Heading out: A celebration of the great outdoors in Calgary and southern Alberta [Paperback]

Bruce Masterman (Author)

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Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside (Jan 15 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0921835523
ISBN-13: 978-0921835523
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 349 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #988,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #27 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Calgary

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"A must.... Use this book as your tour guide. It's easy to read, has mountains of information and super suggestions." -- Sandra Foss, President, Calgary Field Naturalists Society

“A celebration of nature. Bruce Masterman writes from his heart.” -- –Andy Russell, author of Memoirs of a Mountain Man and The Life of a River

“The best book on Alberta’s outdoors.... No other writer can speak with such quiet authority about Calgary and region.” -- – Kevin Van Tighem, author of Wild Animals of Western Canada, Bears and Coming West: A Natural History of Home

“[This] guide should be owned by every Calgary family, newcomer and visitor.” -- Canadian Book Review Annual

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Calgary and points within a three-hour drive are a outdoor lover's paradise of breathtaking mountain, foothills, prairie and badlands scenery. Calgary alone boasts more than 200 miles of pathways through spectacular urban valleys. Within an hour are provincial parks as well as famed Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country. To the south is Waterton Lakes and to the south and east are the hoodoo-studded terrains of Writing-On-Stone and Dinosaur provincial parks. Includes access and activity maps, best activity suggestions and descriptions of terrain, hours, fees, seasons of operation.

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