Alberta Botanic Garden
Royal Alberta Museum
Snow Valley Ski Club
Edmonton House
82 Avenue Northwest
Ice Castles
Rundle Park
River Valley Road Northwest
Terwillegar Park
Sunridge Ski Area
Alberta Aviation Museum
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
High Level Bridge
Edmonton Corn Maze
Edmonton City Hall
Victoria Park
Rutherford House
Alberta Legislature Grounds
Alberta Railway Museum
Louise McKinney Riverfront Park
Mill Creek Ravine
Borden Park
Emily Murphy Park
Starlight Casino
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park
Jackie Parker Park
Grand Villa Casino
ICE District
Jasper Avenue
St. Joseph’s Basilica
( Edmonton - Canada ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Edmonton . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Edmonton - Canada
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SAVOR INDIANA Jasper and Newton Counties
We visit the Pork Education Center at Fair Oaks Farms, Bub's Barbecue in DeMotte, Carpenter Creek Cellars in Remington, the Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area, Caboose Lake Campground in Remington and the Farmhouse Restaurant at Fair Oaks Farms.
Canadian Rockies Backpacking Adventure Pt. 2
After a 13 hour day of pushing hard through Glacier and Desolation Pass, and also loosing the trail and walking 2km out of our way before finding camp, we were surprisingly feeling pretty good the next morning, because we'd made it again, despite the hardships. I think we felt like if we could get through that, what could possibly be more challenging? Well, there was still a lot of ground to cover - we're only half way at this point. And the largest river crossings of the trip lay in front of us. Not long after hitting the trail, we found 'Summit Cabin' only about 300 meters from our camp, it was too dark the night before to find it. After checking out the canyon we found ourselves walking on a well work horse trail with ground squirrels darting and chirping around us in the alpine meadows. Buck was very interested in them, he'd never seen one before being a Northern Ontario dog.
Soon a nasty ice rain picked up, the trails turned muddy, and we started getting wet and cold. We found the newly refurbished 'Sprit House' of a trapper who'd died in an avalanche abut 80 years prior. The rains picked up again as we traveled gradually down in elevation, and we both agreed that it was likely snowing hard in the pass where we were the day before. Soon we saw a beautiful Cow Moose who was pretty curious and we got some good footage of her. At this point we were freezing cold and we made camp while the cow was still observing us. I was able to get a fire going thanks to the dry branches on the trunk of a Spruce tree. (Large Spruces always seem to leave a dry patch at their base). We crawled into bed and it hammered rain all night long.
The next morning was cold and snow was on the mountain peaks, but our spirits were high, moving on we began to notice the trails had been recently cut, and even a new horse bridge had been built over a creek. It was a dream compared to the heavy willows we trudged through after crossing the height-of-land into Wilmore Wilderness. After our first river crossing, (a relatively easy one despite the swollen river) we saw several horses set out to graze and a horse packing camp with people from the Rocky Mountain Wilderness Society, they were the ones clearing the trails. A couple people from the group shared some of their stories, and told us of nine generations their families had been living in the area and traveling these trails. They told us about the first people to cut the trails, and a little about how the old way of life was. Most were Metis, a unique culture in western Canada of people derived from a mix of various indigenous and western European backgrounds. Meeting the horse packers was one of the highlights of our trip. It just seemed to be so authentically 'The Alberta Rockies' and their sentiments for conservation resonated with Tori and I. Staying in a very rustic Alberta Forest Services Cabin that night made this all the more true.
But well before reaching the cabin we were faced with a sketchy river crossing, the most dangerous of our trip. If you slip and get washed down river in the swift current, you could easily loose your whole pack or worse. Tori was a little concerned when Buck had to swim across the swift current, but we were all okay.
