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ALBERTA was known primarily as a farming and ranching province until the 1950s. The lively city of Calgary was the centre of an expansive cattle ranching industry and the doorway to the Rockies. The capital of the province, Edmonton, languished somewhat in the background until the discovery of major oil deposits in the north. Today Edmonton is known as the "Gateway to the North," a thriving city with an indoor fantasyland-the gigantic West Edmonton Mall.

The historic rivalry between Calgary and Edmonton is carried on in a friendly fashion with annual festivals-Edmonton's Klondike Days and the world-famous Calgary Stampede. Alberta also claims some of Canada's most beautiful and interesting areas, including the Rockies and Dinosaur Provincial Park, the site of extensive fossil remains.

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