Most westerly of the Prairie Provinces, covering 661 190 km2 (255 285 sq miles) and with a landscape ranging from prairies to lofty mountain peaks. Agriculture includes grain crops and beef and dairy cattle. There is extensive forestry and large-scale output of oil, natural gas and coal, and there are unexploited oil reserves in deposits in the north. Western Alberta is a tourist area, with large areas of wooded country fringing the Rocky Mountains. The main cities are EDMONTON, the capital, and CALGARY.
Population 2 238 000
Athabasca Canada
River which rises in the Rocky Mountains and flows north 1231 km (765 miles) to Lake Athabasca, which drains into the Slave river. Important oil-sand deposits flank the river in ALBERTA.
Locals hypothesize that the legacy of Italian blood and culture in Cologne, colonized by the Romans more than 1500 years ago, makes the people more jovial and lighthearted. Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine.
Kolsch is not only the dialect spoken here but, also the name of their own top-fermented beer. There are more than 4,000 pubs, restaurant's and brewery taverns in Cologne.
Unlike many of the world's large cities, Cologne, with a population of over a million, gets better every day, there are more things to do and see, more new and innovative buildings... more
Travel is an opportunity to learn, whether geography, languages, history or other subjects.
Cologne is situated on the beautiful Rhine River.