Our Location: Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city
of Alberta. It is a safe and clean city with a population
of over 1,000,000.
There
are modern buildings in downtown and many parks around the
city. You will enjoy the cityscape and the beautiful natural
areas around the river valley. Edmonton also has the modern
and the biggest park system in North America. Edmonton's river
valley and parks system offers a diverse range of recreation
opportunities: off-leash sites, playgrounds, picnic sites,
outdoors skating and bicycle and walking trails.
Weather
Spring:
It starts getting warm in the end of March.
Summer:
It gets hot during the day, but it sometimes gets cold at
night. You may need a jacket
even in summer.
Fall:
Leaves start turning to red and yellow in September,
and it starts snowing in the middle
of October.
Winter:
It starts from the end of November and ends in March.
Various
Activities
There
are many shopping places in downtown and the world's largest
shopping centre, West Edmonton Mall. (WEM) There are around
800 stores in WEM, and it also has a giant water park, a man-made
lake, a skating rink, two mini-golf courses, 21 movie theatres,
a Vegas-style casino and an amusement park with 25 rides and
attractions. You can also try various outdoor sports and activities;
cross-country, skiing, ice skating, picnic, golf, hiking,
and so on in this city.
National
Parks
Elk
Island National Park
is located 45 minutes east of Edmonton.
There's
plenty of wildlife available for viewing along the trails
at this popular park.
It
is also a birdwatcher's paradise, with more than 230 species
living in the park. There are 2 different campgrounds, the
80 site Sandy Beach Campground and the Oster Group Campground
for larger groups.
Recreation
The
park is open year-round for recreation. There are over 90
kilometers of trails, which draw thousands of cross-country
skiers every year, a nine-hole golf course, and picnic areas.
The park also features several lakes, which are ideal for
short canoe trips.
Jasper National Park is 370 km west of Edmonton;
a
four and a half hour drive. Jasper is a year-round playground.
The
list of things to do in and around Jasper is almost unlimited.
City
of Festivals
Edmonton is called the City of Festivals
due to its many activities throughout the year.
Schedule
for 2009
Canoe Festival (January 20 - 25)
Canadian
Birkebeiner Ski Festival (February 13 - 14)
Winter
Light At Silver Skate Festival (February 21 - 22)
Alberta
Student Film Festival (March 20 - 21)
Edmonton
Kiwanis Music Festival (April 20 -May 6)
International
Children's Festival (May 26 - May 30)
Dreamspeakers
International Film Festival (June 2 - 6)
Edmonton
International Jazz Festival (June 26 - July 5)
Edmonton International
Street Performers (July 3 - 12)
Edmonton's Capital Ex (July 17 - 26)
A Taste
of Edmonton (July 17 - 26)
Rexall
Edmonton Indy (July 24 - 26)
Edmonton
Heritage Festival (August 1 - 3)
Edmonton
International Fringe Theatre Festival (August 13 - 23)
Edmonton Dragon Boat
Festival (August 21 - 23)
The 11th
Annual Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival (August
21 - 23)
Edmonton
International Film Festival (September 25 - October 3)
Farmfair
International (November 6- 14)
Canadian
Final Rodeo (November 11 - 15)
New
Years Eve Downtown (December 31)
Sports
We
can watch professional ice hockey, football, soccer and baseball.
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