Calgary Apartments
Bearspaw Mansion - Hope St#40 Blueridge BayCalgary, AB T3L 2N5 |
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stunning home $6,500 per month |
Calgary Apartments
Calgary, Alberta, 'Heart of the New West' is one of Canada's fastest growing cities with a population of 1,042,892 (July 2009), and is the largest city in Alberta and the fifth largest city in Canada.
Located in the southern part of Alberta, Calgary is in the Grassland Region, situated in the eastern foothills of the Canadian Rockies and lies where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet. The city has the sunniest climate in Canada with low rainfall. Winters are long and cold and summers are short and warm.
Calgary is a modern, cosmopolitan city with a casual and relaxed atmosphere offering its residents a diverse range of restaurants, theatres, festivals, parks and pathways, specialty shops and night spots. The city offers its residents 7,500 hectares of parks and open spaces and 600 kilometers of paved pathways for cycling and walking.
The Rocky Mountains provides the city's scenic backdrop and can be seen from many city vantage points. Kananaskis, Canmore and Bragg Creek are within an hour's drive and Banff National Park is only a bit further offering year-round activities such as golfing and hiking, fishing and mountain biking, skiing and even dog-sledding.
Transportation Routes
Calgary has more than 707 km of continuous walking pathways and 260 km on street biking paths, the most extensive network of any major city in North America. On these pathways, snow is cleared on 137 km during the winter months. Cyclists can bring their bikes on the C-Train during non-peak hours or use the bike racks on designated bus routes for no charge. Bike storage racks are available at the C-Train stations.
Driving - The Trans Canada Highway (Hwy 1 or 16th Avenue) runs east-west. In the NE edge of town, Deerfoot Trail (Hwy 2) runs north-south. In the SW and NW quadrants Crowchild Trail (Hwy 1A) runs north-south. Memorial Drive runs east-west on the north side of the Bow River.
Calgary Transit offers public transportation with regular bus service, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service, and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) C-Train.
Calgary International Airport (YYC), Canada's fourth busiest airport for passenger traffic, offering non-stop service to destinations throughout Canada, United States, Europe, Central America and Asia.
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