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Calgary Travel Guide

Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism with a number of major mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan area. Calgary was ranked the world's cleanest city by Mercer Quality of Living in a survey published in 2007.

About Calgary

Calgary covers an area of 280.5 sq. miles (726.5 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 1.1 million people being the largest city in the province of Alberta and the third largest civic municipality, by population, in Canada.

Aero Space Museum

The Aero Space Museum offers an up-close look at Calgary’s place in aviation history through WWI and WWII aviation memorabilia and military aircraft displays, including a Lancaster, a Sopwith Tri-Plane, and a Harvard Mark IV. Biographies of many colorful Albertan aviators are also featured, including Willie McKnight, who boasted 16 victories in WWII and Eleanor Bailey, who was one of the first female pilots to take to the skies.

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