Calgary
Alberta
Calgary is Alberta's largest city, founded in 1875 by the North-West Mounted Police at the Bow and Elbow river confluence. The metro of about 1.8 million sits at 1,045 m on the Rockies foothills, one hour east of Banff National Park.
Highlights
- 01Calgary Stampede
The world's largest outdoor rodeo runs every July, drawing more than one million visitors over ten days of chuckwagon races, concerts and a midway.
- 02Heritage Park Historical Village
Canada's largest living history museum sits on 127 acres along the Glenmore Reservoir, with antique steam trains and exhibits spanning 1860s to 1950s western Canadian life.
- 03Stephen Avenue Walk
A pedestrian heritage street through downtown Calgary, lined with restored sandstone buildings, restaurants and shops in one of the city's oldest commercial corridors.
- 04Rockies Gateway via Highway 1
Calgary sits about one hour east of Banff National Park on the Trans-Canada Highway, the standard launch point for Rocky Mountain road trips.