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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.
Originally Highway 2 followed Calgary Trail and 104 Street to Whyte (82) Avenue before turning west to 109 Street, then crossing the High Level Bridge and eventually connecting with St. Albert Trail. In the mid-1980s, in an effort to bypass downtown, the Highway 2 designation was moved to Whitemud Drive; [ 21 ] however, "To Highway 2 south ...
Throughout the 1990s, [2] the roadway was constructed in segments in northwest Calgary, departing from the original road allowance to follow the area's hilly topography. A small segment of Country Hills Boulevard between Deerfoot Trail ( Highway 2 ) and Barlow Trail was once designated as part of Highway 2A , but was decommissioned in the 1980s.
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
Between the city limits and Sarcee Trail, 16 Avenue NW separates the northwest and southwest quadrants of Calgary. [ 5 ] After crossing the Bow River, 16 Avenue NW passes through the former village of Montgomery after which it becomes a short expressway that crosses Bowness Road (signed as Memorial Drive for eastbound traffic), Shaganappi Trail ...
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.
By April 2014 Calgary's Recreations department said that the east Bowmont Park would become a natural environment park and would "incorporate stormwater treatment for a large northwest Calgary drainage catchment." [23] The large area of nearly 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) hectares is a "high priority as a stormwater quality retrofit project." [23]
Highway 14 begins in south Edmonton as a freeway named Whitemud Drive at the Calgary Trail / Gateway Boulevard interchange, linking to Highway 2. [3] It travels east for 9 km (5.6 mi) along Whitemud Drive through neighbourhoods of southeast Edmonton until reaching the Anthony Henday Drive ring road, with which it is concurrent for 2 km (1.2 mi).