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River ◆ June 17-26: Calgary International Jazz Festival River 35 MacKay River ◆ Whitemud June 29-July 3: One – Spruce Meadows Clearwater Cadotte FORT McMURRAY 69 Gordon ◆ July 6-10: The North American – Spruce Meadows Peerless Graham Lake Loon Loon Willow River Lake Lake Lake Lake ◆ River RED EARTH July 8-17: Calgary Exhibition and Stampede CREEK River Trout 64 Lubicon Lake Lubicon Garson ◆ Lake Lake July 28-31: Calgary Folk Music Festival Cardinal Peace HINES River CREEK Lake GRIMSHAW 2A River River River Muskwa 2 Muskwa River Rockies Lake North FAIRVIEW Utikuma 2 Lake DUNVEGAN River WABASCA River ◆ 49 Jan. 16-30: Jasper in January Heart RYCROFT Kimiwan South 63 Christina ◆ Jan.14-16: Ice Magic Sculpture Competition,

SPIRIT FAL Lake South Wabasca HER Athabasca RIVER 49 Utikuma 754 Lake McLENNAN Lake 88 2 Winefred Little 49 Winagami Winefred 2 Lake Lake ◆ 43 East May-Aug.: Banff Arts Festival 59 2A Smoky ◆ SEXSMITH HIGH June 3-5: Wild River Rendezvous, Bear River Lake PRAIRIE Prair Lesser Slave Calling ie 2 ◆ BEAVERLODGE River Lake July 30-Aug. 1: Canadian Death Race, Grande Cache 43 SLAVE LAKE WEMBLEY 43 Sturgeon Heart

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River River Muriel Alberta South Kakwa 28A Smoky WHITECOURT Lake River SMOKY LAKE BARRHEAD 18 18 28 WESTLOCK Saskatchewan ST. PAUL ◆ River 2 28 Frog May 29: Beethoven in the Badlands, Drumheller GRANDE Berland Lake 40 LEGAL REDWATER MAYERTHORPE Pembina 28 ELK POINT ◆ River River June 16-19: Cowboy Poetry Gathering, CACHE 43 45 33 BON ACCORD GIBBONS 36 32 BRUDERHEIM 22 MORINVILLE LAMONT Pincher Creek N. Chip WILLMORE Lac 37 TWO Lake Ste. Anne ST. ALBERT 15 ◆ MUNDARE HILLS 45 June 23-26: Jazz Fest Wildhay River WILDERNESS Athabasca STONY PLAIN 41 Smoky EDSON Beaverhill ◆ July 8-10 & 15-17: Canadian Badlands Passion Play, PARK Lake 17 Wabamun VERMILION River Lake VEGREVILLE River EDMONTON 22 Cooking Drumheller DEVON TOFIELD HINTON McLeod 47 Lake 14 40 BEAUMONT ◆ June 23-26: Medicine Hat Jazz Fest DRAYTON CALMAR VALLEY 39 Pembina VIKING ◆ July 15-17: Rum Runner Days, Crowsnest Pass Pigeon Buck MILLET 21 CAMROSE River 40 Lake 26 River Lake ◆ Aug. 6-7: International Airshow JASPER Brazeau 13 13 Reservoir DAYSLAND 14

