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Atlas

What Is a Map? 300

Skill Power Reading a Map 301

Skill Power Using Scale to Measure Distance 302

Alberta: Major Communities 303

Skill Power Reading a Physical Map 304

Alberta: Physical Map 305

Alberta: Some Major Tourist Attractions 306

Alberta: National and Provincial Parks 307

Alberta: Historic Sites and 308

Alberta: Facts and Figures 309

Alberta: Symbols 310

Canada: Historical Maps 312

Canada 314

The World 316

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What Is a Map?

A map is a drawing of the Earth on a flat surface. Maps do not show what the land actually looks like. For that, you need a picture. Instead, maps use symbols and colours to show some of the features of the land. Look at the picture and the map of the same area below. In what other ways is a map different from a picture?

Picture of Mary’s Bay

Map of Mary’s Bay

0102030 N Legend kilometres Water Road W E Building Land S

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SKILL POWER Reading a Map

Map makers add special features to maps to help us understand the maps. Following these steps will help you with your map reading.

Step 1 Read the title. It tells you what the map is about. Then look at the whole map to get a general idea of the information it gives.

Step 2 Find the legend for the map. Sometimes a legend is called a key. The legend explains the colours and symbols used on the map.

Legend

Water Road Building Land

Step 3 Look for different colours on the map. Colours show different features. Check what the features are by matching the colours to the legend. Remember that blue is used to show water features such as lakes, rivers, and oceans.

N Step 4 Find the compass rose. It will show directions on the map. North is always near the top. W E

S Step 5 Look at the scale. It will tell you about distance on the map.

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SKILL POWER Using Scale to Measure Distance

The scale of the map tells you about the actual distance between the places. Follow these steps to use a scale to measure distance between two points on the map. The example below shows the distance between and . Practise the steps by finding the distance between other communities on the map on the opposite page.

ALBERTA 0 50 100 150

kilometres Step 1 Mark Step 2 Place the locations the edge of the of the two paper against Edmonton places on the the map scale, edge of a sheet with the first of paper. mark at 0. Calgary

0 50 100 150 0 50 100 150 kilometres kilometres

Step 3 Make a mark on Step 4 Move your paper so that your paper at the right end your mark lines up with 0 on the of the scale. line scale. Measure the next distance. Now add the distances together to find the total distance.

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Alberta: Major Communities

r e iv R CARIBOU ay H MOUNTAINS r ive N ce R Lake Pea Athabasca W W

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Cold Lake y er k basca Riv o ha m t Fort R S A St. Albert O Spruce Grove Edmonton North C Stony Plain Lloydminster Saskatchewan K Leduc River Jasper Camrose Y Wetaskiwin

Lacombe M Red Deer

R O e d U D Legend e e r CochraneN R Airdrie i More than 100 000 people Banff ve Calgary r South CanmoreT 10 000 –100 000 people Saskatchewan A Bow Less than 10 000 people Okotoks R Brooks River iv e Rivers I r

N Provincial boundary dman River Ol Medicine

S Hat River 0 100 200 300 Milk

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SKILL POWER Reading a Physical Map

A physical map shows the features of the land. Most physical maps use colour to show the height of the land. Mountains, hills, and areas of flat land can be identified. You can get an idea of what the land looks like by using a “slice” through the land. The diagram below shows a cross- section along the dotted line (from “A” to “B”) on the map on the opposite page. How would the slice be different if “A” to “B” was from Jasper to ?

Cross-section of Alberta Elevation 3000 m South Saskatchewan 2000 m River

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0 AB

Follow these steps to read a physical map. Step 1 Identify any areas that are patterned to show the height or shape of the land. Step 2 The legend of a physical map will often tell you the height of the land, in metres. Use the legend to identify which areas are higher and which are lower. Notice that lower land is generally green. Map makers often use green for lower land and brown for higher areas. Step 3 A physical map helps you to tell which ways the rivers flow. Rivers flow “down” from higher areas of land to lower areas.

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Alberta: Physical Map

River Slave r ive ce R Lake Lake N ea P Claire Athabasca W E

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Alberta: Some Major Tourist Attractions

Wood Buffalo National Park

Fort McMurray Peace 1 River ALBERTA

Grande Slave Lake Prairie

7 8 9 Edmonton Vegreville 12 10 11 3 Jasper 2 Elk Island National 4 5 Banff Park MOUN ROCKY 6 National 13 Red Deer Park TAINS Drumheller 14 Calgary 15 24 Banff 18 20 21 16 19 N 17 25 Medicine W Hat E 23 22 Lethbridge S 0 100 200 300 Waterton Lakes kilometres National Park

