Central Alberta

Central Alberta is part of Alberta, located between the cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The eastern portion is largely agricultural, while the western portion is part of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Red Deer and Wetaskiwin.

Red Deer

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Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located alongside the Red Deer River, midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer is Alberta's third-largest city, after Calgary and Edmonton, with a slightly higher population than Lethbridge.

Wetaskiwin

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Wetaskiwin is a small city of about 12,700 people in the Central Corridor region of Alberta. It is home to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum and its outstanding collection of cars, airplanes, tractors, and industrial machines.

Camrose

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Camrose is a city in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Camrose County. Located along Highway 13, it had its beginnings as a railroad hub. Camrose is located approximately 90 km from the city of Edmonton, and, approximately 290 km from the city of Calgary.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Central Corridor and East Central Alberta.

Central Corridor

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The Central Corridor is part of Central Alberta, located between the cities of Calgary and Edmonton. This is the most densely populated part of Alberta but is still wide-open by the standards of most places.

East Central Alberta

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East Central Alberta is a region of Central Alberta, to the east and southeast of Edmonton up to the Saskatchewan border.

Foothills

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The Foothills are the part of Central Alberta where the Rocky Mountains transition to the Great Plains. Running from northwest to southeast across much of Central Alberta, this region includes landscapes ranging from rugged in the west to gently rolling in the east.

Central Alberta

Type: region
Description: region in the province of Alberta, Canada
Neighbors: Alberta Rockies, Northern Alberta, and Southern Alberta
Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center

52.35° or 52° 21′ north

Longitude of center

-113.86° or 113° 51′ 36″ west

Wikidata ID

Q189917

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In Other Languages

From French to Venetian—“Central Alberta” goes by many names.

French: “centre de l’Alberta”
French: “Centre de l’Alberta”
French: “Région d’Alberta central”
German: “Zentral-Alberta”
Greek: “Κεντρική Αλμπέρτα”
Hausa: “Alberta ta Tsakiya”
Italian: “Alberta centrale”
Persian: “آلبرتای مرکزی”
Portuguese: “Região Central de Alberta”
Russian: “Центральная Альберта”
Ukrainian: “Центральна Альберта”
Venetian: “Alberta sentrałe”

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