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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.
West of Calgary, it continues as Hamilton Drive as it passes through the Bearspaw Country Club. [1] Country Hills Boulevard was originally named 112 Avenue N, and was a rural road in northeastern Calgary, but was renamed in the early 1990s when its namesake community of Country Hills , as well as Harvest Hills and Coventry Hills , were constructed.
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.
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.
The extension would have linked Shaganappi Trail, Sarcee Trail, and Bow Trail at a major interchange that would take up most of the southwest part of Edworthy Park. During development of the Calgary Transportation Plan (also known as "The Go Plan") in 1995, public opposition to the roadway led to it being removed from future consideration.
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 ...
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.
Banff Trail station is a CTrain light rail station in Banff Trail, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It serves the Red Line (Route 201) and opened on September 7, 1987, as part of the original line. It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way on the east side of Banff Trail NW, 4.1 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking.