Edmonton - The City of Champions

-The Great Divide Waterfall on the High Level Bridge was created to commemorate Alberta's 75th anniversary. This man-made waterfall is 7.3 meters (24 feet) higher than Niagara Falls.

-There are over 70 golf courses in Metro Edmonton including Victoria Golf Course, the oldest Municipal Golf Course in Canada (1907).

-The marigold flower, selected as an official city symbol in 1964, represents sunny Alberta and Edmonton's role in the Klondike Gold Rush. Like the marigold, which has many varieties, Edmonton's population is made up of more than 50 ethnic groups.

-Visitors are assured of plenty of sun and beautiful blue Alberta skies during their visit, regardless of the season. The city averages 12.32 hours daily of sunshine, more than any other major Canadian city. At the height of summer, there are up to 17 hours of sunlight each day.

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In addition to over 800 stores, 100 restaurants, 19 cinemas, and 11 department stores, the complex houses Fantasy Land - the world ‘s largest indoor amusement park; an 18-hole golf course; a chapel; a bingo hall; caged animals and performing dolphins, the world’s largest indoor lake with and underwater aquarium (sharks included)… and 4 working submarines - they say, that’s more than the Canadian Navy owns. West Edmonton Mall has also a full sized replica of Santa Maria, the Columbus’ ship.

Our favorite attraction in the West Edmonton Mall was huge World Waterpark. In 1996 we bought a family pass which gave us unlimited access to the Fantasy Land and Waterpark for 4 months ($165). In the Water Park, you can enjoy a magnificent collection of indoor swimming pools, watereslides and wavepools.

The team was re-christened `Edmonton` Oilers the following season, and in 1978 the club purchased teenage superstar Wayne Gretzky from the Indianapolis Racers. Led by Gretzky, the Oilers won four Stanley Cup championships between 1984 and 1988, then again in 1990 ­ two years after Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. The decade of the 90s saw more sporting glory for Edmonton, with the Trappers winning back-to-back Pacific Coast League baseball championships in 1996 and 1997 and bobsleigher Pierre Leuders bringing home Olympic gold from Nagano, Japan, in 1998. Edmonton is the first North American city to host the IAAF World Championships In Athletics. Over 3,000 athletes, coaches and officials called Edmonton home for 10 days in August 2001, while the drama of the third largest sporting event in the world, behind the World Cup of Soccer and the Summer Olympics, was played out. Organizers estimated that four billion people watched the 10-day event.