Wildrose Country Geography Trivia Quiz

Answer: Edmonton

Edmonton is the second largest city of Alberta. It was incorporated as a city in 1904 and made provincial capital a year later. The largest city of the province however is Calgary, home of the annual Stampede.

Answer: Vulcan

The town of Vulcan was named after the Roman God of Fire by a CPR surveyor. Many of its streets reflect this with names such as Juno, Neptune and Jupiter. The town chose to capitalize on the Vulcan - Star Trek connection to enhance tourism.

Answer: 56,864,808 tons

Drumheller Valley was a major source for coal production in Canada. Over a hundred mines existed from 1910 - 1979, however only 34 were active over a period of years.

Answer: Big Sheep Mountains

The Big Sheep Mountains lie in eastern Montana. The Birch and the Caribou Mountains are both located in the far north of Alberta, while Cypress Hills straddle the Alberta - Saskatchewan border. The Rocky Mountains define much of the border with British Columbia in the southern part of the province.

Answer: True

Lake Claire has an area of 1346 square kilometres. It is located in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta. In the fur trade era its name was often recorded as Clear Lake. The town of Fort Chipewyan is located some 30 km to the east of the lake.

Answer: Montana

Montana is the only state that borders Alberta on the 49th parallel. It is a physically wide state, also bordering part of British Columbia and Saskatchewan. There are six border crossings between Alberta and Montana: Aden-Whitlash, Carway-Peigan, Del Bonita-Del-Bonita, Wild Horse-Wild Horse, Coutts-Sweetgrass, and Chief Mountain-Chief Mountain.

Answer: blue or green

Glacial water is bluish or greenish. This is because of "rock flour" in the water. The rock flour is small bits of minerals and rock that are in suspension due to the grinding of the glacier against the land. The particles refract the green or blue spectrum of sunlight making the water appear coloured.

In Alberta the glacial water is bluish because of the type of minerals making up the rock flour.

Answer: Bow River

Flowing through Banff National Park with its start at the foot of Mount Gordon, the Bow River measures 623 kilometres in length. The Bow is important economically and recreationally. Apart from providing much needed water to people and farmland, the river winds its way through the centre of Calgary where many parks can be found along its banks.

Answer: True

It's true because Alberta is located immediately east of the continental divide. For this reason, all of Alberta's rivers flow into either the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, or the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer: 60 degrees

The southern border with the United States is at 49 degrees north latitude. The northern border of Alberta, with the Northwest Territories, is at 60 degrees north. That gives Alberta a difference of 11 degrees of latitude which is some 1223 km from north to south.

Answer: Dinosaur

Dinosaur Provincial Park contains some of the best preserved dinosaur remains in North America. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979. Apart from its extinct denizens, the park is also an important habitat for many bird species.

Answer: tornadoes

Tornadoes are a relatively common phenomenon on the prairies. Edmonton experienced a terrible tornado on July 31, 1987. It was bad enough to warrant a visit from the prime minister at the time, Brian Mulroney. Throughout the 20th century it turned out to be the second-deadliest tornado in Canadian history.

Answer: Saskatchewan

Manitoba is nearly landlocked, but it borders Hudson Bay to the northeast. Nunavut is not a province, it is a territory, and it definitely isn't landlocked. It is home to many islands and borders Baffin Sea, the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, and Beaufort Sea. Ontario borders Hudson Bay to the north and the Great Lakes to the south.

Answer: False

Mount Columbia is the highest point in Alberta with an elevation of 3,747m while Mount Alberta measures in at 3,620m. Both peaks are located in Jasper National Park.

Answer: 75

Alberta has a total of 75 parks as well as recreational areas which cover 27,500 sq km. These areas include boreal forests, badlands, foothills, prairies and mountains. Fish Creek Provincial Park is the largest park within a city's boundaries.