Alberta Fun Facts Trivia Quiz

Answer: St. Paul

On June 3rd, 1967, the Canadian Minister Of Defence, Paul Hellyer, flew in to the town by helicopter to officialy open the landing pad. The landing pad was one of over 100 Centennial projects organized by the town.

Answer: Canmore

The city of Canmore is located west of Calgary, and east of the Alberta/ B.C. border. It is the city closest on highway 1 to Banff National Park. The next area of interest is Banff itself. The real Talkeetna is part of the greater Anchorage region in Alaska.

Answer: Milk River

Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park gets its name from over 50 petroglyph sites in the sandstone hoodoos in the valley. To the south of the park are the volcanic Sweetgrass Hills.

Answer: True

The mushrooms are a replica of the tricholoma uspale mushroom, found around the Vilna area. Ukrainian settlers to the area picked them and used them for traditional recipes. The mushrooms are located in Vilna one block east of Main Street.

Answer: All Of The Above

The Peace River is the second largest river in alberta, next to the Athabasca. The Peace River starts in the Finlay River, in North-Central British Columbia. The Peace River ends in The Slave River, very close to Lake Athabasca.
The Peace River overall travels a distance of 1,923 kilometres.

Answer: True

Alberta is called Canada's energy province because of all the oil, gas, and other fossil fuels found in the province. Oil and other fossil fuels are abundant in the North-east, near Ft. McMurray. Refinery Row, in Edmonton, is a row of tons of oil and gas refineries.

Answer: Alexander Rutherford

All of the people in this question are premiers of Alberta. William Aberhart was the 6th premier, Ralph Klein was the 12th, and Arthur Sifton was the 2nd.

Answer: True

The lodgepole pine is a common evergreen tree that you can find in western North America. The lodgepole pine has got 3 subspecies, and one of them has two different varieties.

Answer: Whooping Crane

The area in Wood Buffalo National Park in which the Whooping Crane nest is called the Whooping Crane Summer Range. Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park in Canada, and Alberta shares it with the Northwest Territories.

Answer: Valleyview

Highway 43 is called the Alaska Highway, although the official start is in Dawson Creek, in B.C. Highway 43 ends in Delta Junction, Alaska. Highway 49 starts in Valleyview, and ends in Peace River. It continues on as Highway 35, which goes all the way to Yellowknife.