Focus on Canada: Northern Alberta littered with lakes
Northern Alberta is littered with lakes, making it a mecca for birders, especially in the spring and summer. At Kimiwan Lake visitors find McLennan, “The Bird Capital of Canada.” An estimated 27,000 shorebirds and 250,000 waterfowl pass over this tiny town at the confluence of three major migration paths – the Mississippi, Pacific and Central.
Nestled in beautiful Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Par the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation is a unique research and education facility striving to nurture stewards of the boreal forest, one of the world’s last, great forests.
Another vacation idea: With athletes training fast and furious for the 2010 Olympics, why not commemorate a visit to the 1988 host destination – Calgary. Visit Canada Olympic Park with its new attraction, the Skyline? It’s the fastest zipline in North America, reaching speeds between 120 and 140 km/h.
The zipline starts at Calgary’s highest vantage point.
You can do some discovering of your own in Alberta, which is home to the world’s top dinosaur finds. Aside from Devil’s Coulee, where 75 million years ago dinosaurs came to lay their eggs, there are hands-on programs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology and Dinosaur Park in the unique Canadian Badlands.The Badlands, which feature dinosaur museums, field stations, haunting hoodoos and digs for the entire family, are home to the world’s richest and most accessible dinosaur beds.
You can see the dinosaur eggs first hand with Devil’s Coulee tours (until September) and have the opportunity to learn to identify fossils in their original setting, while discovering the geological forces that shaped the coulee.
Alberta is also home to five of Canada’s thirteen UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Waterton Lakes National Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, and the Rocky Mountain Parks of Banff and Jasper.
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