[240glt]

Someone on another thread suggested that Albertans travel within their own province more. So, Where have you been ? Taking the bus or driving through somewhere or stopping for gas doesn't count. I'll go first:

Edmonton (obviously)
Calgary (lived there for four years)
Fort MacMurray (I've managed projects there)
Cold Lake (Work)
Redwater (Work, and it is home to the best Korean restaurant in Alberta)
Camrose
Jasper, both summer and winter
Red Deer (work mostly, I've eaten at a lot of restaurants there too)
Canmore (bike racing and hiking)
Banff
Brooks (was there years & years ago.. barely remember it)
Olds (work)
Vulcan (went on a horrible horrible drunken ice fishing trip)
Alberta Beach (friends' cabin)
High Prairie (just for dinner)
Elk Point (work)
Whitecourt (work)
Drumheller

[feepa]

Edmonton
Jasper
Hinton
Vegreville
Lloydminister
Wainwright
Whitecourt
Drayton Valley
Camrose
Red Deer
Rocky Mountain House
Sylvan lake
Calgary
Brooks
Medicine Hat
Pincher Creek
Lethbridge
Banff/Canmore

I've either worked, or lived, or visited all of these at some point in time... and all more then just a gas stop.

[Rusty van Reddick]

If you mean overnight, then other than Calgary:

Banff
Canmore
Edmonton
Camrose
Waterton

and I guess that's it.

[Boris2k7]

Calgary - have lived here since 1994
Airdrie - my family used to have some bizarre fixation with the McDonalds up there, I just like driving past the airport and seeing the planes take off
Cochrane - for Ice Cream
Okotoks - various day trips and country drives in my youth
High River - did some of my driver training out in this area
Bragg Creek - usually stop by on the way to or from Kananaskis and used to camp in the area as well
Turner Valley/Black Diamond - mostly small day trips with the family

Edmonton - born there, lived in from 1987 to 1994 and still visit on a roughly semi-annual basis
Stony Plain - my paternal grandmother used to live here (until she passed away), my aunt used to be nearby as well but moved even further west into the countryside
Leduc - stopped by several times before leaving Edmonton... in the past

Banff/Canmore - visited multiple times for skiing, weekend trips, etc.
Lake Louise - sometimes part of the aforementioned Banff weekend trips

Jasper - visited on a holiday back around 1993
Red Deer/Gasoline Alley - stop by most of the times I am going to Edmonton, also used to go up near here for airshows
Lethbridge - visit usually when going down to or back up from Montana, but also once stayed for a few days in a row
Carseland - creepy little town, camped once out near here as well
Vulcan - not sure exactly what we did there, but we did visit if only briefly
Blairmore - have stopped by a few times when going past Frank's slide
Waterton - more old vacation stuff
Drumheller - multiple trips to both the Royal Tyrell and the town itself
Kananaskis - stayed overnight in the village a few times, and have camped out near here


Places I've passed through but can't really have said to visit include Longview, Coutts, and perhaps Edson or Hinton (don't know about the last two as I remember stopping somewhere on the way to Jasper but can't tell where it was).

EDIT: Using a map like Xelebes did on the next page...

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4539/abvy6.jpg

[You Need A Thneed]

Calgary - lived here since '80
Edmonton - a few family vacations, and visit my wife's family
Red Deer - Worked on some bridges, other visits
Sylvan Lake - Waterslides, camping
Banff - Day trips, weekends, and sightseeing
Canmore - Hiking, base from which to ski
Lethbridge - Been to LCC a few times to watch basketball games.
Medicine Hat - Many, many gas stops, retreat weekend
Brooks - Many gas stops, been there during the day for work occasionally
Valleyview - Stopped for night on the way to high level for work
High Level - Delivered a trailer load of ice for a concrete pour
Jasper - Family vacations
Lloydminster - Singing tour, family vacations
Vegreville - Saw the egg
Drumheller - Camping, Royal Tyrell Museum
Cline River (not really a town per se) - Worked on bridge renovation
Didsbury - We did a project or two there, driven through for other reasons quite a few times.
Olds - Camped near there
Sundre - Camped near there
Water Valley - Camped near there
Longview - Worked on a construction project at Bar U ranch, drove through every day
Okotoks - Worked on a project there
Airdrie - Worked on projects there
Strathmore - Company Golf Tournaments, driven through hundreds of times
Cochrane - Did irrigation work on golf course, stopped for Ice cream
Lake Louise - Skiing, sightseeing, etc.
Frank - see the slide
Nanton - Visit my sister and her family
High River - visiting, projects
Claresholm - been there during the day for work, driven though quite a few times
Stavley - been there durign the day for work.

[Xelebes]

Edmonton - raised in the hometown of my mother.
Calgary - been there a couple times, mostly to go to raves. Went there once to go see my brother who had moved there to ply his trade as a pipefitter.
Red Deer - My grandmother lives here and I have a couple cousins living there. I visit it once a month.
St. Albert - my brother's fiancee lives there. I also once banged a girl who lived there. She has a nice house.
Stony Plain - did a job there with my parents. Made me hate working on icy racking - that's scary.
Stettler - Been to this city often. Lots of fond memories at the Zellers there and the White Goose restaurant there. The city where my dad proposed to my mom. Should do a phototour of this city.
Castor - This is where my dad's side is from. They helped start up this town in 1892, now the seat of Paintearth County. I should take a phototour of this town for you guys.
Coronation - I have a aunt and a cousin who lives here. Slightly larger than Castor because of the oil & gas industry there. I should do a phototour of this town.
Heisler - Stopped in this town to do something. Forget what for.
Bawlf - Been to this one too for a little while.
Alix - Nice little under-recognised beach in this town. Quieter Sylvan Lake basically.
Drumheller - Went here once, loved the badlands.
Sylvan Lake - My dad's side would meet here 3 times a year in th 90's to celebrate Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.
Daysland - Stopped in this town to pick up a dog that ran away once we got back home. Nice little town - houses are surprisingly relatively new. Lot of 80's and 90's stock there.
Camrose - My grandmother would meet us here and have dinner there and stuff in the 90's.
Tofield - We had a cabin near Tofield.
Lacombe - I did a 2 day job here with my parents. Very pretty city.
Wetaskiwin - Ol' Reynolds. :)
Millet - Stopped here on a trip to Daysland.
Airdrie - Stopped here to pick up some gas.
Cochrane - passed through here to go to Kananaskis.
Whitecourt - did a job here with my parents at the local hospital. Has really nice hills there and pine forest.
Jasper - stayed in Jasper on trip to Whistler to see my uncle.
Edson - stopped here to have dinner.
Lloydminster - stopped here when moving from Saskatoon to Edmonton and from Devon to Hepburn, SK and from Hepburn, SK to Edmonton.
Smoky Lake - did a job with my parents here.
Mundare - Ol' Ukrainian Heritage Village
Delia - Stopped here to search for any history that was connected to my great-grandfather who had helped found the town.
Leduc - McDonalds, SAAN and Burger Baron - oh and the airport
Devon - lived there for two years
Beaumont - Did a job with my parents here. Also stopped through it once in a while as it was on an alternate path to Castor.
Penhold - Camped there.
Calmar - Dad's friend lived there. We visited a few times and we stayed over there as we moved from Hepburn to Edmonton.
Alberta Beach - Beach time
Halkirk - A family friend lives around there we would visit.
Onoway - Woked with my parents there. Best Burger Baron I've ever eaten at is there, oddly enough.

[mersar]

Wow... this could be a long list:

Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Olds
Innisfail (used to live here)
Bowden
Taber
Cochrane (live here currently)
Sundre (grandparents used to live here)
Crossfield
Airdrie
Longview
Black Diamond
Turner Valley
High River
Nanton
Vulcan (grandparents live here)
Nobleford (grandparents used to live here)
Strathmore
Crowsnest Pass (all parts of)
Lacombe
Bently
Rimbey
Drayton Valley
Rocky Mountain House
Caroline
Leduc
Hanna
Oyen
Drumheller
Brooks
Stettler
Sylvan Lake
Banff
Canmore
Okotoks
Wetaskawin

And if you want every one I've passed through add every town in between any of those and Calgary for the most part.

[Calgarian]

I've been to a ton of cities and towns in this province, but I can't remember most.

[Distill3d]

well, i'm an Albertan living in Vancouver. however, i've traveled a good deal whilst within Alberta. so heres my list (i've been to more places in the province in passing, these are the ones i have spent time in):

Calgary (raised there, lived there for 20 years)
Edmonton (lived there for over a year)
Coalhurst (lived there for 3 years)
Lethbridge
Coaldale
Barons
Nobleford
Carmangay
Picture Butte
Diamond City
Shaughnessy
Monarch
Raymond
Stirling
Cardston
Leavitt
Woodhouse
Granum
Stand Off
Carway
Glenwood
Brockett
Twin Butte
Mountain View
Waterton
Pincher Creek
Cowley
Coleman
Blairmore
New Dayton
Milk River
Claresholm
Stavely
Champion
Vulcan
Nanton
Cayley
High River
Okotoks (lived for 2 years)
Longview
Turner Valley
Black Diamond
Millarville
Glechen
Strathmore
Brooks
Bassano
Hussar
Duchess
Rosemary
Chestermere
Balzac
Crossfield
Airdrie
Beiseker
Drumheller
Wayne
Carstairs
Didsbury
Olds
Sundre
Bowden
Caroline
Rocky Mountain House
Rimbey
Innisfail
Slyvan Lake
Red Deer
Lacombe
Ponoka
Breton
Warburg
Thorsby
Calmar
Pigeon Lake
Leduc
Nisku
Devon
Enoch
St. Albert
Villeneuve
Morinville
Cardiff
Fort Saskatchewan
Spruce Grove
Cold Lake
Bonnyville
Edson
Hinton
Jasper
Mayerthorpe
Whitecourt
Fox Creek
Valleyview
Grande Prairie
Clairmont
Sexsmith (lived in for 4 months)
Banff
Canmore
Deadman's Flats
Bragg Creek
Cochrane

[frinkprof]

Good idea for a thread. My list would be twice as long if I included towns where I have worked within 5-10 km of the actual townsites, or passed through/stopped for gas more than 10 times.

Lived in:

Lethbridge (grew up there, lived there until I was 15, visit often)
Keg River (spent my high school years there, K-12 school had a peak student populace of 85, I am half my graduating class)
Calgary (lived, worked, and attended post secondary, will move back once finished school)
Grande Prairie (did a summer work term for a company's branch office there, visited there several times before I lived there)
Crossfield (lived there this past summer while working for the summer)

Stayed overnight in (hotels, family or friends, camping within city/town boundaries):

Edmonton (sometimes for work. mostly family trips)
Leduc (work trips)
Medicine Hat (family trips)
Drumheller (mostly for work, visited a few times for family/school trips)
Rocky Mountain House (sometimes for work, mostly family trips)
Stettler (work trips)
Fort Saksatchewan (work trip)
Paddle Prairie (visiting family)
Slave Lake (family trip)
Peace River (family trips)
Brooks (work trip)
Caroline (work trip)
Camrose (once for work, a few other times visiting family)
Canmore (lots of family there)
Banff (several family trips)
Edson (work trip)
Whitecourt (work trip, also stopped there countless times on family trips)
Airdrie (visiting friends, shop/eat there once in a while)
Sherwood Park (went to a wedding there)
Barrhead (work trip, also visited family there)
Drayton Valley (work trip)
Westlock (visiting family)
Cold Lake (visiting family)
Coalhurst (visiting friends)
Claresholm (visiting family)
Swan Hills (work trip)
Alix (visiting friends)

Spent longer than a gas stop/takeout or drivethru food (at least one sit down meal):

Red Deer (countless stops for sit down meals on work and leisure trips)
High Level (nearest commercial centre to where I used to live, so groceries, banking, restaurants, etc.)
Manning (see High Level, plus a one screen movie theatre)
Nanton (stopped a few times for meals)
Taber (stopped a few times for meals, went to a school related sporting event there, visited friends)
Strathmore (passed through nearly every day for most of one summer, sometimes had lunch or breakfast, all work related)
Langdon (several work-related lunches)
Cochrane (visiting family and friends, couple work-related visits)
Carstairs (worked in townsite a few days)
Didsbury (worked in townsite a few days)
Sylvan Lake (camping nearby with family, had lunch a few times in town, waterpark)
Spruce Grove (stopped for lunch or dinner several times)
St. Albert (worked there, stopped a few times for meals on family trips)
Valleyview (stopped for meals there a few times with family)
Lac La Biche (had dinner there once)
Grand Centre (shopped, ate there while staying with family in Cold Lake)
Twin Lakes (stopped for meals several times with family, also camped/fished near there several times)
Lake Louise (family trips)
Exshaw (visited the nearby lime plant, stopped in townsite but didn't eat there)
Aldersyde (ate there once)
Chestermere (worked most of a summer there, passed through countless times for work trips)
Lyalta (worked there one day)
Rosebud (worked there one day)
Castor (went to the outdoor swimming pool there, passed through many times for family trips)
Fort Vermillion (family trip, checked it out but did not eat there)
La Crete (stopped a few times for lunch or dinner)
Dixonville (went to a curling tournament there)
Fort MacLeod (passed through lots of times, visited friends, stopped for meals a few times)
Nobleford (visited friends and family)
Innisfail (stopped there for dinner once)
Stony Plain (stopped for meals while on family trips)
Nisku (ate at the big truck stop there once while on a work trip)
Calmar (ate lunch there while on a work trip)
Coleman (visiting Frank Slide, and area, several times with family or school)
Pincher Creek (see Coleman)
Blairmore (see Coleman)

--------------------------------

Xelebes: Part of my family is also from the Castor/Coronation area (Brownfield to be absolutely specific). We go to that area every 5 years for a family reunion that has attendees 7 generations removed from the first members of our family to settle there.

[0773|=\]

I'm going to have to start from the south and work my way north, these places are all ones I've been overnight.... I've added comments to places that I've spent more significant time in

