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Glenbow Museum
The Glenbow Museum is located in
Calgary, Canada and is one of the biggest museums in western Canada
containing over 20 galleries on 93,000 square feet and more than a
million items. In 1966, Eric Harvie donated his impressive and
monstrous collection of historical relics to the citizens of
Alberta, and the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was started. It is
located in downtown Calgary, and manages the Glenbow Museum, which
contains not just the museum's collections but also the library,
archives and huge art collection. Mavericks, the newest permanent
collection at the museum, opened in 2007, and follows the history of
the province by visiting a number of influential and colorful
people. There are four main collections that include mineralogy,
cultural history, military history and ethnology. In the cultural
history collection, there are more than 100,000 pieces that came
from all over the world, but giving insight about the life of people
living in the region during the latter 1800s to the current day. The
relics in this collection show how people lived, what they ate, how
they worshipped, dressed, ate, how and what they did to relax and
how their personal family mementos assisted them in their new
homeland. It includes items of pottery, numismatics, textiles,
western Canada folk studies, glass and northern explorations.
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Fish Creek Provincial Park
The Fish Creek Provincial Park
in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is one of the biggest urban wildernesses
in the world and contains more than 54 miles of trails that is
favored for biking, running and hiking, as well as magnificent
scenery of landscapes and animals. The city of Calgary has continued
to grow, and today almost all of the park is encompassed by city
dwellers and their houses, complexes, stores, restaurants and
businesses. On its western border, the territory of the Tsuu T'ina
Nation (Sarcee) a First Nation tribe lives, hunts, farms and enjoys
the wonderful natural habitations of the region. Fish Creek passes
through the park, as well as Bow River; which spreads across the
city's width. The park contains paved and unpaved trails that
connect the park to the city's huge trail system that lets visitors
enjoy day camping, artificial swimming lake and stables. Of the 54
miles of trails, some 19 miles are paved for those that love to bike
through the park and enjoy their exercise this way. There is a lot
of wildlife living here which is unusual considering it sits in the
midst of a huge and growing city, and these include beavers, owls,
deer and coyotes. There are numerous picnicking and forest places,
with the beach at Sikome Lake being the busiest in the summer and
the Bow Valley Ranch allows visitors and others to hold various
private and business events.
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