Legend

1. Heritage Park 11. Telus World of 19. , Botanical Garden, 2. Jasper Gondola Science and Prehistoric Park 3. Jasper Park Lodge 12. Ukrainian Easter Egg 20. Nakoda Institute 4. 13. Alberta Sports Hall of 21. Stampede Park 5. Fame and 22. Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens 6. 14. Banff Upper Hot Springs 23. World’s Tallest Teepee 7. Devonian Botanic Garden 15. Banff Springs Hotel 24. Royal Tyrrell Museum 8. Edmonton Art Gallery 16. Banff Gondola 25. Provincial Park 9. 17. 10. 18. Calgary Science Centre National Park

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Alberta: National and Provincial Parks

Slave r Wood ve River Ri Buffalo ay National N H ver Park ce Ri Pea Lake W Claire E

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Dunvegan ALBERTA Provincial Park

Lesser Slave Lake

Obed Lake er asca Riv Provincial ab h Park t R A Edmonton O C Elk Island K National Jasper Y Park National

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O U Dry Island Banff N Buffalo Jump Provincial Park National T Calgary Legend Park A Canmore Medicine National Park I HatCypress Hills Nordic Centre N Interprovincial Provincial South Provincial Park S Park Park Saskatchewan River

0 100 200 300 Waterton Lakes National Park kilometres

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Alberta: Historic Sites and Museums

Legend

1. Historic Dunvegan 2. Oil Sands Discovery Centre 3. Grande Prairie Museum 4. Father Lacombe Chapel Fort 5. Victoria Settlement McMurray 6. Fort George and Buckingham House Peace 2 River ALBERTA 7. Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village 8. Fort Edmonton 1 9. Grande 10. Stephansson House Prairie N 11. Royal Tyrrell Museum 3 12. Canadian Olympic Park 6 5 13. Glenbow Museum 4 14. Heritage Park Historical Village Edmonton 7 15. Turner Valley Gas Plant 9 22 8 16. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Jasper 25 17. The Fort—Museum of the North-West 24 Mounted Police 23 Red Deer 10 18. Stand Off N 19. Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park 21 11 Calgary 20. Interpretive Centre W 13 Drumheller E Banff 12 21. Cave and Basin National Historic Site 14 22. Jasper Park Lodge 15 Medicine S Hat 23. Rocky Mountain House 16 17 20 24. Fort Normandeau Lethbridge 25. Reynolds Alberta Museum 18 19 0 100 200 300 ■ Historic Site or Museum

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Royal Alberta Museum

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Alberta: Facts and Figures

Area 661 190 square kilometres

Highest point Mount Columbia: 3747 metres

Lowest point Slave River: 152 metres

Largest lakes Lake Claire, Lake Athabasca

Longest rivers and

Annual precipitation Lowest Medicine Hat (335 mm) Highest Jasper (620 mm)

Average temperature Lowest Fort Smith (–24°C in January) Highest Medicine Hat (19°C in July)

Population 3 223 400 in 2005

Oil and gas Ninth-largest oil producer and third-largest natural gas producer in the world

Agriculture Over 20 million hectares

Forestry Forests cover over half of the province

National parks Banff, Elk Island, Jasper, Waterton Lakes, and Wood Buffalo

World Heritage Wood Buffalo National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountain Sites Parks (includes Banff and Jasper), Waterton Lakes National Park, , and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Pelican Rapids, Slave River

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Alberta: Symbols

Flag

Coat of Arms

Motto: Strong and Free

Provincial flower: Provincial tree: Provincial grass: Wild rose Lodgepole pine Rough fescue

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Provincial mammal: Provincial fish: Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Bull trout

Provincial stone: Petrified wood

Provincial tartan (cloth)

Green for forests

Blue for lakes and skies Gold for wheat fields Pink for the wild rose

Black for coal and oil

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Canada: Historical Maps

Canada at Confederation, 1867

• Nova Scotia • New Brunswick N • Québec N • O R W E T TH T H E E – R W R E S I T T O E R S R Y N NEW R U FO P E R UN B T ’ S L A N D D R L C ITI A OL SH N UM D BIA

C E PRINCE B É EDWARD U ISLAND Q NOVA ON TARIO SCOTIA 0 500 1000 1500 NEW BRUNSWICK kilometres

Canada, 1876

• Nova Scotia • New Brunswick • Prince Edward Island • Québec N • Ontario O R TH • Manitoba -W T ES • British Columbia E T District R R I T NE O WF R I of O E S UN B D R T L C ITI WES A OL SH Keewatin NORTH- N UM D BIA RIES TERRITO