Milk River (Writing on Stone)
Waterton Park (gorgeous if it isn't windy)
Pincher Creek
Crowsnest Pass
Lethbridge (relatives live there)
Fort Macleod
Taber
Medicine Hat
Cypress Hills (I'd highly recommend anyone who's never been to check this place out. Probably the most underrated in all of Alberta)
Claresholm
Brooks (Probably the town in southern Alberta I frequent the most, because of family in the area. I don't care if people say the place stinks, I like this city!)
Drumheller
Hanna
Chauvin
Calgary
Canmore
Banff
Lake Louise
Kananaskis
Cochrane
Sundre
Didsbury
Three Hills
Red Deer
Delburne
Castor
Halkirk
Stettler
Alix
Lacombe (hello nice architecture!)
Bentley (In my opinion the most scenic small town in all of Alberta)
Rocky Mountain House
Nordegg (love that area)
Rimbey
Ponoka
Alliance (small town in a beautiful valley just south of Killam)
Drayton Valley
Pigeon Lake area
Calmar
Killam
Wetaskiwin (good ol' Reynolds Museum)
Camrose
Pretty much everywhere in the Edmonton metro area, as that's home-base
Vegreville
Vermillion
Llyodminster
Alberta Beach
Entwistle
Edson/Peers
Hinton
Jasper
Grande Cache (underrated mountain getaway)
Barrhead
Neerlandia (I wish the dutch bakery up there was still open...)
Westlock
Smoky Lake
Boyle
Athabasca
Slave Lake
Peace River
Manning
La Crete (farthest north I've been in Alberta...)

As for places I'd love to visit but admittedly haven't yet:

Grande Prairie
Fort Mac
Fort Chip
Any decent camping along highway 43, and probably Valleyview/Whitecourt, just to say I've been there
High Level
Elk Point (namely Whitney Lakes Provincial Park)
Cold Lake
Lac La Biche
I've always found the area just south of Calgary from Bragg Creek to Pincher Creek to be scenic, but I've always viewed it from my car window. I'd love to camp in those areas, in the foothills mind you, but stay for more than a few hours
Wainright
I'd also LOVE to drive the entire Icefields parkway from Banff to Jasper, I tend to get off at highway 11 for the sake of time getting back to Edmonton, but it's a BIG to-do.

I'm probably forgetting some places, but it's always nice to hear what places other people highly recommend.

[mersar]

I'd also LOVE to drive the entire Icefields parkway from Banff to Jasper, I tend to get off at highway 11 for the sake of time getting back to Edmonton, but it's a BIG to-do.

Definitely suggest you drive it at least once. I've done that full trip 4 times (twice each way) and its an amazing drive.

[Kevin_foster]

Yup, Ice Fields Parkway is the nicest highway in Canada, IMO.

It's tolled now, so expect to pay $20 per car. I think it's a good idea, but then again should I really get into it?

[mersar]

Yup, Ice Fields Parkway is the nicest highway in Canada, IMO.

It's tolled now, so expect to pay $20 per car. I think it's a good idea, but then again should I really get into it?

Unless you have a park pass already. And if you had planned on stopping anywhere you'd need at least the day pass anyways. However the fact that he said he usually goes up to #11 means he probably knows that :P

[Rob D]

Overnight stays
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Lloydminster
Red Deer
Stettler
Hanna
Brooks
Drumheller
Edson
Hinton
Japser
Banff
Canmore
Lake Louise
Waterton
Kananaskis

[Surrealplaces]

My former job had me traveling around the province regularly, so I'll just list the places I haven't been to in Alberta :)

Places I haven't been to.

Wabasca.
Rainbow Lake

[Xelebes]

Xelebes: Part of my family is also from the Castor/Coronation area (Brownfield to be absolutely specific). We go to that area every 5 years for a family reunion that has attendees 7 generations removed from the first members of our family to settle there.

Cool. My family goes back 5 generations. We had a family reunion there a couple years back from my grandmother's side (only 4 generations back) but there was over 200 people there. Can't imagine 7 generations back. Apparently if we went to the big family clan reunion in San Diego, there would have been 5,000 of us gophers had we all attended.

[freeweed]

I did remote site support for my first gig here, so I've been to nearly every small town of any size between the border and Peace country. Literally.

Shit, I've even been to, and eaten in, Water Valley - at least a dozen times. Most people don't even know it exists!

When you're on the road a lot, and hungry, you tend to visit a lot of out of the way places. A great way to learn a new province - I think I know rural Alberta better than I ever did rural MB, even though I spent 5x more of my life there.

[freeweed]

Definitely suggest you drive it at least once. I've done that full trip 4 times (twice each way) and its an amazing drive.

Heh. I do it at least once (if not 3 or 4 times) per year, myself. Have been since long before moving here. I find it astounding that anyone who lives within 500km of it hasn't done the drive for fun.

It's not just the best highway in Canada. Some call it the most beautiful highway in the world. Certainly in any experienced road tripper's top 10, from the people I talk to.

If you get off at 11, you've never experienced the Big Bend. !!!!. Seriously, that's one cool piece of highway that you won't see anywhere else.

[You Need A Thneed]

Add to my list:

Camrose
Wetaskawin
Torrington
Three Hills
Waterton
Kananaskis
Exshaw
Trochu
Linden
Beiseker

[lubicon]

Working in the oil patch (the service sector) I have been to a huge number of towns across Alberta. Oddly enough though I have spent little time south of Calgary, most of my work took place in north, central, east, west, or southeast Alberta.

