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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 ...
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.
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
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).
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.
Shaganappi Trail (/ ˌ ʃ æ ɡ ə ˈ n æ p i /) is a major super-4 expressway in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.It extends to the south as Montgomery View, a small service road in the neighbourhood of Montgomery and that provides access to Edworthy Park, passes north past Market Mall and the western boundary of Nose Hill Park, and terminates in the neighbourhood of Nolan Hill in ...