Calgary's Geographic Location
From Calgarypedia
Where is Calgary?
Calgary is located at 51.6N latitude and 114.1W longitude, at an altitude of approximately 1,048 metres (3,440 ft) above sea level downtown and 1,083 metres (3,553 ft) at the airport. The city known as the Heart of the New West1 lies in the southern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. The city lies in the approximate centre of Alberta, in between British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east.
Calgary is the breach between the Canadian Prairies and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the junction of the Bow and Elbow rivers. The city also hosts the junction of two of the major highway systems in North America: the Trans-Canada Highway, connecting Canada laterally from coast to coast, and the CANAMEX corridor, which runs from northern Canada down to Mexico. Calgary is the largest urban centre in southern Alberta, serving outlying communities such as Airdrie and Okotoks.
Calgary sits in an area mixing foothills and high plains, dividing communities by valleys and separating them by the two rivers that run through the city.
External Links/Sources
Calgary Economic Development - Where's Calgary
Flickr Photos: Aerial shot of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta on the Trans-Canada Highway per TransCanadaHighway.com
