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Kananaskis Village is an unincorporated community in Alberta's Rockies within the Kananaskis Country park system in the Kananaskis Improvement District of Alberta, Canada. [1] It is located approximately 26 km (16 mi) south of the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1 ), 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail) via Mt. Allan Drive and ...
Fortress Mountain was a ski resort in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. The resort is situated on a 14.7 km 2 (3,600 acres) Provincial Crown Lease surrounded by Spray Valley and Peter Lougheed Provincial Parks. The original lease was granted in 1967, which pre-dates both Kananaskis Country itself by eleven years, as well as the provincial ...
Spray Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park located east of the Rocky Mountains, along the Spray River in western Alberta, Canada.. The park is part of the Kananaskis Country park system (along with Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park, Bow Valley Provincial Park, Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park, Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, Elbow-Sheep ...
The park was originally named Kananaskis Provincial Park, but was renamed after Peter Lougheed, premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, when he retired in 1986. [ 1 ] One of the largest provincial parks in Alberta , it encompasses 304 square kilometres (117 sq mi) around Kananaskis Lakes .
Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, Kananaskis Country Campgrounds [2] Sheep River Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta , Canada, 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Diamond Valley on highway 546.
This annual "Group of 8" Summit was held in Kananaskis Village at the Kananaskis Resort (also called the "Delta Lodge at Kananaskis"). [10] This was the second time Canada used a lodge venue for the G8 Summit, after its inaugural 7th G7 Summit at Montebello, Quebec in 1981. [11] So far, it is the only G8 Summit to be held in western Canada. The ...
This is a list of provincial parks in the Canadian province of Alberta. They are maintained by Alberta Parks. ... Kananaskis Improvement District: 1998-12-09 [11
The Fortress (3,000 m (9,843 ft)) is a mountain located SE of Gusty Peak in the Kananaskis River Valley of Kananaskis Park of the Canadian Rockies. [5] When viewed from Highway 40, the north face presents a fortress like appearance. The Fortress should not be confused with nearby Fortress Mountain.