Mapping Flashcards
What are three names for HWY 1A?
Crowchild Trail to Bow Valley Trail to Bow Valley Parkway
17 Ave SE to Chestermere
What are the two alpine skiiing locations in K-Country?
Nakiska and Fortress (Fortress has a cat skiing operation called K-Pow)
What landmark in K-Country is used as a heli-pad?
Storm mountain which is on the west side of the recreation area and along the Smith-Dorrian Highway (connects Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and Canmore on the West Side)
Wildfires in K-Country are the responsibility of what agency?
Alberta Forestry (AKA Alberta Environment)
The Stoney First Nation is composed of three bands. What are they?
Chiniki, Wesley, and Bearspaw.
What is the highway that connects HWY 1 and HWY 1A and runs through the town of Morley?
HWY 133X (AKA Morley Road)
Where is Stoney Casino located?
Junction of HWY 1 and HWY 40
Just west of Kananaskis Helicopter Tours
The lands that make up the Stoney Nation are found in three locations. What are they?
The Eden Valley Reserve (close to Longview)
The Big Horn Reserve (close to Nordegg)
The Morley Reserve (largest and runs along the Trans Canada on the way to Banff)
What is the north/south HWY in Kananaskis that the southern portion is closed from Dec to June?
HWY 40 (South)
HWY 11 is also know as what? Where does it run?
HWY 11 is also known as David Thompson HWY and runs from Saskatchewan River Crossing in Banff National Park (which is at HWY 93 between Lake Louise and Jasper) through Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House and continues east to Red Deer.
What north / south highway runs the length of Kananaskis?
What highways does it join to?
HWY 40 South runs the entire length of Kananaskis almost to Longview (closed Dec to June 15) then is called the Forestry Trunk Road which goes to the Crowsnest Pass.
Highway 40 North is also known as HWY 734 or 940? also known as Forestry Trunk Road runs from the 1A through Rockyview County, MD of Bighorn, Clearwater County and then continues north to Grand Prairie.
What is the HWY between Jasper and Radium?
HWY 93 North
Banff National Park has two resources available to us. They are…..?
National Park Wardens - law enforcement duties only
Resource Conservation Officers - Rescues, resource management, forest fires, all water incidents)
There are three ski resorts and four gondolas in Banff National Park. What are they?
Lake Louise
Mount Norquay
Sunshine Village
Sulphur Mountain (gondola only)
identify the following on a map: Balzac Bearspaw Beiseker Bottrel Bragg Creek Chestermere Cochrane Conrich Crossfield Dalemead Dalroy Delacour Elbow Valley Glenbow Indus Irricana Kathyrn Keoma Langdon Madden Mitford Redwood Meadows Shepard Springbank
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Primary Highways are 1 to ……?
Secondary Highways running east to west are what and what….?
Secondary Highways running north to south are what to what …?
Primary Highways are 1 to 201.
Secondary Highways running east to west are 500 and 600.
Secondary Highways running north to south are 700 and 800.
Calgary/Rocky View County Jurisdictional Border at: Highway 2 (Queen Elizabeth II) ends at .....
Calgary/Foothills County Jurisdictional Border at: Highway 2 (Queen Elizabeth II) ends at .....
Overpass at Stoney Trail (HWY 201)
Unnamed Bridge over Bow
Calgary/Rocky View County Jurisdictional Border at:
Symons Valley RD (AKA HWY 772 and Beddington Blvd ) ends at….
North of 144 AV at Symons Valley BBQ Ranch and Farmers Market
Calgary/Rocky View County Jurisdictional Border at: Crowchild Trail (HWY 1A North) Bow Valley TR ends at....
Twelve Mile Coulee Road just before the Co-op
Calgary/Rocky View County Jurisdictional Border at:
HWY 1 (Trans Canada) going west ends at….
Going east is…..
Old Banff Coach Road (HWY 563)
84 St
Calgary/Foothills County Jurisdictional Border at: MacLeod Trail (HWY 2A) ends at .....
226 AV or HWY 552 (at 3 teepees)
Calgary/Rocky View County Jurisdictional Border at:
Glenmore Trail West (HWY 8) and East (HWY 560) ends at
West is 101 ST
East is 116 ST
HWY 1 West is
HWY 1 East is 84 St
What is the highway between Lake Louise and Jasper called?
HWY 93 or Icefields Parkway.
What does HWY 1X connect?
Connects HWY 1 to HWY 1A east of Exshaw