C E PRINCE B É EDWARD O U NT ISLAND AR Q IO NOVA MANITOBA SCOTIA NEW BRUNSWICK

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Canada, 1882

• Nova Scotia N O • New Brunswick R TH • Prince Edward Island -W EST • Québec T E R • Ontario R I T O R • Manitoba I E S District • British Columbia NE WF Di of O stri UN B ct D RI A of ST L CO TIS th K -WE A L H aba eewatin NORTH N UM sca D BI D A ist ES rict D ORI istric TERRIT of Sask t of A atche lbe wan rta D C istric E PRINCE t of M B Ass ANIT É inibo OBA EDWARD ia O U NT ISLAND AR Q IO NOVA Disputed SCOTIA area NEW BRUNSWICK

Canada, 1905

• Nova Scotia Dis trict • New Brunswick N of Franklin OR • Prince Edward Island T Y TH E U W R K EST IES R O TERRITOR • Québec I N TO RY Di • Ontario stri Ma ct o cke f • Manitoba nzie • Saskatchewan NEW FO • Alberta D UN B istrict of D R L C IT A Keew A • British Columbia O IS L atin f N L H BER t o UM TA istric D • Yukon Territory BI D ava A Ung

TCHEWAN EC B PRINCE M É ANITOBA U EDWARD SASKA O Q NT ISLAND AR IO NOVA SCOTIA NEW BRUNSWICK

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Canada

ARCTIC OCEAN

United States of America Beaufort Sea

Great Bear YUKON Lake TERRITORY

Whitehorse NUNAVUT

Yellowknife

Great Slave Lake

BRITISH COLUMBIA Lake Athabasca CANADA H ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN Edmonton MANITOBA

Victoria Lake Winnipeg PACIFIC OCEAN Regina

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GREENLAND

Baffin Bay

D N a v is S t W E ra Foxe it Basin S Iqaluit

N E Labrador Sea W F O U 0 500 1000 N D L A N D kilometres A N D Hudson L A Bay B R A D O R

James Bay St. John’s

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The World

ARCTIC OCEAN

GREENLAND (DENMARK) ALASKA (USA) ICELAND SW

NORWAY CANADA UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND P GERMAN

FRANCE UNITED STATES NORTH IT OF AMERICA SPAIN ATLANTIC PORTUGAL OCEAN TUN

MOROCCO ALGERIA

CUBA THE BAHAMAS WESTERN MEXICO SAHARA DOMINICAN HAWAII JAMAICA REPUBLIC (USA) MAURITANIA BELIZE MALI NIGE HONDURAS PACIFIC GUATEMALA SENEGAL NICARAGUA GAMBIA OCEAN EL SALVADOR BURKINA GUINEA BISSAU NIGERIA GUYANA GUINEA COSTA RICA VENEZUELA SURINAME SIERRA LEONE PANAMA GHANA FRENCH GUIANA LIBERIA COLOMBIA IVORY COAST BENIN Equator TOGO GA ECUADOR CAMEROON EQUATORIAL GUINEA

PERU BRAZIL CONGO A

BOLIVIA SOUTH NA PARAGUAY ATLANTIC OCEAN

S URUGUAY

ARGENTINA CHILE

N Falkland Islands (UNITED KINGDOM) W E

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ARCTIC OCEAN

WEDEN RUSSIA FINLAND

POLAND BELARUS Y UKRAINE KAZAKHSTAN MONGOLIA NORTH PACIFIC KOREA JAPAN UZBEKISTAN OCEAN GEORGIA KYRGYZSTAN SOUTH TALY ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN KOREA TURKMENISTAN TURKEY TAJIKISTAN GREECE CHINA SYRIA NISIA CYPRUS LEBANON AFGHANISTAN ISRAEL IRAQ IRAN JORDAN PAKISTAN BHUTAN KUWAIT BAHRAIN NEPAL LIBYA EGYPT QATAR TAIWAN SAUDI INDIA ARABIA MYANMAR UNITED ARAB OMAN EMIRATES ER LAOS ERITREA BANGLADESH PHILIPPINES CHAD YEMEN VIETNAM SUDAN DJIBOUTI THAILAND FEDERATED STATES A SOMALIA CAMBODIA OF MICRONESIA CENTRAL AFRICAN ETHIOPIA BRUNEI REPUBLIC SRI LANKA MALAYSIA UGANDA KENYA ABON PAPUA RWANDA SINGAPORE ZAIRE BURUNDI NEW INDIAN GUINEA TANZANIA OCEAN INDONESIA MALAWI SOLOMON ISLANDS MOZAMBIQUE ANGOLA TUVALU ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE MADAGASCAR VANUATU AMIBIA MAURITIUS BOTSWANA RÉUNION FIJI

SWAZILAND NEW CALEDONIA LESOTHO SOUTH AFRICA

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