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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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
Country Hills Boulevard is a major expressway in Calgary, Alberta.It is notably one of the longest east-west routes in Calgary and one of the few routes north of 16 Avenue N and south of the northern leg of Stoney Trail that is mostly continuous from the west end of the city to the east end.
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).
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]