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Alberta Highway 40
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 40, commonly referred to as Highway 40, is a south-north highway in western Alberta, Canada. It is also named Bighorn Highway and Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Country. Its segmented sections extend from Coleman in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass northward to the City of Grande Prairie and is currently divided into four sections. Route description The southernmost section is gravel; it runs for through the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, where it then becomes the Forestry Trunk Road to Highway 541, which has a combined length of . The second section of Highway 40 is ''Kananaskis Trail'', which is paved and runs through Kananaskis Country for from Highway 541, over Highwood Pass, and through Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and Spray Valley Provincial Park. The highway passes Kananaskis Village before terminating at the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1). The third section is gravel and is part of the Forestry Tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Transportation
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. It is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada (Saskatchewan being the other). The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate but experiences quick temperature changes due to air aridity. Seasonal temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area at , and the fourth most populous, being home to 4,262,635 people. Alberta's capital is Edmonton, while Calgary is its largest city. The two are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. More than half of Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... The park is in Kananaskis Country about west of Calgary, along the Alberta Highway 40, Kananaskis Trail. This park is within Alberta's Rockies, Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The park was originally named Kananaskis Provincial Park, but was renamed after Peter Lougheed, who served as premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, when he retired in 1986. One of the largest provincial parks in Alberta, it encompasses around Upper Kananaskis Lake, Kananaskis Lakes. The park provides amenities for camping and fishing along with trails for hiking, mountain biking, Equestrianism, horseback riding and cross-country skiing. There are currently six vehicular access campg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovett River
The Lovett River is a short river in the Alberta foothills. The Lovett is an early tributary of the Pembina River (Alberta), Pembina River, itself a major tributary of the Athabasca River. The Lovett River was formerly known as the ''Little Pembina River'', but to avoid confusion its name was changed. The new name was derived from Lovettville, a defunct coal mining town in the vicinity. The settlement took its name from H. A. Lovett, President of North American Collieries, a mining company in the area.Karamitsanis, Aphrodite. ''Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1''. (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1991), pg. 146 Course The river forms in the foothills south of Coalspur, Alberta. It flows in a general southwest direction before being bridged by Alberta Highway 40/Alberta Highway 734. It passes through an active coal mining area and a few minor natural gas fields, as well as former coal mining towns that are now ghost towns. It then drains into the Pembina River (Alberta), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