Moving on, the Sulphur River proved to hold fish, mostly Bull Trout which are protected in Alberta so I threw them back. There are not a lot of good fishing holes directly adjacent to the trail, but I managed to catch five fish in all. Soon we turned east and left the Sulphur River behind us and started to cross Hayden Ridge. This seemed to be the toughest uphill of the whole trip but we pushed on and made it to our last camp. We were really out of the large mountains now and surrounded by a dense forest of mixed conifers and deciduous Poplar. My blisters were hurting but I pushed on and before long, we saw a house and a road. We Did It! The feeling of fear that you will not be able to accomplish your goal going into a trip like this, and then giving it all you have to come out victorious is one of the purest human emotions. And even while writing this, seven months after the trip, I still feel deeply emotional and attached to our Rocky Mountains. There is a wild and free spirit that lingers there, and it will become a part of you if you enter it's domain.
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Great Canadian Parks #25- Riding Mountain National Park, MB
Rising 436 metres and surrounded by agricultural land, Riding Mountain National Park exemplifies the idea of a 'wilderness island'; and protects a wide variety of wildlife and vegetation. The park is noted for the size and number of its wildlife species including moose, elk, wolves, coyotes and the highest concentration of black bears in North America.
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Economic Growth for the HUU-AY-AHT First Nations
BARKLEY SOUND - The ancient Village of Kiixin was once home to the HUU-AY-AHT Government. Fifteen longhouses were built on the sacred land, which was designated as a Historical Site more than a decade ago.
Today, the history of the HUU-AY-AHT is also its future. Kiixin is the cornerstone of a new tourism strategy. The First Nation will partner with Parks Canada on the project. The village is adjacent to the world famous Pacific Rim National Park.
HUU-AY-AHT Chief Councillor Robert Dennis says the tourism strategy will cost more than sixteen million dollars and most of that money will flow from the Federal Government, through a Treaty that will be signed in just a few days.
The tourism and infrastructure project will pave the way for a new future for the HUU-AY-AHT, a future that includes creating their own opportunities.
The Village of KIIXIN is a window into the HUU-AY-AHT past and soon it will be opening doors to the First Nations future.
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Alberta ( (listen)) is a western province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,067,175 as of 2016 census, it is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Its area is about 660,000 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi). Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. The premier has been Rachel Notley since May 2015.
Alberta is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces and territories to border only a single U.S. state and one of only two landlocked provinces. It has a predominantly humid continental climate, with stark contrasts over a year; but seasonal temperature average swings are smaller than in areas further east, due to winters being warmed by occasional chinook winds bringing sudden warming.Alberta's capital, Edmonton, is near the geographic centre of the province and is the primary supply and service hub for Canada's crude oil, the Athabasca oil sands and other northern resource industries.About 290 km (180 mi) south of the capital is Calgary, the largest city in Alberta. Calgary and Edmonton centre Alberta's two census metropolitan areas, both of which have populations exceeding one million, while the province has 16 census agglomerations.Tourist destinations in the province include Banff, Canmore, Drumheller, Jasper, Sylvan Lake and Lake Louise.
Iroquois
The Iroquois (/ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/ or /ˈɪrəkwɑː/), also known as the Haudenosaunee /ˈhoʊdənɵˈʃoʊni/, or the Six Nations, (the Five Nations and Five Nations of the Iroquois before 1722), and to themselves the Goano'ganoch'sa'jeh'seroni or Ganonsyoni are a historically powerful and important northeast Native American people who formed the Iroquois Confederacy and today make up the Six Nations. Many prominent individuals are Iroquois or have Iroquois ancestry. The Iroquois have a melting pot culture and are vibrant today in language, culture, and independent governance. In 2010, more than 45,000 enrolled Six Nations people lived in Canada, and about 80,000 in the United States.