River River WAINWRIGHT Battle 2A 13 SEDGEWICK 17 Athabasca 22 20 2 KILLAM JASPER Alberta Central 53 53 HARDISTY Medicine PONOKA BASHAW Blindman 53 NATIONAL Gull ◆ Brazeau & Lake 56 June 4 5: Vintage Tractor Show, Westlock PARK 11 50 36 Battle 12Sylvan 12 LACOMBE Buffalo 13 ◆ 20 BLACKFALDS Lake STETTLER PROVOST July 1-3: Ukrainian Pysanka Festival, Vegreville River ECKVILLE Lake River 93 COLUMBIA Saskatchewan ROCKY 41 ICEFIELDS 11 ◆ MOUNTAIN 11 12 Sounding July 28–31: Big Valley Jamboree, Camrose CANADIAN ROCKYCENTRE MOUNTAINSHOUSE SYLVAN 21 Lake 22 River LAKE CASTOR COLUMBIA RED DEER CORONATION ◆ July 28-August 1: Lac La Biche Pow-Wow & Fish River 54 PENHOLD 42 Gough Lake ICEFIELDS Gleniffer INNISFAIL Sullivan 12 Derby Lake North River Lake Bow BOWDEN ◆ Aug. 19–21: David Thompson Days, Rocky Clearwater OLDS TROCHU BANFF SUNDRE 27 27 Red 56 River Mountain House THREE HILLS NATIONAL DIDSBURY 9 Red Deer 2 27 HANNA 93 22 PARK CARSTAIRS Rosebud DRUMHELLER 9 Alberta North BEISEKER LAKE LOUISE CROSSFIELD 9 36 72 River 41 FIELD 10 OYEN ◆ June 30-July 3: Centennial Walleye & Pike Classic, BANFF 40 AIRDRIE COCHRANE 21 Deer 9 56 Slave Lake STRATHMORE ◆ July 1-3: Magnificent River Rats Festival, 68 8 DINOSAUR River CANMORE River Athabasca 22 CALGARY PROVINCIAL Bow BASSANO 40 Elbow PARK ◆ OKOTOKS 24 July 15-16: Peace Fest, Peace River KANANASKIS 7 River BLACK DIAMOND BROOKS ◆ July 15-17: Gold Cup Jet Boat Race, TURNER VALLEY 23 River HIGH RIVER River 36 41 ◆ Newell an July 16: Alberta Open Sand Sculpture LONGVIEW McGregor Lake VULCAN Lake NANTON Championship, Lesser Slave Lake Prov. Park Highwood 2 Saskatchew 22 Little Travers ◆ 23 Reser voir MEDICINE HAT July 22-24: Athabasca Fringe Festival STAVELY REDCLIFF ◆ July 22-23: Falher Honey Festival HEAD-SMASHED-IN VAUXHALL CLARESHOLM South BUFFALO JUMP 25 36 River Oldman PICTURE BOW ISLAND GRANUM BUTTE Oldman WALSH CROWSNEST PASS COALHURST TABER 2005 Canadian Public Holidays COALDALE FRANK SLIDE CENTRE FORT MACLEOD River 41 New Year’s Day January 1 LETHBRIDGE Foremost RAYMOND 61 PINCHER 5 CYPRESS CREEK River St. Mary River 52 Alberta Family Day February 21 Reservoir 4 River 2 MAGRATH Pakowki HILLS Lake erton PROVINCIAL Good Friday March 25 WATERTON 6 Wat Belly MILK RIVER TravelAlberta.com CARDSTON River PARK LAKES 5 62 Milk Easter Monday March 28 1.800.ALBERTA (252.3782) NATIONAL PARK St. Mary PORT OF PORT OF Victoria Day May 23 PORT OF PORT OF PORT OF SWEETGRASS WHITLASH WILD HORSE CHIEF MOUNTAIN PEIGAN DEL BONITA July 1 MONTANA Heritage Day August 1 WEST GLACIER Labour Day September 5 Regions 2 Primary Highways Travel Alberta Thanksgiving Day October 10 Visitor Information Centres: Trans-Canada Highway Remembrance Day November 11 Canmore Alberta North Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway Crowsnest Pass Christmas Day December 25 Edmonton & Area Crowsnest Highway Field, British Columbia Boxing Day December 26 Alberta Central Airport Hinton Calgary & Area UNESCO World Heritage Site Lloydminster Alberta South Milk River U.S. Port of Entry Oyen 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 km U.S. Port of Entry Open 24 Hours Walsh West Glacier, Montana 0 10 20 30 40 50 miles

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