PNLA Quarterly, Vol. 63 No.2 Winter 1999
Things To Do in Alberta During August 1999
| Celebrate PNLA's 90th Anniversary | Soar in a hot air balloon | Go salooning | Hug a dinosaur at Calgary Prehistoric Park | Visit the 1800's at Heritage Park, Canada's largest living historical village| Feel the blues at the King Eddie Hotel | Bungee jump | Admire the sunset | Drive north to the West Edmonton Mall | Canoe from the mountains to the prairies | See the bigger than life IMAX Theatre | Fish for the famous trout of the foothills | Fly back in time at the Aerospace Museum | Ride the rollercoaster at Calaway Park | Munch a Foothills Frank at a Triple A Cannon's baseball game | Check out the archives and craft shop at Nakoda Lodge | Paddlewheel around the Glenmore Reservoir | Hang glide from the cliffs of Cochrane | Get your fork into some famous Alberta beef | Power up at the Energeum | Take tea in the original Fort Calgary| Jaunt up to Jasper | Explore the Badlands | Visit Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | See the 20,000 varieties of plants at the Devonian Gardens | Bird watch at the 79 acre Inglewood Bird Sanctuary | See horses jump at Spruce Meadows | Head west to the Last Spike site | Experience Canada's 2nd largest Chinatown | Do the zoo ... see the butterflies, Siberian tigers and mountain sheep | Take a horse camping in K-Country | Admire the mountain skyline| Jog or bike the city's miles of pathways | Photograph coyotes and deer in Canada's largest urban park ... Fish Creek Park | Visit the village of crafts ... Bragg Creek | Shop Kensington and Mount Royal | Stroll through the valleys of flowers at Peter Lougheed Park |Visit Canada's first oil strike site in Turner Valley | Photograph the elk that roam the streets of Banff | Learn to lasso at a dude ranch | Watch soaring peregrine falcons that nest in a sky scraper | Visit the farm of all farms at Olds College | Dine on western native food at Chief Chiniki Restaurant | Look down the ramp of the Olympic ski jump | Meet friendly Albertans everywhere you go | Experience the Columbia Ice Fields | Find a rodeo | Go back in time at the Bar U Ranch and the Whyte Museum of the Rockies | Check out the street scene on Stephen Avenue Walk | Visit Calgary Public Library | Relive the history of western Canada at the Glenbow | Enjoy the fun side of science at the Calgary Science Centre | View downtown Calgary from the Douglas Fir Trail | Book a visit to the Cross Conservation Area | Journey through 3.5 billion years at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | Spend ... the exchange rate favours Americans | Indulge in old-fashioned ice cream in Cochrane | Line dance | Ride a hovercraft on the Red Deer River | Get your feet wet at the Naval Museum | Save time for Conference sessions | Climb North America's largest erratic | Catch a country band | Admire street art | Tee off at one of the 27 Calgary and area courses | Visit the historic Rosebud School of the Arts and Theatre | Remember the Boer and Korean Wars and WWI and II at the Museum of the Regiments | Figure out how warm 22.7 C is (the average August temperature) | Say "yahoo!" to the airport's Albertosaurus | Count the dragons in the Chinese Cultural Centre | Dine in the clouds at the top of the Tower |Tour the Tsuu T'ina Nation museum | Count ancient coins at the Nickle Arts Museum | Smell the wholesomeness of Alberta wheat at the Grain Academy | Experience the thrills of ski jumping at the Olympic Hall of Fame | Plan your next trip to Alberta