Charleswood

Worth seeing in and around Charleswood

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Calgary

   The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being instituted into a separate, autonomous university in 1966.

   1.8 km · public research university located in Calgary, Alberta · Wikipedia
2. 02
   McMahon Stadium

   McMahon Stadium is a Canadian football stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is owned by the University of Calgary and operated by the McMahon Stadium Society.

   2.2 km · stadium at Calgary, Alberta Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Olympic Oval

   The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is North America's first covered speed skating oval; it was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and opened 39 years ago on September 27, 1987. Located on the University of Calgary campus, it is the official designated training centre for Speed Skating Canada and the Elite Athlete Pathway.

   2 km · ice hall, Calgary, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Father David Bauer Olympic Arena

   The Father David Bauer Arena is an ice hockey arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It seats about 1,750 for hockey with a standing room capacity of over 2,000.

   1.9 km · building · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

   The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology is a polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SAIT offers more than 110 career programs in technology, trades and business.

   3.5 km · Polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Confederation Park, Calgary

   Confederation Park is an urban park in northwest Calgary, Alberta. It is developed over an area of 160 hectares between the neighbourhoods of Mount Pleasant, Capitol Hill, Collingwood and Highland Park.

   2.7 km · park in Calgary · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Foothills Stadium

   Foothills Stadium, formerly Burns Stadium, was a baseball stadium in Calgary, Alberta. It was primarily used for baseball, and was formerly home to the Calgary Cannons AAA baseball club until September 2002, when the team relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. It was later the home field of the Calgary Vipers baseball team of the North American League.

   1.9 km · stadium in Calgary, Alberta · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Alberta University of the Arts

   The Alberta University of the Arts is a public art university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The university is a co-educational institution that operates four academic schools.

   3.6 km · Canadian university in Calgary, Alberta · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Nose Hill Park

   Nose Hill Park is a natural park in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta which covers over 11 km2. It is the fourth-largest urban park in Canada, and one of the largest urban parks in North America.

   3 km · natural urban park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Arctic Institute of North America

    The Arctic Institute of North America is a multi-disciplinary research institute and educational organization located in the University of Calgary. It is mandated to study the North American and circumpolar Arctic in the areas of natural science, social science, arts and the humanities.

    1.8 km · research institute · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Charleswood

Airports

Calgary (YYC), 8 km · Edmonton (YEG), 250 km

Stations

Banff Trail station, 2.1 km · Dalhousie station, 3.4 km · Lions Park station, 2.9 km · University station, 1.2 km · Brentwood station, 1.1 km

• Edmonton → Charleswood

  277 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · C$36–49
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• Kelowna → Charleswood

  403 km · quickest by air, 4h 24m · C$140–210
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• Saskatoon → Charleswood

  527 km · quickest by air, 4h 3m · C$140–220
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Charleswood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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