You get so used to driving in the country that when you come to a 'big town' (like Rocky Mtn House for example) that you get frustrated because you hit a red light at the only traffic light in town. You quickly learn the best places to eat, and where you can find 24 hr gas stations.

[Doug]

Lived in Calgary, Edmonton, Spruce Grove, Lloydminster and Sylvan Lake.

Stayed overnight in: Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, Hinton, Edson, Grand Cache, Grande Prairie, Peace River, High Level, Valleyview, Fox Creek, Whitecourt, Barrhead, Athabasca, Westlock, Fort Saskatchewan, Redwater, Vegreville, Vermillion, Wasketenau, St. Paul, Bonnyville, Cold Lake, Boyle, Fort McMurray, Wainwright, Alberta Beach, Seba Beach, Ma-Me-O Beach, Camrose, Rimbey, Rocky Mountain House, Sundre, Bragg Creek, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Waterton, Pincer Creek, Blairmore, Vulcan, Drumheller.

Visited pretty much everywhere in the province.

[lubicon]

OK, to put it that way:

Lived in:
Worsley, Faucett, Grande Cache, Edmonton (twice), Hay Lakes, Peace River, Red Deer (twice), Lloydminster, Beaumont, and Calgary.

Have stayed overnight (hotels) in:
Lethbridge, Vauxhall, Medicine Hat, Calgary, Red Deer, Rocky Mtn House, Camrose, Forestburg, Provost, Wainwright, Lloydminster, Lac la Biche, Ft Mcmurray, Spruce Grove, Edmonton, St Albert, Edson, Whitecourt, Fox Creek, Valleyview, Grande Prairie, Peace River, High Prairie, Westlock, Slave Lake, Rainbow Lake, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, Hanna.

[NumberFive]

Elk Point (work)


I lived in this little town for 10 years of my life growing up.

[reflexzero]

John d'Or Prairie - Spent two weeks whilst fishing
High Level - Spent a Christmas
Carcajou
Twin Lakes - Camping
Hotchkiss - Picnics
Notikewin - Family
Manning - Lived there for 24 years
North Star - Family
Deadwood - Family
Dixonville - Had a girlfriend here
Peace River - Did a lot of shopping here.
Grimshaw - ok I'm tired of explaining.
Berwyn
Fairview
Bluesky
Dunvegan
Sexsmith
Grande Prairie
Nampa
Donelly
High Prairie
Slave Lake
Fox Creek
Whitecourt
Drayton Valley
Mayerthorpe
Morinville
Spruce Grove
St. Albert
Edmonton
Devon
Wetaskawin
Red Deer
Leduc
Rocky Mountain House
Rimbey
Drumheller
Sundre
Cochrane
Olds
Airdre
Strathmore
Chestermere
Waiparous
Banff
Canmore
Exshaw
Dewinton
Okotoks
Nanton
Bragg Creek
Claresholm
Ft. Macleod
Pincher Creek
Lethbridge
Raymond
Magrath
Cardston
Waterton
Coutts

[Ayreonaut]

Places I haven't been to.

Wabasca.
Rainbow Lake

Wabasca's an absolute must...pfffffft HAHAHAHAHA!! No, no it's not, the place just hasn't been the same since the A&W became a pizza shop.


Most of my list consists of places I've played hockey in, mostly South of Red Deer. One of these days I'll get to Edmonton, I've only passed through on a bus.

[Greco Roman]

Too numerous to mention; let's just say I've been to and through most cities/town in this province, and lived in a couple of them as well.

[Xelebes]

An image showing the locations I've been to:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8985/ab1ac6.jpg

Map originally obtained from members.shaw.ca/kcic1/mapab.html, originally produced by Natural Resources Canada.

[djcollege]

Born in Lethbridge.
Lived in (other than Lethbridge); Calgary Edmonton, Taber, Coalhurst, Picture Butte. Traveled extensively province wide.

[Distill3d]

Born in Lethbridge.
Lived in (other than Lethbridge);...Coalhurst....

i think you and i are the only two here that know that little hole in the ground exists. or we're the only two that will admit it

[frinkprof]

i think you and i are the only two here that know that little hole in the ground exists. or we're the only two that will admit it
+1. I used to go to Coalhurst a lot growing up since I had a few friends there.

[KrisYYC]

Anybody else been to Milo?

I couldn't even try to remember all the towns in AB I've been to. My dad and I used to fish a lot all over the province when I was a kid. Chances are if the town is near water, I've been to it.

[Ayreonaut]

Kinuso, anyone? I had a family reunion there a little over a year ago with about 500 people. My family first settled there in 1907 (it was also the town's centennial last summer. I'm so glad my grandma hated the place so they moved to Saskatchewan, then to Cochrane. Not sure I could handle growing up in Kinuso.

[Distill3d]

+1. I used to go to Coalhurst a lot growing up since I had a few friends there.

you mean, someone actually went there by choice?!? wow...lol

i shouldn't say that, i liked going to high school there, and i still know some people in the area that i haven't seen in a long while. most people i know have just up and left on to bigger and better things.

