Alberta's Rockies

Coordinates: 52°00′N 116°30′W / 52.0°N 116.5°W / 52.0; -116.5 (Alberta's Rockies)
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Alberta's Rockies comprise the Canadian Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. On the southwestern part of the province along the British Columbia border, the region covers all but the south of Census Division 15.

The main industry in this region is tourism.[1]

Geography

Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park
Icefields Parkway
in Banff National Park

This human region is almost identical to the Alberta Mountain forests ecozone. The region contains the Central Front Ranges and the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and includes the Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, as well as the Kananaskis Country park system and the Willmore Wilderness.[2]

The main transportation corridors run through the

Icefields Parkway. Another important waterway that crosses this region is the North Saskatchewan River
.

Tourism

Some of the best

Vulture Glaciers
.

Glacial lakes line the Icefields Parkway and dot the surrounding valleys. Some of the more spectacular are Bow, Hector, Louise, Maligne, Moraine, Peyto, Pyramid and Vermilion lakes.

Infrastructure

Bighorn Highway
defines most of the eastern limit of the region.

Health care has been the responsibility of

Aspen Regional Health Authority.[4]

Health care centres established in the area are:

Politics

On a provincial level, southern Alberta is represented in the

West Yellowhead
.

Communities

The following communities are located in Alberta's Rockies.

The towns of Grande Cache and Hinton, located on the eastern edge of the Rockies, are sometimes considered as part of this region.[5]

The following rural municipalities are located in Alberta's Rockies.

See also

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alberta Rockies.

References

  1. ^ Travel Alberta. Alberta's Rockies Archived 2007-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Alberta Heritage. Alberta Regions Archived February 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Calgary Health Region. "Hospitals". Archived from the original on 18 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
  4. Aspen Regional Health. "Healthcare centres"
    . Retrieved 2007-06-24.
  5. AMA. "Mountain Parks Region". Archived from the original
    on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-24.

52°00′N 116°30′W / 52.0°N 116.5°W / 52.0; -116.5 (Alberta's Rockies)

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