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Attractions of Interest to Children
Valley Zoo
Buena Vista Road and 134 Street, Edmonton
(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.
Odyssium
11211 142nd St., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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.
West Edmonton Mall
8770 170th St., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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.
Fort Edmonton Park
Fox Drive & Whitemud Drive
Edmonton, AB
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.
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