Alberta
Edmonton's home province
Alberta is a western Canadian province, bordered by British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east.
Known for oil production, cattle ranching, and the Rocky Mountains along its western edge.
Calgary and Edmonton are its largest cities.
They moved to Alberta for work in the oil sands.
Northern North American nation
- provinceRegional administrative district
- Western CanadaCanada's Pacific region
- SaskatchewanCanadian prairie province
- British ColumbiaCanada's western coastal province
Manitoba · Confederation · territory · Canadian · federal · provincial · legislative
North American mountain chain
- BanffAlberta resort town
- JasperMale name, Persian origin
- CalgaryAlberta's economic hub
- EdmontonAlberta's capital
Lake Louise · Athabasca · badlands · foothills · boreal
Bitumen-laden sand formations
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- bitumenViscous hydrocarbon mixture
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
refinery · extraction · drilling · tar sands · energy sector · fossil fuels · royalties · boom
Warm downslope Rocky wind
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
windchill · frost · toque · parka · freezing · thermals · ice · flurries
Cereal crop for flour
- canolaMild vegetable oil
- barleyGrain for malt
- grain elevatorTall crop storage facility
- harvestGathering mature crops
farming · ranching · combine · fertile · homestead · plains · rolling hills · pastureland
Large brown bear subspecies
- elkLarge North American cervid
- mooseLargest cervid, northern forests
- caribouNorth American arctic deer
- bighorn sheepWild North American ram
cougar · lynx · black bear · wolverine · mule deer · white-tailed deer · bison · pronghorn
Canada
Northern North American nation
- provinceRegional administrative district
- Western CanadaCanada's Pacific region
- SaskatchewanCanadian prairie province
British Columbia · Manitoba · Confederation · territory · Canadian · federal · provincial · legislative
Rockies
North American mountain chain
Edmonton · Lake Louise · Athabasca · badlands · foothills · boreal
oilsands
Bitumen-laden sand formations
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- bitumenViscous hydrocarbon mixture
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
natural gas · refinery · extraction · drilling · tar sands · energy sector · fossil fuels · royalties · boom · bust
chinook
Warm downslope Rocky wind
subzero · windchill · frost · toque · parka · freezing · thermals · ice · flurries · cold snap
wheat
Cereal crop for flour
- canolaMild vegetable oil
- barleyGrain for malt
- grain elevatorTall crop storage facility
harvest · farming · ranching · combine · fertile · homestead · plains · rolling hills · pastureland · feedlot
grizzly
Large brown bear subspecies
- elkLarge North American cervid
- mooseLargest cervid, northern forests
- caribouNorth American arctic deer
bighorn sheep · cougar · lynx · black bear · wolverine · mule deer · white-tailed deer · bison · pronghorn · snowshoe hare
- Canada geographyprovinces, territories, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia
- Canadian GeographyBritish Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia
- ProvincesBritish Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Formosa, Nova Scotia
- Canadian FrontierBritish Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories
- oil sandstar sands, oil sands, bitumen, Athabasca, upgraders
- North AmericaUSA, Canada, United States, California, Texas
AlbertaBritish Columbia
Canada's western coastal province
Nova Scotia · New Brunswick · Prince Edward Island · Quebec · Atlantic Canada
AlbertaQuebec
French-speaking Canadian province
Ontario · Nova Scotia · New Brunswick · Atlantic Canada · Montreal
- Albert EinsteinRenowned twentieth-century physicist
- Royal Albert HallVictorian London concert venue
- Fat Albert
- Albert Camus
- Albert HallLondon's grand concert hall
- Prince AlbertVictorian monarch's spouse