Edmonton, Alberta Family Attractions
Fort Edmonton Park
Fox Drive & Whitemud Drive
780-496-8787
Canada's largest living history park, Fort Edmonton Park features costumed
interpreters, a replica 1846 fort, and three recreated historical streets from
1885, 1905, and 1920. Steam train and streetcar rides are included in admission
price. Join the costumed historical interpreters and try your hand at living
life as an early pioneer.
Odyssium
11211 142nd Street
780-452-9100
Call for Hours
Admission charged.
The Zeidler Star Theatre has the largest planetarium dome in North America and
presents laser and star shows hourly. Galleries hold scientific and
technological exhibitions, a Challenger Learning Centre/Space Mission,
and an amateur ham radio station; there is also an IMAX theater.
Valley Zoo
Buena Vista Road and 134 Street
780-496-6912
Admission charged.
The zoo is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
This unique zoo combines the fun of nursery rhyme characters with the beauty and
excitement of wild animals, with over 350 domestic, exotic and endangered
species. The zoo also offers daily demonstrations of elephant and sea lion
training, along with rides. Other activities include demonstrations, hands-on
activities, picnic sites and a lunch bar.
West Edmonton Mall
8770 170th Street
780-444-5300
Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest mall,
Alberta's most popular tourist attraction extends over 5.2 million square ft.
The more than 800 stores and services include 11 department stores, 20 movie
theaters, and more than 100 places to eat. The mall contains many of the world's
largest indoor attractions, including an amusement park with a roller coaster;
an indoor water park; recreation room with billiard tables, bowling lanes, and
the latest interactive video games; an NHL-size ice-skating rink; four
submarines in an indoor artificial lake; a dolphin show; a miniature golf
course; and the Fantasyland Hotel. Electric scooters are available for
transport. Admission charged. |