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00:02:34 1 History
00:03:18 1.1 Early history
00:04:11 1.2 Rocky Mountains Park established
00:07:29 1.3 Coal mining
00:08:10 1.4 Internment camps
00:10:06 1.5 Winter tourism
00:12:14 1.6 Conservation
00:13:56 2 Geography
00:15:08 2.1 Banff
00:16:20 2.2 Lake Louise
00:17:08 2.3 Icefields Parkway
00:18:31 3 Geology
00:22:32 3.1 Glaciers and icefields
00:25:51 4 Climate
00:27:51 5 Ecology
00:28:00 5.1 Ecoregions
00:29:11 5.2 Wildlife
00:31:03 5.3 Mountain pine beetles
00:31:38 6 Tourism
00:32:48 7 General management
00:34:20 8 Wildlife management
00:34:29 8.1 Previous management
00:35:35 8.2 Large species management
00:39:18 8.3 Strategies
00:41:00 9 Human impact
00:41:09 9.1 Environment
00:43:26 9.2 Fire management
00:43:52 9.3 Transportation
00:45:02 9.4 Development
00:45:59 9.5 Banff-Bow Valley Study
00:47:39 9.6 Canmore
00:48:12 10 See also
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Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park and was established in 1885. Located in the Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes. The Icefields Parkway extends from Lake Louise, connecting to Jasper National Park in the north. Provincial forests and Yoho National Park are neighbours to the west, while Kootenay National Park is located to the south and Kananaskis Country to the southeast. The main commercial centre of the park is the town of Banff, in the Bow River valley.
The Canadian Pacific Railway was instrumental in Banff's early years, building the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, and attracting tourists through extensive advertising. In the early 20th century, roads were built in Banff, at times by war internees from World War I, and through Great Depression-era public works projects. Since the 1960s, park accommodations have been open all year, with annual tourism visits to Banff increasing to over 5 million in the 1990s. Millions more pass through the park on the Trans-Canada Highway. As Banff has over three million visitors annually, the health of its ecosystem has been threatened. In the mid-1990s, Parks Canada responded by initiating a two-year study, which resulted in management recommendations, and new policies that aim to preserve ecological integrity.
Banff National Park has a subarctic climate with three ecoregions, including montane, subalpine, and alpine. The forests are dominated by Lodgepole pine at lower elevations and Engelmann spruce in higher ones below the treeline, above which is primarily rocks and ice. Mammal species such as the grizzly, cougar, wolverine, elk, bighorn sheep and moose are found, along with hundreds of bird species. Reptiles and amphibians are also found but only a limited number of species have been recorded. The mountains are formed from sedimentary rocks which were pushed east over newer rock strata, between 80 and 55 million years ago. Over the past few million years, glaciers have at times covered most of the park, but today are found only on the mountain slopes though they include the Columbia Icefield, the largest uninterrupted glacial mass in the Rockies. Erosion from water and ice have carved the mountains into their current shapes.
British Columbia | Wikipedia audio article
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British Columbia (BC; French: Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 4.817 million as of 2017, it is Canada's third-most populous province.
The first British settlement in the area was Fort Victoria, established in 1843, which gave rise to the City of Victoria, at first the capital of the separate Colony of Vancouver Island. Subsequently, on the mainland, the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) was founded by Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Moody was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for the Colony and the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia: he was hand-picked by the Colonial Office in London to transform British Columbia into the British Empire's bulwark in the farthest west, and to found a second England on the shores of the Pacific. Moody selected the site for and founded the original capital of British Columbia, New Westminster, established the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park, and designed the first version of the Coat of arms of British Columbia. Port Moody is named after him.In 1866, Vancouver Island became part of the colony of British Columbia, and Victoria became the united colony's capital. In 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu (Splendour without Diminishment).
The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for the Queen who created the original European colonies. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371 (about 2.5 million of whom were in Greater Vancouver). The province is currently governed by the British Columbia New Democratic Party in a minority government supported by the Green Party of British Columbia, led by John Horgan, who became premier as a result of a no-confidence motion on June 29, 2017.
