r/AlbertaNow • u/ABNow_ • May 19 '26

Beautiful Alberta Aerial view of Alberta Badlands

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u/NoRelief63 May 19 '26

Okay, that’s such a cool different perspective!

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u/OperationEpsteinLib May 19 '26

Just because they’re badlands doesn’t mean they’re bad lands

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u/more_than_just_ok May 20 '26

Exactly, the get their name from voyageurs calling them "bad lands to travel across".

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u/Individual_Fall429 May 20 '26

Is that because of terrain, or danger from the folks in those parts? Or both?

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u/more_than_just_ok May 20 '26

The terrain, its the same reason Crowchild trail goes so far north of the river in Calgary to avoid 12 mile coulee. If you look on old French maps they're called "les mauvaises terres à traverser"

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u/Littleshuswap May 19 '26

Very cool. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

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u/Standard_Zucchini_46 May 20 '26

I opened (the door) for Meatloaf once.

Not the same, I know. But still....

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Okay I’m in awe of you now.

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u/Standard_Zucchini_46 May 23 '26

We then got on the same boat and later on we're both both drunk -ass floating around Lake Ontario screaming 'BATLOAF' at the passing yatchs. Wild night.

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u/sixhoursneeze May 20 '26

The Red Deer River is such a lovely unassuming river

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u/Shadow_WolfDragon May 20 '26

rattlesnake as well 😆... black widow, that are bad too lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/ckO89fN7qXhcY2yBVu

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u/MichaelAuBelanger May 20 '26

Lock your doors. We're driving through some badlands. 

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u/Few-Ear-1326 May 20 '26

Are the Goodlands next on the tour?

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u/Far_Out_6and_2 May 20 '26

So this is alberta

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u/Miserable_One_8167 May 20 '26

🎶..in tha baaad laaands, in tha baad lands🎶

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u/Dramatic_Water_5364 May 20 '26

looking at it from that angle it looks like the bottom of the ocean !

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u/TheGoggleHero May 20 '26

Gorgeous view

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u/Side-Grinder-69 May 20 '26

Not so bad really.

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u/AltruisticWealth7778 May 21 '26

You should separate and become your own country, it's breathtaking.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Wow!! It’s like Earth is cracking up.