[Greco Roman]

Lethbridge is by far my favorite city in Alberta.

[Distill3d]

Edmonton is my favorite city in Alberta, but Waterton is my fave place there.

[frinkprof]

you mean, someone actually went there by choice?!? wow...lol
Sure. Not every convenience store had a Wonderboy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(video_game)) arcade game you know.

Once again this forum impresses me. Seems many of us are well-traveled as far as Alberta goes. I'm used to mentioning that I used to live in northern Alberta and having people think I was talking about somewhere near Edmonton.

On that note, anyone been to Keg River?

[Smevo]

I've only been here about two months, so my list is short, but here it is, I'm editing it as it grows:

Calgary (living, been to every corner of the city with work)
Medicine Hat (stayed overnight)
Airdrie (work)
Beiseker (work)
Three Hills (work)
Springbank (work)
Red Deer (work)
Lake Louise (work)
Nanton (work)
Canmore (work)
Banff (work)
Strathmore (work)
Exshaw (work)

4 months now.

[freeweed]

Sure. Not every convenience store had a Wonderboy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(video_game)) arcade game you know.

Find me a convenience store in rural Alberta that has a Wonder Boy in Monster Land game, and I'll be driving up there that day.

I finally got me a Tetris cabinet, and WBML would make a fine addition to the obsession. :D

[0773|=\]

i think you and i are the only two here that know that little hole in the ground exists. or we're the only two that will admit it

+2. I have some friends that live in that town. They tend to tell everyone they live in Lethbridge just to hide the shame though... Forgot to mention Nobleford and Iron Springs in my list.

Wabasca is another place I've never been, but my dad used to go up there every now and then for work, and always said I wasn't missing much...

[0773|=\]

Edmonton is my favorite city in Alberta, but Waterton is my fave place there.

Favorite major city: Edmonton
Favorite mid-sized city: Medicine Hat (don't ask me why...)
Favorite town/city over 10,000: Toss-up... Lacombe, Cochrane, Canmore, Brooks all top the list.
Favorite towns between 5,000 and 10,000: Stettler, Drumheller, Banff
Smaller... Jasper, Waterton (town), Bentley, Alliance, Pincher Creek, Nanton and Claresholm
Favorite place: Although Waterton would rank high, I'd have to probably go with either Dinosaur Provincial Park or Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Favorite drives: Highway 2 from Airdrie to Fort Macleod, Highway 22 from Sundre to Bragg Creek, Highway 1 from Medicine Hat to Saskatchewan border, Pretty much EVERY approach to the Rockies.

[Distill3d]

Favorite drives: Highway 2 from Airdrie to Fort Macleod, Highway 22 from Sundre to Bragg Creek, Highway 1 from Medicine Hat to Saskatchewan border, Pretty much EVERY approach to the Rockies.

highway 2 north of Edmonton to Sexsmith is an amazing drive as well. it adds a lot of time to your trip, but its worth it.

[mersar]

Highway 22 from Drayton Valley to around Caroline is pretty nice as well... I just advise not driving it in a torrential downpour like I did the last time. From Sundre through to Bragg Creek isn't bad either, but I've driven that part so many times that I don't really pay attention to it anymore.

[lubicon]

Highway 22 from Black Diamond south to Highway #3 gets my vote.

[Just Build It]

Highway 22 from Black Diamond south to Highway #3 gets my vote.

That and the Icefields parkway between Jasper and Lake Louise are the two most scenic drives.

[AlbertaBeef]

Acme
Airdrie
Alder Flats
Alix
Alliance
Armena
Balzac
Banff
Barrhead
Bashaw
Bassano
Bawlf
Beiseker
Bentley
Big Valley
Black Diamond
Blackfalds
Bluffton
Botha
Bow island
Bowden
Bragg Creek
Bruce
Byemoor
Calgary
Calmar
Calumet
Camrose
Canmore
Carbon
Cardston
Caroline
Carseland
Carstairs
Castor
Cereal
Claresholm
Clive
Cluny
Coaldale
Cochrane
Consort
Coutts
Crossfield
Daysland
Delbourne
Delia
Dickson
Didsbury
Dobson
Donalda
Dorothy
Drumheller
Duhamel
East Coulee
Eckville
Edberg
Edensville
Edmonton
Elnora
Erskine
Falun
Ferintosh
Forestburg
Fort Macleod
Fort Saskatchewan
Frank
Gem
Gleichen
Hanna
Hay Lakes
Heisler
High River
Hussar
Innisfail
Irma
Irricana
Jasper
Joffre
Kelsey
Killam
Lacombe
Leduc
Legal
Lethbridge
Linden
Longview
Ma-me-o- Beach
Manyberries
Medicine Hat
Meeting Creek
Milk River
Millarville
Millet
Mirror
Morningside
Mundare
New Norway
New Serepta
Nisku
Ohaton
Olds
Paradise Valley
Patricia
Pincher Creek
Ponoka
Provost
Raymond
Red Deer
Red Willow
Rimbey
Rocky Mountain House
Rosebud
Rosedale
Round Hill
Rumsey
Rycroft
Ryley
Sedgewick
Sexsmith
Stettler
Strathmore
Strome
Sundre
Sylvan Lake
Taber
Three Hills
Trochu
Turner Valley
Usona
Viking
Vulcan
Warburg
Water Valley
Waterton
Wayne
Westward Ho
Wetaskiwin
Youngstown

[Surrealplaces]

Anybody else been to Milo?

