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Bragging Rights


Bragging Rights

• Canada's largest mountainous national park - Jasper National Park
• Canada's first/oldest national park - Banff National Park
• World's largest shopping and entertainment complex - West Edmonton Mall
• World's first international "Peace Park" - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
• World's second largest and Canada's largest national park - Wood Buffalo National Park
• Largest ski area in Canada - Lake Louise
• World's largest Ukrainian Easter Egg (Pysanka) - Vegreville
• Second largest glacier fed lake in the world - Maligne Lake (Jasper National Park)
• One of the world's most photographed lakes - Moraine Lake (Banff National Park)
• North America's largest outdoor music festival - Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose)
• World's largest Tyrannosaurus Rex - Drumheller
• One of the most scenic highways in the world - Icefields Parkway
• Canada's largest public display of live reptiles - Reptile World (Drumheller)
• World's largest herd of free roaming bison - Wood Buffalo National Park
• North America's largest, oldest and best preserved buffalo jump site - Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
• World's largest oil sands development - Suncor/Syncrude Oil Sand Plant (Fort McMurray)
• Only city in Canada found within two provinces - Lloydminster, "Canada's Border City"
• Largest museum in Western Canada - Glenbow Museum (Calgary)
• Bird capital of Canada - McLennan
• North America's largest theatre festival - Fringe Festival (Edmonton)
• Second largest zoo in Canada - Calgary Zoo (Calgary)
• One of the richest dinosaur fossil discoveries in the world - Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Home of Iceland's greatest poet - Stephansson House (Markerville)
• World's largest cable suspended roof "reverse hyperbolic paraboloid" - Pengrowth Saddledome (Calgary)
• North America's first covered speed skating oval - Olympic Oval (Calgary)
• The richest show jumping contest in the world - The Masters at Spruce Meadows (Calgary)
• One of North America's largest collections of antique and classic cars, trucks and planes - Reynolds-Alberta Museum (Wetaskiwin)
• Greatest outdoor show on earth - the Calgary Stampede (Calgary)
• World's first Indoor bungy jump - West Edmonton Mall (Edmonton)
• World's tallest teepee - Medicine Hat
• North America's largest collection of horse drawn vehicles - Remington Carriage Museum