British Columbia evolved from British possessions that were established in what is now British Columbia by 1871. First Nations, the original inhabitants of the land, have a history of at least 10,000 years in the area. Today there are few treaties and the question of Aboriginal Title, long ignored, has become a legal and political question of frequent debate as a result of recent court actions. Notably, the Tsilhqot'in Nation has established Aboriginal title to a portion of their territory, as a result of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision (William [Tsilhqot'in Nation] v. British Columbia).
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Technological and industrial history of Canada | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:24 1 The Stone Age: Fire (14,000 BC – AD 1600)
00:06:57 2 The Age of Sail (1600-1830)
00:07:41 2.1 Transportation: shipbuilding and the wheel
00:13:43 2.2 Communication, symbolic language
00:16:56 2.3 Energy
00:17:46 2.4 Industry
00:24:45 2.5 Materials
00:26:58 2.6 Medicine
00:29:30 2.7 Domestic technology
00:32:46 2.8 Waste disposal
00:34:06 2.9 Military technology
00:35:38 3 The Steam Age (1830–1880)
00:36:24 3.1 Steam power
00:41:01 3.2 Universal time
00:41:56 3.3 Communication
00:43:53 3.4 Energy and oil
00:46:48 3.5 Materials and products
00:49:50 3.6 Industrial techniques and processes
01:00:17 3.7 Medicine
01:02:15 3.8 Public works, water, civil engineering and architecture
01:07:41 3.9 Defence
01:08:21 4 The early Electric Age (1880–1900)
01:08:33 4.1 Energy and electricity
01:11:06 4.2 Transportation
01:13:40 4.3 Communication
01:16:55 4.4 Heavy manufacturing
01:19:54 4.5 Industrial processes and techniques
01:25:20 4.6 Materials
01:28:10 4.7 Light manufacturing
01:31:16 4.8 Public works and civil engineering
01:32:47 4.9 Waste disposal (sewers)
01:34:25 4.10 Skyscrapers and architecture
01:35:53 4.11 Central heating
01:37:25 4.12 Defence
01:38:16 5 The 20th century
01:38:26 6 The 21st century
01:38:36 7 End note
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The technological and industrial history of Canada encompasses the country's development in the areas of transportation, communication, energy, materials, public works, public services (health care), domestic/consumer and defense technologies. Most technologies diffused in Canada came from other places; only a small number actually originated in Canada. For more about those with a Canadian origin, see Invention in Canada.
The terms chosen for the age described below are both literal and metaphorical. They describe the technology that dominated the period in question but are also representative of a large number of other technologies introduced during the same period. Also of note is the fact that the period of diffusion of a technology can begin modestly and can extend well beyond the age of its introduction. To maintain continuity, the treatment of its diffusion is dealt with in the context of its dominant age. For example, the Steam Age here is defined as being from 1840 to 1880. However, steam-powered boats were introduced in 1809, the CPR was completed in 1885 and railway construction in Canada continued well into the 20th century. To preserve continuity, the development of steam, in the early and later years, is therefore considered within the Steam Age.
Technology is a major cultural determinant, no less important in shaping human lives than philosophy, religion, social organization, or political systems. In the broadest sense, these forces are also aspects of technology. The French sociologist Jacques Ellul defined la technique as the totality of all rational methods in every field of human activity so that, for example, education, law, sports, propaganda, and the social sciences are all technologies in that sense. At the other end of the scale, common parlance limits the term's meaning to specific industrial arts.
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British Columbia (BC; French: Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 4.817 million as of 2017, it is Canada's third-most populous province.
The first British settlement in the area was Fort Victoria, established in 1843, which gave rise to the City of Victoria, at first the capital of the separate Colony of Vancouver Island. Subsequently, on the mainland, the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) was founded by Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Moody was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for the Colony and the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia: he was hand-picked by the Colonial Office in London to transform British Columbia into the British Empire's bulwark in the farthest west, and to found a second England on the shores of the Pacific. Moody selected the site for and founded the original capital of British Columbia, New Westminster, established the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park, and designed the first version of the Coat of arms of British Columbia. Port Moody is named after him.In 1866, Vancouver Island became part of the colony of British Columbia, and Victoria became the united colony's capital. In 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu (Splendour without Diminishment).