I couldn't even try to remember all the towns in AB I've been to. My dad and I used to fish a lot all over the province when I was a kid. Chances are if the town is near water, I've been to it.

Yup a couple of times..

I used to work for IBM a few years back, and one of the projects I had involved traveling to almost every ATB branch in the province, so I ended going to all kinds of little towns everywhere including Milo. Later I did another sweep of the province this time for Royal Bank and all their branches.

I've driven pretty much every piece of highway in Alberta. My favorites drives are:

- Hwy 22 from Black Diamond to hwy3
- Hwy south of hwy 3 into Waterton is beautiful
- Banff to Jasper. Spectacular
- Hwy 2 from Hondo past Slave Lake until hwy 49 is quite nice
- Smith Dorrain trail (west of Canmore). It's not really a highway, but it's a beautiful drive, just like the trip from Bragg creek to Elbow Falls

[Distill3d]

Highway 22 from Black Diamond south to Highway #3 gets my vote.

the crowsnest from Lethbridge straight to Vancouver is the best drive in the country.

[Look way up]

the crowsnest from Lethbridge straight to Vancouver is the best drive in the country.

I like that trip, but my own preference is Calgary to Vancouver, taking the old #1 through Fraser Valley, and that stretch from Golden to Salmon Arm is spectacular. The drive through Banff and Lake Louise is also among the best scenery in the country.

[240glt]

I agree with Distill3d, The Crowsnest is a spectacular drive. As is hwy 6 and hwy 3A.... Digressing a bit from the thread here but if you wanted to talk the best drives in BC & AB, the best AB drive would have to be the Icefields Parkway and the best BC drive would have to be the drive from Parksville to Tofino.

[bendecido]

well, i'm an Albertan living in Vancouver. however, i've traveled a good deal whilst within Alberta. so heres my list (i've been to more places in the province in passing, these are the ones i have spent time in):

Calgary (raised there, lived there for 20 years)
Edmonton (lived there for over a year)
Coalhurst (lived there for 3 years)
Lethbridge
Coaldale
Barons
Nobleford
Carmangay
Picture Butte
Diamond City
Shaughnessy
Monarch
Raymond
Stirling
Cardston
Leavitt
Woodhouse
Granum
Stand Off
Carway
Glenwood
Brockett
Twin Butte
Mountain View
Waterton
Pincher Creek
Cowley
Coleman
Blairmore
New Dayton
Milk River
Claresholm
Stavely
Champion
Vulcan
Nanton
Cayley
High River
Okotoks (lived for 2 years)
Longview
Turner Valley
Black Diamond
Millarville
Glechen
Strathmore
Brooks
Bassano
Hussar
Duchess
Rosemary
Chestermere
Balzac
Crossfield
Airdrie
Beiseker
Drumheller
Wayne
Carstairs
Didsbury
Olds
Sundre
Bowden
Caroline
Rocky Mountain House
Rimbey
Innisfail
Slyvan Lake
Red Deer
Lacombe
Ponoka
Breton
Warburg
Thorsby
Calmar
Pigeon Lake
Leduc
Nisku
Devon
Enoch
St. Albert
Villeneuve
Morinville
Cardiff
Fort Saskatchewan
Spruce Grove
Cold Lake
Bonnyville
Edson
Hinton
Jasper
Mayerthorpe
Whitecourt
Fox Creek
Valleyview
Grande Prairie
Clairmont
Sexsmith (lived in for 4 months)
Banff
Canmore
Deadman's Flats
Bragg Creek
Cochrane

In other words, every town there is possible to see.;)

[basilbrush]

I used to have a job doing communications work for the Royal Bank accross Alberta and NWT so I've seen and stayed in at least every city/town with an RBC branch. I've been with Shaw the last few years and often get to visit all the repeater sites on the nationall fiber backbone - typically in smaller towns and villages. Those places are some of the most interesting i find.

This is not work related, but i just did some camping out in the Hinton area and decided to go check out the Ogre Canyon. To get there you have to pass through the Hamlet of Brule' - very nice. Recommend the Ogre Canyon to anyone who likes going off the beaten path. In the spring you'd have to fjord a couple of mountain streams, but this time of year it's just a 8km stretch of jagged rocky road. The old Taurus wagon made it through OK.

[Distill3d]

In other words, every town there is possible to see.;)

lol almost. there's still a few more places i could go to in Alberta. i would love to be able to say i've been everywhere there.

