The
prairies
The central States of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
are known like the prairies region. Manitoba has a great
variety of landscapes with tens of lakes, rivers, plains
and marshes. Its capital is Winnipeg, a city located between
the Red and Assibibone rivers. Still conserves many buildings
that remember the time of the skin retailers, like the
Old Grant's mill, the houses of Seven Oaks and Ross and
the only remaining door of the Upper Garry Fort, constructed
in 1863 by the Hudson Bay Company.
Winnipeg enjoys an active cultural life with a stable
supply of dance, theatre, ballet, symphonic orchestras
and opera. From the capital of Manitoba we can make different
excursions to know the natural richness of the region.
It is possible to visit the Winnipeg lake, the locality
of Steinbach, with its streets and buildings of Mennonite
origin, and the Spruce Woods provincial park, with its
impressive dunes and grass covered plains. Regina is the
capital of Saskatchewan whose centre is an immense park
that surrounds an artificial lake where is the Trafalgar
fountain, brought from London in 1939.
Another of the important cities of the region is Saskatoon
(in the Saskatchewan river borders). The locality expands
by numerous meanders of the river connected by seven bridges.
The city can be known making cruises by the river. Alberta
is an extensive agricultural zone also rich in oil and
gas. The greater attractive here are the Rocky Mountains,
a mountain range that separates the States of Alberta
and British Columbia. This mountain range is divided into
four zones: the Banff National Park, the Waterton and
Jasper lakes National Parks and the zone of Kananaskis.
In the Banff National Park, the oldest of Canada, are
sulphurous thermal waters; next to the city of Banff one
the Upper Hot Spring bathering resort and a cableway that
ascends to the top of the Sulphur mountain, where is a
viewpoint from where to enjoy the landscape. The National
Park of Jasper is the northernmost of the Rocky Mountains.
It is less visited by the tourists, but organized excursions
can be arranged from the city of Jasper to know the lake
Beauvert, the mount Robson -the highest peak of the Rockies-,
and the Maligen valley. Calgary is the more American city
of all Canada. From its origins only remains the Heritage
park, because at the present it’s filled with skyscrapers
and financial centres, arisen from the operation of its
rich oil wells discovered in 1947.
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