EDMONTON

Latitude:53° 33' N
Longitude:113° 30' W
Population: 730,372
Population Density: 1,099.4/km2
Landforms: Flat to rolling plains.
Climate: Warm

summers(18°), moderately cold winter (-15°), and precipitation 250-700mm per year.
Ecozone: Prairie Ecozone.
National Park: Elk Island National Park of Canada.
Industries: some agriculture, but mostly oil and gas development


As soon as we got to Edmonton we set aside the whole first day to visit the West Edmonton Mall. Its huge! We decided to go shopping first, some of the stores we visited are: Aerie, Costa Blanca, Dynamite, Esprit, Next Exit, Northern Reflections, Sirens, Abercrombie & fitch, American Eagle, Apparel Ink, Bootlegger, Déjà vu, forever 21, GUESS?, French connection, Hollister, Le Chateau, Lucky brand jeans, West 49. These are only some of the many many stores. This mall is so big there is almost every store imaginable, although there was no Hot topic, or Jean Machine unfortunately. After shopping we went to the food court and ate A&W hamburgers, because they’re kind of amazing (: After eating we went to the water park! We spend three hours on water slides in hot tubs and pools. It was all heated and so much fun! Then we went skating, INSIDE A MALL at ice palace, which was an awesome experience. Then of course we had to go to Galaxyland the largest indoor water park and ride all the rides including the famous roller coaster. By the time the mall was closing which was nine, we were already exhausted, so we headed back to our hotel, and went swimming, ordered room service, watched a movie and finally fell asleep.

Day 2:

On our second day in Edmonton we went to go check out the Servus Heritage Festival, here you can see many different cultures and try different foods, speaking of foods, there was a lot of different things to try. There was also music from different places, and little shops that you could buy things that are from different countries and cultures. That was a pretty interesting experience. Next we went to take a tour of Elk Island National Park. Here Canada protects the wilderness of the aspen parkland, one of the most endangered habitats in Canada. There are free roaming bison, moose, elk, hundreds of birds. We hiked, took many pictures of the animals and debated on camping there, unfortunately we couldn’t because it was time to make our way to our next destination!