[401_King]

Someone on another thread suggested that Albertans travel within their own province more. So, Where have you been ? Taking the bus or driving through somewhere or stopping for gas doesn't count. I'll go first:

Fort MacMurray (I've managed projects there)


lol, u sure u WORKED there? u totally spelled the city wrong!

[Xelebes]

Yeah, it is Fort McMurray, no extra A's.

[frinkprof]

lol, u sure u WORKED there? u totally spelled the city wrong!
lolz u totaly one tha engilish baddle!

[Salmo]

Over night
Major centres
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
Lethbridge
Grande Prairie
Ft McMurray
Medicine Hat

Smaller Cities
Camrose
Canmore
Leduc
Cold Lake
Lloydminister
Peace River
Rocky Mountain House
Edson
Hinton
Westlock
Brooks
Whitecourt

Towns
Pincher Creek
Okotoks
Drumheller
Drayton Valley
Grande Cache
High Level
Stettler
Wainright
Hanna
Athabasca
Stony Plain
Valleyview
Wabasca
Lac la Biche
Innisfail
Sundre
Jasper
Banff

Villages
Oyen
Conklin
Elk Point
Entwistle
Bassaono
Sask Crossing

Depressing reading that list, I have been to almost every town, worked 6 yeras for Water Survey of Canada. where there was water I've been!!:D

[snarf66]

Lived in:

Beaverlodge (9 years)
Stony Plain (9 years)
Edmonton (total 5 years, but rest of the time outside of Alberta/Canada)

Stayed overnight:

Brooks
Grande Prairie
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Wetaskiwin
Banff
Drumheller
Mayerthorpe
Okotoks
Ponoka
Rocky Mountain House
Sexsmith
Sylvan Lake
Jasper
La Glace
Sherwood Park
Columbia Icefield (the hotel by the highway. No TV there....blah)

Played hockey in:

Spruce Grove
Barrhead
Calmar
Devon
Drayton Valley
Wembley
Westlock
Hythe
Wabamun
Warburg
Evansburg
Entwistle

Visited, but not overnight:

Calgary
Fort Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
St Albert
Edson
Hinton

I'm sure I've forgotten a few, but I've also just passed through many.

[lubicon]

Played hockey in:

Spruce Grove
Barrhead
Calmar
Devon
Drayton Valley
Wembley
Westlock
Hythe
Wabamun
Warburg
Evansburg
Entwistle



Interesting topic. For me, it would be:
Edmonton
Camrose
Hay Lakes
New Sarepta
Armena
Meeting Creek
Bawlf
New Norway
Bashaw
Peace River
Grimshaw
Nampa
Manning
Fairview
High Prairie
Slave Lake
Falher
Grande Prairie
Beaverlodge
High Level
Thorsby
Calgary
Chestermere
Crowsnest Pass

Honorable mention to Ft St John and Dawson Creek. They aren't in Alberta but may as well be.

[snarf66]

Interesting topic. For me, it would be:
Edmonton
Camrose
Hay Lakes
New Sarepta
Armena
Meeting Creek
Bawlf
New Norway
Bashaw
Peace River
Grimshaw
Nampa
Manning
Fairview
High Prairie
Slave Lake
Falher
Grande Prairie
Beaverlodge
High Level
Thorsby
Calgary
Chestermere
Crowsnest Pass

Honorable mention to Ft St John and Dawson Creek. They aren't in Alberta but may as well be.

Well, I didn't include every place I played hockey in. Obviously, I played hockey in Stony Plain and Beaverlodge as well. But I've also played at Northlands Coliseum (well, that's what it was called when I played there).

[Ilex]

Places I've visited enough to consider:
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
Brooks
Okotoks (I live here)
Waterton
Banff
Medicine Hat
Canmore
Camrose
Lethbridge
Coaldale
Strathmore
Black Diamond
Turner Valley

[swolfe]

[QUOTE=KrisYYC;3812651]Anybody else been to Milo? [QUOTE]


I grew up in Champion, which is near Milo, so I've spent some time there.

I've lived in:
Calgary
Lethbridge
Lloydminster
Champion

Spent a lot of time in:
Edmonton
Red Deer
Vulcan (high school)
Carmangay
Pincher Creek

Spent atleast a day or night in:
Medicine Hat
Nanton
Claresholm
Nobleford
Barons
Fort MacLeod
Okotoks
Turner Valley
Bragg Creek
Strathmore
Lomond
Brooks
Waterton
Lundbreck
Crowsnest Pass
Banff
Rosemary
Caroline
Innisfail
Cardston
Cold Lake
Leduc
St. Albert
Sherwood Park
Fort Saskatchewan
Edson
Olds
Sundre
Vauxhall
Coaldale
Coalhurst
Taber
Cardston
Rocky Mountain House
Sylvan Lake
Blackfalds
Lacombe
Penhold
Drumheller

....and probably others that I'm forgetting. I've driven through/passed almost every small town in Southern Alberta, but I've haven't travelled any further north than Cold Lake. I would like to explore further north some day, but living in Winnipeg makes that a little more difficult.