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By Susan Munroe, About.com

Definition: The province of Alberta is one of the ten provinces and three territories that make up Canada. Alberta is one of three prairie provinces in Canada.

The province of Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria.

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