4th Stop: Edmonton, AB.

My family and I have spent the last few days in our 4th stop; the city of Edmonton, located in south-western Alberta. Here's some information on the city:

Latitude and Longitude: 15 N, 113 W.

Population: 938 000

Population Density: 98/km2

Landforms: Interior Plains

Climate: Prairies

Ecozone: Prairies

National Parks: Banff National Park

Industries: Oil, Gas, Agriculture, Tourism

Tourism: West Edmonton Mall, Citadel Theatre, Alberta Aviation Museum, Valley Zoo.

Edmonton is a very large city with a lot of interesting things to do, so it was hard to choose. But we did eventually choose the things we would do, and the first one was travel to the Citadel Theatre. It is a very significant part of the arts in Edmonton, and its talented actors and actresses have put on many plays since it was first formed in 1965, back when it was originally called "The Salvation Army Citadel". Another very interesting part of this specific building is it's indoor layout. The main stage is at the front, with seats on the floor, and several

balconies along the walls up to the ceiling, giving the theatre a very "opera house-ish look". We watched a play there, and I must admit, it was quite impressive, the set, acting, costumes, and everything else.

Another place we visited while in Edmonton was the Alberta Aviation Museum. I learned while there that the Alberta Aviation Museum is home to the last remaining

example of the "Double Double" WW2 British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and the museum was built in 1940, as a maintenance hangar for planes in the Air Force. During WW2, the hangar was used by the USA to service planes heading to Alaska, and was later converted to a car dealership in the 1960's. The museum currently has several planes on display and is known as a provincial historic site.

The last place we visited while in Edmonton was the West Edmonton Mall. This was definately my favourite stop on our journey, because it is basically a huge building, with a ton of stores, and pools, and an amusement park, and even an aquarium that you can scuba-dive in!!! The West Edmonton Mall is the fifth largest mall in the world, and has many attractions inside. There is a large amusement park, called Galaxyland, and also the mall is home to World Waterpark, the world's largest indoor waterpark. The slides there are really scary, but fun, and you can also bungee jump over he wavepool (I was too scared to do that). We also had fun on the miniature golf course inside of the mall. If you're ever going to be in Edmonton, you absolutely MUST go to the West Edmonton Mall. This was probably the most exciting stop out of all the other places visited so far.

Works Consulted:

Lat/Long: http://www.skyscan.ca/latitudelongitude.htm

Population/Density: Textbook

Landforms: http://www.canadainfolink.ca

Climate: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/

Ecozone: Textbook

National Parks: http://www.trailcanada.com

Industries: Textbook, my dad

Tourism: http://maps.google.ca/

Paragraphs: http://www.wikipedia.org/

Pictures: http://www.redtag.ca/travel-guide/imagefiles/3723.jpg, http://z.about.com/d/themeparks/1/5/1/f/WEMall.jpg