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Kananaskis Country (abbreviated: K-Country) [1] is a multi-use area west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The area is named for the Kananaskis River , which was named by John Palliser in 1858 after a Cree acquaintance.
Canadian Pacific Railway 0-6-0 no.2024 at Heritage Park. The park is divided into four distinct areas reflecting different time periods in Western Canadian history: the Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trading Fort, c. 1864; the Pre-Railway Settlement Village, c. 1880; the Railway Prairie Town, c. 1910; and Heritage Plaza (opened 2009), depicting the 1920s to 1950s.
Calgary Fire Hall No. 1 140 - 6 Avenue SE Calgary AB Alberta More images: Zephyr Creek Pictographs near Longview Foothills Municipal District No. 31 AB Alberta Upload Photo: Canadian Pacific Railway Station 406 1st Street SW
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is in Kananaskis Country about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Calgary, along the Kananaskis Trail in Alberta, Canada. This park is within Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The park was originally named Kananaskis Provincial Park, but was renamed after Peter Lougheed, premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, when he retired ...
Kananaskis Village is an unincorporated community in Alberta's Rockies within the Kananaskis Country park system in the Kananaskis Improvement District of Alberta, Canada. [1] It is located approximately 26 km (16 mi) south of the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1 ), 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail) via Mt. Allan Drive and ...
It is located between Calgary and Banff National Park, north of Kananaskis Improvement District. Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) passes through the municipal district. It was created as a municipal district on January 1, 1988 from the former Improvement District No. 8. [3] The Town of Canmore lies adjacent to the municipal district to the ...
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 68, commonly referred to as Highway 68 and officially named Sibbald Creek Trail, is a highway in central Alberta, Canada, west of Calgary.In the west, Highway 68 begins at its intersection with Highway 40 and ends at Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) approximately 17 km (11 mi) west of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail).
Mount Lorette is a 2,487-metre (8,159-foot) summit centrally located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Lorette's nearest higher peak is Skogan Peak, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the north-northwest. [1] Mount Lorette is a landmark that can be seen from Highway 40 north of the Kananaskis Village area.