Strathcona Wilderness Centre
Strathcona Wilderness Centre Location: Travel 16 km east of Sherwood Park on Baseline Road (Township Road 530), and turn south on Range Road 212. Info: Open daily from 9:00 a.m. …
EAST OF EDMONTON MAP
EAST OF EDMONTON East-central Alberta visitors enter the heritage district known as the Kalyna (pronounced kah-LEHN-ah) Country Ecomuseum, a multicultural area where visitors can see historical attractions in their original …
Athabasca Landing Trail
Location: Look for the trailhead at the end of 45th Street (the first southbound street after the bridge that crosses the Tawatinaw River) in Athabasca. Info: Snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles …
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Location: On State Avenue in Fort Assiniboine, at the wagon wheel and pickaxe. Info: Open weekends in June from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., daily except Mondays in July and …
WESTLOCK PICNIC AREAS
If you bring a picnic, consider unpacking it at the scenic Lindahl Park next to the Westlock Pioneer Museum. Also nearby is the Mountie Park Recreation Area, at 100th Street …
THORHILD Edmonton
Directions: Exit Edmonton on Manning Drive (Hwy 15) and turn left at 17th Street NE onto Hwy 28A. Continue on Hwy 28, turn left on Hwy 827, and turn left …
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Location: Travel north on St. Albert Trail (Hwy 2), turn left onto 137th Avenue (before entering St. Albert), then right onto Sir Winston Churchill Avenue (184th Street), and left onto …
Michif Cultural and Resource Institute Edmonton
Location: Juneau House, 9 Mission Avenue. If northbound on St. Albert Trail (Hwy 2), turn east on Mission Avenue. Info: Open Monday to Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., or …
EGYPT
Egypt is Africa’s number one attraction with about 1.3 million visitors each year. U.S. visitors number about 150,000 annually. Tourism is nothing new for Egypt; it was a destination for …
THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
The richest of the African nations, South Africa also has one of the most attractive climates and an abundance of natural attractions. Generally moderate, the climate provides sunny days and …
AUSTRALIA
Twelve million years ago, give or take a few hundred thousand years, a piece of Antarctica broke off, drifted northward and finally stopped to become Australia. Australia is both forbidding …
SUB-SAHARA AFRICA
The average American has never heard of Upper Volta, Mali, or Guinea-Bissau and probably is not interested. The peoples of Sub-Sahara Africa are mostly black but are anything but a …
Australia
The best climate, Mediterranean lots of sunshine, vineyards and orchards not far from the city center. Perth, on the soutwest coast with 500,000 population, also has a favored Mediterranean climate. …
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Australia and New Zealand, though one thousand miles apart, are close in spirit and culture. Both were originally settled by people from England and Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Both are …
Alaska Map
THE ALASKA MARINE HIGHWAY Unique to Alaska is the long-route ferry service provided by the state, the Alaska Marine Highway. Residents of the little towns served by the Highway see …