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The Heritage Park Historical Village offers a window on history.
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the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
, a
good spot for strolling and bird-watch-
ing.
Fish Creek Provincial Park
lies
south of the city. The largest urban park
in Canada, it boasts trails that lead walk-
ers, joggers and cyclists through stands
of aspen and spruce, prairie grasslands
and fl oodplains dotted with poplar and
willow trees. An abundance of wild-
fl owers can be found in the park, as
can mule deer, white-tailed deer and
coyotes. An interpretive trail, artifi cial
lake and beach, playground, picnic
areas and a restaurant are some of the
park's facilities.
Visitors who are in town in July dur-
ing the Calgary Stampede can get out
their Stetson, hitch up their horse and
get ready for a rompin' good time.
The festivities take place at Stampede
Park and the aptly named Pengrowth
Saddledome, which has the world's lar-
gest cable-suspended roof and is a giant
testimony to the city's cowboy roots.
In Southwestern Calgary, 17th Avenue
SW, also known as “Uptown 17th,” is
home to boutiques, cafés and restau-
rants. This lively thoroughfare is locat-
ed in the heart of the Mission District,
where the area's earliest settlement
was established by Catholic mission-
aries in the 1870s, when it was known
as Rouleauville. West of the Mission
District is the ritzy Mount Royal neigh-
bourhood, where luxurious residences
face the Elbow River.
Heritage Park Historical Village
is
a 26ha park on the Glenbow Reservoir.
Visitors can step back in time as they
stroll through a real 1910-era town
that features historic houses decorated
with period furniture, wooden side-
walks, a working blacksmith, a tipi, an
old schoolhouse, a post offi ce, a div-
ine candy store and the Gilbert and
Jay Bakery, known for its sourdough
bread. Staff in period dress play piano
in the houses and take on the role of
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