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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Central Alberta news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message NorthernAlberta Alberta sRockies SouthernAlberta CalgaryRegion EdmontonRegion Central Alberta Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province Agriculture and energy are important to the area s economy Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Infrastructure 4 Politics 5 Communities 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksGeography EditCentral Alberta is bordered by the Canadian Rockies in the west Southern Alberta and the Calgary Region to the south Saskatchewan to the east and Northern Alberta to the north It completely surrounds the Edmonton Capital Region and contains the central part of the heavily populated Calgary Edmonton Corridor The North Saskatchewan River crosses the region from west to east Other rivers traversing the area are Red Deer River Battle River Athabasca River Pembina River Brazeau River Beaver River Tourist attractions in the region include Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions the Canadian Petroleum Discovery Centre in Leduc Discovery Wildlife Park Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Gaetz Lake Sanctuary in Red Deer Nordegg Heritage Centre and Mine Site Reynolds Alberta Museum Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village and Stephannson House Provincial Historic Site near Sylvan Lake 1 Major national provincial and municipal parks include Elk Island National Park William A Switzer Provincial Park Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park Big Knife Provincial Park Pigeon Lake Provincial Park and Sylvan Lake Park A series of roadside attractions known as the Giants of the Prairies can be found in Central Alberta Large mushrooms in Vilna huge pumpkins in Smoky Lake giant Perogy Ukrainian dumpling in Glendon huge Kielbasa Ukrainian garlic sausage in Mundare large Pysanka Ukrainian easter egg in Vegreville a UFO Landing Pad in St Paul and a giant mallard duck in Andrew Demographics EditCentral Alberta has a population of 240 368 2004 2 Sector Labour force of totalAgriculture 16 530 12 83 Mining 9 690 7 52 Manufacturing 8 610 6 68 Construction 11 340 8 80 Transportation and utilities 5 945 4 61 Retail and wholesale 19 150 14 87 Finance 4 830 3 75 Business and community services 48 360 37 54 Public administration 4 340 3 37 Total 128 825 100 00 Infrastructure EditTransportationQueen Elizabeth II Highway crosses the region from south to north and the Yellowhead Highway from east to west Other major highways include Highway 9 Highway 21 Veteran Memorial Highway David Thomson Highway Cowboy Trail Grizzly Trail and Buffalo Trail Poundmaker Trail runs through the north east of the region 3 Health RegionsThe following health regions are located in the region Aspen Regional Health Authority David Thompson Regional Health Authority and East Central Health EducationPost secondary institutions in the region are Red Deer Polytechnic Olds College Lakeland College Burman University and the University of Alberta Augustana Faculty Camrose Politics EditOn a provincial level central Alberta is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta by MLA s elected in the ridings of Battle River Wainwright Drayton Valley Calmar Drumheller Stettler Fort Saskatchewan Vegreville Innisfail Sylvan Lake Lacombe Ponoka Leduc Beaumont Devon Olds Didsbury Three Hills Red Deer North Red Deer South Rocky Mountain House Stony Plain Vermilion Lloydminster West Yellowhead Wetaskiwin Camrose and Whitecourt Ste Anne Communities EditThe region spreads across several census divisions 7 8 9 10 14 and parts of divisions 11 12 and 13 Cities Camrose Cold Lake Lacombe Lloydminster Red Deer WetaskiwinTowns Barrhead Bashaw Bentley Blackfalds Bonnyville Bowden Carstairs Castor Coronation Daysland Didsbury Drayton Valley Eckville Edson Elk Point Hanna Hardisty Hinton Innisfail Killam Lamont Mayerthorpe Millet Mundare Olds Onoway Penhold Ponoka Provost Rimbey Rocky Mountain House Sedgewick Smoky Lake St Paul Stettler Sundre Sylvan Lake Tofield Two Hills Vegreville Vermilion Viking Wainwright Westlock Whitecourt Villages Alberta Beach Alix Alliance Amisk Andrew Bawlf Big Valley Bittern Lake Botha Breton Caroline Chauvin Chipman Clive Clyde Consort Cremona Czar Delburne Dewberry Donalda Edberg Edgerton Elnora Ferintosh Forestburg Gadsby Galahad Glendon Halkirk Hay Lakes Heisler Holden Hughenden Innisfree Irma Kitscoty Lougheed Mannville Marwayne Myrnam Paradise Valley Rosalind Ryley Sangudo Spring Lake Strome Veteran Vilna Waskatenau Willingdon Summer villages Argentia Beach Birch Cove Birchcliff Bonnyville Beach Burnstick Lake Castle Island Crystal Springs Grandview Gull Lake Half Moon Bay Horseshoe Bay Jarvis Bay Larkspur Ma Me O Beach Nakamun Park Norglenwold Norris Beach Parkland Beach Pelican Narrows Poplar Bay Rochon Sands Ross Haven Sandy Beach Silver Beach Silver Sands South View Sunbreaker Cove Sunrise Beach Sunset Point Val Quentin West Cove White Sands Yellowstone Improvement districts Improvement District No 13 Elk Island Municipal districts Barrhead No 11 County of Beaver County Bonnyville No 87 M D of Brazeau County Camrose County Clearwater County Flagstaff County Lac Ste Anne County Lacombe County Lamont County Minburn No 27 County of Mountain View County Paintearth No 18 County of Ponoka County Provost No 52 M D of Red Deer County Smoky Lake County St Paul No 19 County of Stettler No 6 County of Thorhild County Two Hills No 21 County of Vermilion River County of Wainwright No 61 M D of Westlock County Wetaskiwin No 10 County of Woodlands County Yellowhead CountySpecial areas Special Area No 4See also EditList of regions of CanadaReferences Edit Travel Alberta Attractions in Alberta Archived from the original on 2006 11 16 Retrieved 2007 01 06 Alberta First Central Alberta statistics PDF Archived from the original PDF on October 21 2006 Retrieved 2007 01 08 Alberta Motor Association Central Alberta Road report Archived from the original on 2007 01 10 Retrieved 2007 01 11 External links Edit Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Central Alberta Central Alberta Travel Alberta Central Alberta Alberta Regions Alberta Heritage Coordinates 52 N 113 W 52 N 113 W 52 113 Central Alberta Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Central Alberta amp oldid 1086532364, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
