1) Alberta. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Alberta, (albur´t) (KEY) , province (1991 pop. 2,545,553), 255,285 sq mi (661,188 sq km), including 6,485 sq mi (16,796 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. 1 Land... 2) Alberta. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Alberta (Al-bur-tuh), province (255,285 sq mi/ 661,188 sq km, including 6,485 sq mi/16,796 sq km of water surface; 1991 pop. 2,545,553), W Canada, Edmonton, 2d-largest... 3) Alberta, Mount. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Alberta, Mount (11,874 ft/3,619 m), W Alta., Canada, near B.C. border, in Rocky Mts., in Jasper Natl. Park, 50 mi/80 km SE of Jasper; 52°17'N 117°29'W.... 4) Alberta. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Alberta, village (1990 pop. 136), Stevens co., W Minn., 7 mi/11.3 km W of Morris; 45°34'N 96°02'W. Corn, oats, wheat, barley, sunflowers; hogs, cattle.... 5) Alberta. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Alberta, town (1990 pop. 337), Brunswick co., S Va., 36 mi/58 km SW of Petersburg; 36°51'N 77°52'W. Agr. (cotton, peanuts, tobacco, grain; livestock, dairying); mfg.... 6) Alberta, University of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Alberta, University of, at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1906, opened 1908. It has faculties of arts, engineering, medicine,... 7) Alberta. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 ...Alberta Province in western Canada, bordered by the Northwest Territories to the north, Saskatchewan to the east, Montana to the south, and British Columbia to the... 8) Alberta. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Canada between British Columbia and Saskatchewan. It joined the confederation in 1905. Wheat and cattle farming were the basis of the province's economy until the... 9) Edmonton. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Canada, on the North Saskatchewan R.; 53°33'N 113°30'W. The largest metropolitan area in Alberta, Edmonton, known as the "Gateway to the North," is located in the... 10) Great Plains. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...farms and ranches, about half the people live in small to medium-sized urban areas; Edmonton, Alberta, and Denver, Colo., are the largest cities in the region. Soils... |