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Alberta, Edmonton, Go East of Edmonton, Playground - August 12, 2021

Fultonvale Elementary School | Playground

This epic playground with Super Slides is located at 52029 Range Rd 224, Sherwood Park, AB. The school has the super slide playground and some other playground equipment making this great for all ages. Around the corner on the east side of the school is another playground with more climbing equipment, A few swings and smaller slides. This would be a great little park to play the floor is lava with the older ones! Both parks have sand bottoms but the park with the Big slides also has a rubber bottom section as well with a few swings and a few spinners....

Fort Edmonton Park | Explore YEG

Fort Edmonton was established by the Hudson's Bay Company on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River in 1795. By 1821 The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Trading Company Joined and the Fort Flourished until the late 1860's. The Fort's decline was a result of the Hudson's Bay Company surrendering Rupart's Land. Unfortunately the Fort was dismantled in 1915 however today you can visit the complete reconstructed fort and take a ride on an old 1919 Baldwin Steam Locomotive Train around the Park. Fur Trading Era (1795-1859) Explore Edmonton's Fur Trading History and learn about the Hudson's...

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Alberta, Day Hike, Edmonton, Hiking - July 9, 2021

Clifford E. Lee Nature Sanctuary | YEG

Clifford E. Lee Nature Sanctuary is a fantastic place to escape the city and seek a little wild for the whole family. The Park is situated approximately 30 km southwest of Edmonton City Centre and just North of Devon. From Highway 60 take Township Road 512A West to Range Road 264 North the Parking lot will be on your left. The parking lot is not very big and fills up fast. The Sanctuary protects 348 Acers of wildland, marsh, aspen parkland and meadows with beautiful wildflowers to look at. The nature sanctuary is a great place to bird watch and...

Jurassic Forest | Explore YEG

We decided to check out Jurassic Forest located just outside of Gibbons Alberta, a short drive North from the City of Edmonton. What a fun place to take the family for a couple of hours and explore the Old Growth forest with Prehistoric Animatronic Dinosaurs hidden throughout. We pre booked our timeslot on there website as required for limited capacity during Covid. We lucked out and got the first timeslot of the day and it felt like we had the place to ourselves. The Playground area, Dig site and Gift Shop were open however the concession and Mini Golf were...

Explore YEG | Canada's Festival City | Things to see

Welcome To Edmonton Alberta, Canada where we love our hockey but we also are known for a lot more than that. We are Alberta's Capital City located in the Central area of the Province. We are the Festival City of the North, our river valley is 22 times the size of Central Park in New York City, We get 17hrs of daylight in the summer and we are the largest Northernmost Metropolis in North America. Our City is rich in History and is a great place to visit... in the Summer! Just Kidding Edmonton has something to offer year around,...

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