Prairies
The Prairies is a region in the middle of Canada, made up of three provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Despite the name, they also contain mountains, hills, lakes, shoreline, and metropolitan cities.
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Calgary
Calgary is Alberta's largest city and Canada's fourth-largest, and is near where the prairies end and the foothills begin.Winnipeg
Winnipeg is Manitoba's capital and largest city, and stands midway on the Trans-Canada Highway and railway.Central Edmonton
Central Edmonton refers to the most urban, dense, and oldest area of Edmonton.Destinations
Alberta
Alberta is a province in Canada, bordering from British Columbia at the Rocky Mountains in the west, the Northwest Territories in the north, and Saskatchewan in the east.Manitoba
Manitoba is a province in the Prairies of Canada. It is bordered by Ontario to the east, Saskatchewan to the west, the USA to the south, and Nunavut to the north.Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Canadian province on in the Prairies.Prairies
- Location: Canada, North America
- Latitude of center: 54.78° or 54° 46' 48" north
- Longitude of center: -106.48° or 106° 28' 48" west
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Other Names for Prairies
- French: Prairies canadiennes
- German: Prärieprovinzen
- Italian: Praterie canadesi
- Portuguese: Pradarias
- Spanish: Praderas
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust