Spruce Grove is a city that is 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada. The city is adjacent to the Town of Stony Plain and is surrounded by Parkland County.
Spruce Grove City Hall
Grain elevator in Spruce Grove, 2009
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor", a region spanning between Edmonton and the city of Calgary, Alberta’s largest city, which includes the many smaller municipalities between the two.
From top, left to right: Walterdale Bridge and Downtown Edmonton skyline, Legislature Building, Art Gallery of Alberta, Fort Edmonton Park, Muttart Conservatory, Law Courts Building, West Edmonton Mall
The last of five Fort Edmontons was constructed in 1830. It was the third to be built within present-day Edmonton.
The completed Alberta Legislature Building in 1914, just above the last Fort Edmonton. The city was selected as Alberta's capital in 1905.
Edmonton City Hall is the home of the municipal government for Edmonton.