Eternal Photography » Mountains http://eternalphotographyblog.com Photographers in Calgary Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Prairie Mountain (2210m) – Kananaskis (July 12, 2008) http://eternalphotographyblog.com/2008/07/13/prairie-mountain-2210m-kananaskis-july-12-2008/ http://eternalphotographyblog.com/2008/07/13/prairie-mountain-2210m-kananaskis-july-12-2008/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:35:18 +0000 Mark Torng http://eternalphotography.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/prairie-mountain-2210m-kananaskis-july-12-2008/ IMG_7027

 

 

Kananaskis is an improvement district (a type of rural municipal administrative unit) situated to the west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies.

 

Located within the improvement district is Kananaskis Country, a 4,211 square kilometers (1,625.9 sq mi) tract of land with spectacular mountain and foothills scenery. 66-km long section of Highway 40 (this segment also called Kananaskis Trail) runs through the area.

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An ecological and environmental research station of the University of Calgary is located nearby, at Barrier Lake. A “Tim Horton Children’s Foundation” summer camp is also located in the area. Easter Seals Camp Horizon is also located within Kananaskis.

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