calgary

canada / Calgary
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LOCATION AND FYI - Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta.

NATURAL WORLD - The city is located in a region of foothills and high plains, approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the Canadian Rockies. Calgary is popular place for winter sports with a number of major mountain resorts nearby Palentology lovers will find Dinosaur Provincial Park, a Unesco World Heritage site, two hours east of the city. World class brown trout fishing is found in the Bow River running through Calgary.

City Parks - The largest parks in the city are Fish Creek Provincial Park and [|Nose Hill Park]

Nose Hill Natural Environment Park lies in the northwest part of the city, surrounded by 12 residential communities. The park was created in 1980 and covers over 11 square kilometres. The hill most likely gets its name from the fact that, from certain locations and with a little imagination, it looks like a nose.

Prince's Island Park

CULTURAL WORLD - Calgary holds many major annual festivals which include the Calgary Stampede, the Folk Music Festival, the Lilac Festival, Wordfest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival, One World Festival (GlobalFest) and the second largest Caribbean festival in the country (Carifest). Calgary was ranked the World's Cleanest City by Mercer Quality of Living in a survey published in 2007 by Forbes Magazine.

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TRANSPORTATION - Calgary's airport is the third busiest in Canada as ranked by aircraft movements. Visitors can expect efficient service and free luggage carts at Calgary International. Calgary boasts 635 kilometers (391 miles) of pathways for biking, walking or running; 110 kilometres are cleared of snow for winter runners and bikers.

INFORMATION PLEASE - [|Tourism Calgary] and [|Where Calgary]

News
http://www.calgaryherald.com

Twitter
https://twitter.com/tastecalgary [|@calgarybybike] https://twitter.com/cityofcalgary

Calgary Parks has over 8,000 hectares of parkland, as well as 800km of [|pathways] for citizens to enjoy. We manage Calgary's [|public parks], pathways, [|civic cemeteries] and open spaces.

Mobility from parks into the city

[|@CalgaryParks]

Events
March 6 Heart of the City , http://planeta.com/1703calgary https://live.hosted.events/Heartofthecity

Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofcalgary [|City of Calgary Parks]

Calgary Stampede
http://www.calgarystampede.com/poster https://youtu.be/PZ-fgrce1QI