Architecture

West Edmonton Mall

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 18:12
Photo Credit: Lana_aka_BADGRL

As the largest shopping mall in North America and the fifth largest in the world, the West Edmonton Mall is an attraction on it's own right. Contained within it's massive structure (some 570,000 square metres) are a variety of tourist style attractions including:

Rocky Mountain House

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 07:44

Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site of Canada protects the archaeological remains of fur trading posts while presenting the site’s history.  In 1799 the North West and Hudson’s Bay companies set up rival posts and the end of the fur trade line on the North Saskatchewan River. 

Bankhead

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 07:12
Photo Credit: Day Trips Canada

Bankhead was town established in the early 1900s around a coal mine on the lower slopes of Cascade Mountain. Originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Bankhead was once considered to be the most modern town in all of Alberta. At its peak, the Bankhead coal mine employed 300 men and produced a half a million tons of coal every year. Eventually, production and profits went down causing Canadian Pacific Railroad to close down the coal mine and town in 1922.

Archeological Sites in Banff National Park

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 07:37
Photo Credit: Day Trips Canada

The valleys, passes and mountainous areas that make up Banff National Park have been used for over 10,000 years by early humans. As of 2004, 766 archaeological sites have been discovered in Banff, including 416 aboriginal sites and 309 historic sites. Each site has contained traces of past human activity such as arrowheads, tools, or historic structures.

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