The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for the Queen who created the original European colonies. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371 (about 2.5 million of whom were in Greater Vancouver). The province is currently governed by the British Columbia New Democratic Party in a minority government supported by the Green Party of British Columbia, led by John Horgan, who became premier as a result of a no-confidence motion on June 29, 2017.
British Columbia evolved from British possessions that were established in what is now British Columbia by 1871. First Nations, the original inhabitants of the land, have a history of at least 10,000 years in the area. Today there are few treaties and the question of Aboriginal Title, long ignored, has become a legal and political question of frequent debate as a result of recent court actions. Notably, the Tsilhqot'in Nation has established Aboriginal title to a portion of their territory, as a result of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision (William [Tsilhqot'in Nation] v. British Columbia).
British Columbia
British Columbia i/ˌbrɪtɪʃ kəˈlʌmbiə/, also commonly referred to by its initials BC or B.C., is a province located on the West Coast of Canada. British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest, along with the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858, reflecting its origins as the British remainder of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu .
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00:02:30 1 History
00:08:27 1.1 History of municipal governance
00:10:41 2 Geography
00:13:04 2.1 Climate
00:20:00 2.2 Metropolitan area
00:23:54 2.3 Neighbourhoods
00:27:50 3 Demographics
00:33:16 3.1 Ethnicity
00:35:32 3.2 Religion
00:37:46 4 Economy
00:41:24 4.1 Retail
00:43:17 5 Arts and culture
00:44:03 5.1 Performing arts
00:46:51 5.2 Festivals
00:50:10 5.3 Music
00:52:04 5.4 Nightlife
00:54:58 6 Attractions
00:55:08 6.1 Parkland and environment
00:59:26 6.2 Museums and galleries
01:05:18 7 Sports and recreation
01:09:16 8 Government
01:09:25 8.1 City council
01:10:48 8.2 Provincial politics
01:11:44 8.3 Policing
01:12:50 8.4 Military
01:15:32 9 Infrastructure
01:15:42 9.1 Transportation
01:15:52 9.1.1 Aviation
01:16:53 9.1.2 Rail
01:18:01 9.1.3 Public transit
01:20:53 9.1.4 Roads
01:21:53 9.1.5 Trail system
01:22:15 9.2 Electricity and water
01:23:05 9.3 Waste disposal
01:24:15 9.4 Health care
01:26:18 10 Education
01:26:28 10.1 Primary and secondary
01:28:07 10.2 Post-secondary
01:30:14 11 Media
01:32:01 12 Sister cities
01:33:50 13 See also
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- Socrates
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Edmonton ( (listen); Cree: ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐊᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ; Blackfoot: Omahkoyis) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor.The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Alberta's second-largest city and Canada's fifth-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost metropolitan area with a population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian.Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities (Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) in addition to a series of annexations through 1982, and the annexation of 8,260 ha (82.6 km2) of land from Leduc County and the city of Beaumont on January 1, 2019. Known as the Gateway to the North, the city is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname Canada's Festival City. It is home to North America's largest mall, West Edmonton Mall (the world's largest mall from 1981 until 2004), and Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum.
Iroquois
The Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee /ˈhoʊdənɵˈʃoʊni/, or the Six Nations, , and to themselves the Goano'ganoch'sa'jeh'seroni or Ganonsyoni are a historically powerful and important northeast Native American people who formed the Iroquois Confederacy and today make up the Six Nations. Many prominent individuals are Iroquois or have Iroquois ancestry. The Iroquois have a melting pot culture and are vibrant today in language, culture, and independent governance. In 2010, more than 45,000 enrolled Six Nations people lived in Canada, and about 80,000 in the United States.
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