| 词条 | Kimball, Alberta |
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Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park in the southwest corner of Alberta, 40 km (25 mi) west of Cardston, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton Lakes was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895. Amid the peaks are the lakes of Waterton Lakes National Park, carved out of the rock by glaciers.
On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 a.m., the mining town of Frank, Alberta, was devastated by 82 million tonnes of limestone crashing down from Turtle Mountain. The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre in the Crowsnest Pass, 130 km (81 mi) northwest of Cardston, tells of one of the greatest natural disasters in Canadian history.
Castle Mountain Resort 90 km (56 mi) west of Cardston has kilometres of groomed skiing runs, natural half pipes, deep fresh powder, short lift lines and wide open spaces.
Police Outpost Provincial Park is {{convert|32|km|mi}} south of Cardston, on the Canada/United States border, on the shores of Outpost Lake. See also
References1. ^ 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |title=Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities |author=Alberta Municipal Affairs |authorlink=Alberta Municipal Affairs |date=2010-04-01 |accessdate=2010-06-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229060335/http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |archivedate=2012-02-29 |df= }} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=Keith|title=Chief mountain country : a history of Cardston and district. Volume I|year=1978|publisher=Cardston and District Historical Society|location=Cardston|isbn=0-919213-89-8|page=64|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=803556}} External links
| Northwest = Glenwood | North = Raley | Northeast = Spring Coulee | West = Cardston | Centre = Woolford | East = Milk River | Southwest = Kimball | South = Montana, USA | Southeast = Jefferson{{Alberta|hamlets=yes}}{{Coord|display=title|name=Woolford|49|04|31|N|113|12|13|W|scale:60000_region:CA-AB}} 4 : Cardston County|Hamlets in Alberta|Latter-day Saint settlements in Canada|1900 establishments in Alberta |
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