Alberta, Canada travel resource.

Alberta,Canada.

If you've only seen pictures of Alberta's mountain lakes, you might think the photographs have been altered, that the water can't possibly be those shades of blue. In truth, the photographs are misleading: The colors are even more vivid when you see them in person.
But, as impressive as the Rockies and their lakes are, they're not the whole story. With sun-bleached wheat fields and lunar badlands lying to the east of the serrated mountain peaks, Alberta is far from one-dimensional in either its landscape or its attractions. Excellent museums and interpretive sites showcase the area's past, from the days of the dinosaurs to the times that tribes stalked buffalo across the plains.
Alberta isn't all Wild West, either. Its two major cities-Calgary and Edmonton-have a cosmopolitan atmosphere that may surprise you, offering everything from cultural activities to Olympic sites to the world's largest shopping and entertainment center, plus some of the best internationally diverse cuisine in western Canada.