Southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region in Alberta, Canada. The region features flat wheat fields and ranchlands but also has the Rocky Mountains in the furthest western portion and badland and hoodoo formations and a paleontology hotbed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
Lethbridge
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Lethbridge is a city in southern Alberta. It is a commercial hub for the many smaller farming and ranching communities in the surrounding area. It is quiet and on the small side, but has a friendly population.
Medicine Hat
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Medicine Hat is a city of 63,000 people in the Southern Alberta region of Alberta. It's also known as the Gas City thanks to its vast reserves of natural gas.
Dinosaur Provincial Park
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Dinosaur Provincial Park is a provincial park near Brooks, in Southern Alberta. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for the 58 unique dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and for its badlands landscape.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Waterton Lakes National Park and Brooks.
Waterton Lakes National Park
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Waterton Lakes National Park is the Canadian portion of Waterton Glacier International Peace Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site and Biosphere Reserve which extends into the US as Glacier National Park.
Brooks
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Brooks is a small town of about 15,000 people in the Southern Alberta region of Alberta, Canada. It's a good jumping-off point for exploring the fossils and badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park.
Drumheller
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Drumheller is a town in the Southern Alberta region of Alberta, famous for the rich deposits of fossils found in the area. It is an important centre for Palaeontology in Canada.
Hanna
Hanna is a small town of 2,400 people in the Southern Alberta region of Alberta. Be careful about what you say about the band Nickelback, Hanna is proud to be their home.
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, also known as the Áísínai'pi National Historic Site is in Southern Alberta. It has the greatest concentration of rock art on the North American Great Plains, and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Fort Macleod
Fort Macleod is a town of about 3,000 people in Southern Alberta, Canada. It lies to the south of Oldman River.
Milk River
Milk River is a town in Alberta, Canada that is named after the Milk River which flows immediately to its south. This location results in Milk River being one of the few Canadian communities within the Mississippi River drainage system.
Claresholm
Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately 91 km northwest of the City of Lethbridge and 125 km south of the City of Calgary.
Vulcan
Vulcan is a town in Southern Alberta. It draws on its fictional namesake for its fame, billing itself as the "Official Star Trek Capital of Canada."…
Cardston
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Cardston is a town of about 3,600 people in the foothills of Southern Alberta. It was founded by a number of Mormon families from Utah and their temple was the first built outside of the United States.
Taber
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Taber is a small town of 8,400 people in the Southern Alberta region of Alberta, Canada. Taber is famous for its corn due to the large amounts of sunshine the area receives, and is known as the Corn Capital of Canada.
Pincher Creek
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Pincher Creek is a town of about 3,600 people in the foothills of Southern Alberta. It is a good base for exploring provibcisl parks in the region, and has some heritage sites.
Nanton
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Nanton is a town of 2,100 in Southern Alberta. Traditionally a farming and ranching community, Nanton is now a popular tourist destination for its historic main Street and museums.
Crowsnest Pass
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Crowsnest Pass is in Southern Alberta, Canada. Gateway to the southern Alberta and some of the last untouched beauty of the Canadian Rockies. It is on the Crowsnest Highway.
Oyen
Oyen is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, 4 km south of its junction with Highway 9.
East Coulee
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East Coulee is a small community in the Southern Alberta region of Alberta, Canada, near the community of Cambria. It is part of the Town of Drumheller, which is a hub for dinosaur tourism.
Southern Alberta
- Type: region
- Description: region in Alberta
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
49.65° or 49° 39′ northLongitude of center
-113.38° or 113° 22′ 48″ westWikidata ID
Q7569604
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Southern Alberta” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “南亞伯達”
- Chinese: “南艾伯塔”
- Chinese: “南阿尔伯塔”
- French: “Alberta du Sud”
- French: “Région du Sud de l’Alberta”
- French: “Sud de l’Alberta”
- German: “Süd-Alberta”
- Italian: “Alberta meridionale”
- Portuguese: “Região Sul de Alberta”
- Russian: “Южная Альберта”
- Serbian: “Јужна Алберта”
- Venetian: “Alberta meridionałe”
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