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This is a list of tourist attractions in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The city of Calgary has over one million inhabitants. Tourism is an important part of the local economy, contributing $2.1 billion dollars in 2019.
In September 2011, construction completed of an interchange at the intersection with Calgary Trail & Gateway Boulevard ; considered Edmonton's busiest intersection. [2] Because Edmonton has adapted a quadrant system , the suffix NW is sometimes added to addresses, to avoid confusion with addresses south of Quadrant (1) Avenue.
This article is a list of historic places in the Calgary Region, in Alberta, which have been entered into the national Register of Historic Places, which includes federal, provincial, and municipal properties. A few are in the national park system.
Edworthy Park is a city park located in the Northwest section of Calgary along the south shore of the Bow River.The Canadian Pacific Railway crosses the length of the park. . It was named after Thomas Edworthy, who immigrated to the Calgary area in 1883 from Devon, Engl
Confederation Park is an urban park in northwest Calgary, Alberta. It is developed over an area of 160 hectares (400 acres) [ 1 ] between the neighbourhoods of Mount Pleasant , Capitol Hill , Collingwood and Highland Park . 10th Street West bisects the park from north to south.
From 2002–2010, the City of Calgary widened it to a six lane urban boulevard between removing buildings along south side of 16 Avenue N between 10 Street NW and 6 Street NE. [12] After the projected completion of the Bowfort Road interchange in summer 2017, 16 Avenue NW became a freeway west of Sarcee Trail to its western terminus.
Memorial Drive officially begins at an interchange with Crowchild Trail in the northwest, serving as an eastern extension of Parkdale Boulevard (which, along with 3 Avenue NW, is an extension of the arterial connector Bowness Road), though the signage at 16 Avenue NW shows eastbound Bowness Road as Memorial Drive.
Calgary-North West is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1979 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . History