Alberta biography
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Beginnings of Alberta
The last ice age which ended 10,000 years ago created a land bridge over the Bering Strait between Asia and North America. This enabled early Homo Sapiens (humans) to wander onto and settle across both North and South America. As the last ice age ended timber, water, and wildlife became available in the region. From that time, Indigenous people roamed the plains and the eastern Rockies of what later became Alberta, following the buffalo.
European explorers first appeared in the 1750s as the fur trade expanded across western North America with the Hudson’s Bay and the Northwest Company.
The first fort in Alberta was launched in Fort Chipewyan by explorer Peter Pond in 1788. Next up, Fort Edmonton was launched in 1795.
Fort Macleod was founded in 1874 with the arrival of the North West Mounted Police, led by Colonel James F. Macleod. The NWMP force had been formed to protect Canadian sovereignty in the West. Colonel Macleod then travelled north to found Fort Calgary in 1875.
After 1870, settlement by the colonists began across Alberta based on a ranching and farming economy.
The Province of Alberta
From the area called North-West Territories, the province of Alberta was created in 1905. The district was named after Queen Victoria’s fourth d
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History of Alberta
See also: Timeline of Alberta history
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Alberta
Province of Canada
This article is about the Canadian province. For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation).
Province in Canada
Alberta | |
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| Motto(s): Fortis et liber (Latin) | |
| Coordinates: 54°30′N115°0′W / 54.500°N 115.000°W / 54.500; -115.000[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Before confederation | District of Alberta, District of Assiniboia, District of Athabasca, District of Saskatchewan |
| Confederation | September 1, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-09-01) (split from NWT) (10th, with Saskatchewan) |
| Capital | Edmonton |
| Largest city | Calgary |
| Largest metro | Calgary Region |
| • Type | Parliamentaryconstitutional monarchy |
| • Lieutenant governor | Salma Lakhani |
| • Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
| House seats | 34 of 338 (10.1%) |
| Senate seats | 6 of 105 (5.7%) |
• Total | 661,849 km2 (255,541 sq mi) |
| • Land | 640,082 km2 (247,137 sq mi) |
| • Water | 19,532 km2 (7,541 sq mi) 3% |
| • Rank | 6th |
| 6.6% of Canada | |
• Total | 4,368,370[ |