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East Central Alberta is a region of Central Alberta, to the east and southeast of Edmonton up to the Saskatchewan border.
By train
By bus
By car
Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway), is the main route through the region, connecting to Vegreville, Vermillion and Lloydminster.
The majority of trips through this region are by private automobile, and many places are only accessible by road.
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small agricultural city that straddles the border with Saskatchewan
home to the "world's largest oil lamp"
jumping off point to Bodo Archaeological Site, one of the largest and most well-preserved pre-contact archeological areas in Western Canada.
home to Beaverhill Lake, an important bird habitat
an agricultural community with strong ties to the Ukrainian community, and home to the world's biggest Ukrainian Easter egg
a welcome relief from people travelling along the Yellowhead Highway
near the home of Canada's oldest one-day professional rodeo
home to an 845-m-long steel railway trestle bridge
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Nature & adventureThe National Parks of Canada, and some of the National Historic Sites of Canada, are managed by Parks Canada, an agency of the Government of Canada.
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Nature & adventureMany books have been written about hiking in the Canadian Rockies, particularly in Alberta and eastern British Columbia (the "Rocky Mountains" don't actually extend that far).
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