ALBERTA, CANADA

PHYSICAL CHARACERISTICS

• One of the landforms in Alberta is the Rocky Mts. located on the west side of Alberta.
• There are plains, coniferous forest, and alpine tundra in Alberta.
• The climate in Alberta is, winters are long and cold, summers are short and warm.

INDUSTRIES

• Engineering and construction
• Building products and technologies
• Metal manufacturing

AGRICULTURE

• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Oil production and refinery

LANGUAGES

• English
• French
• Chinese
• German

HISTORY

• In the early 1700's, the first European fur trader arrived.
• In 1870, the dominion of Canada acquired the land that would become Alberta.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Alberta is one of the best places to view northern lights.
• It is the fourth largest province.
• Alberta is known as Canada's energy province.

CAREERS

• One career is oil mining. There is a lot of oil in Alberta.

HOW PEOPLE EFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT

• People mine scar sands for crude oil.
• More than a million barrels of crude oil flow out of the sands every day
• Environmentally, it's a disaster zone.