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Alberta


Province in western Canada, bordered by the Northwest Territories to the north, Saskatchewan to the east, Montana to the south, and British Columbia to the west. Edmonton is its capital and largest city.	1
‡ Recent exploitation of oil, natural gas, and mineral resources has replaced agriculture as Alberta’s primary industry.	2
‡ Banff, in the Canadian Rockies (see Rocky Mountains), is a popular vacation spot.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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