history of Alberta tourism events: 1885: Banff National Park established, making it the first Canadian National Park, and the world's third 1912: The Alberta Legislature Building opens;Calgary Exhibition and Stampede debuts; Alberta's first movie theatre, the Empress Theatre, opens in Fort Macleod 1921: Road from Banff to Lake Louise opens 1923: Road from Banff to Radium opens; First competitive chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede 1927: Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton opens 25 Jul 1927 1932: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park established; Going-to-the-Sun Road opens in Waterton 1936: Chinook Train begins operation between Calgary and Edmonton (now on display at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel) 1940: First teahouse on Sulphur Mountain opens; Icefields Parkway opens 1959: Sulphur Mountain Gondola opens - the first bi-cable gondola in North America and first ever gondola in Canada; First heritage trails (walking trails with posted historical information) open in Banff, including Hoodoos and Bow Summit trails 1962: Klondike Days begin in Edmonton, as extension of the Edmonton Exhibition, itself dating back to 1879. 1967: St. Paul opens a UFO landing pad to celebrate the Centennial of Confederation 1967: The Provincial Museum of Alberta/Edmonton opens December 6 as Alberta's project for Canada's centennial (now known as the Royal Alberta Museum). 1968: Calgary Tower opens June 30 1975: Fish Creek Park established in Calgary; Ukrainian Easter Egg "Pysanka" [ statue] erected in Vegreville, commemorating the settlement of Ukrainian immigrants east of Edmonton 1977: Kananaskis Country opens 1978: Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton 1981: West Edmonton Mall opens, with Phase II and Fantasyland in 1983 and Phase III and the World Waterpark in 1985; Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump designated a World Heritage Site 1985: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology opens in Drumheller; Frank Slide interpretive Centre opens April 28; Oil Sands Interpretive Centre opens in Fort McMurray 1986: The Mindbender at Galaxyland derails and kills three riders 1988: XV Olympic Winter Games held in Calgary 1990: Museum of the Regiments opened in Calgary, June 30 1991: Saamis Teepee erected in Medicine Hat; originally built for the Olympic Games in Calgary in 1988, the structure is the world's largest tepee 1995: Fantasyland changes its name to "Galaxyland" after a lawsuit from Disney 1996: Torrington Torrington Gopher Hole Museum opens 1997: Canadian Petroleum Interpretive Centre opens, honouring the occasion of the Leduc No. 1 oil well going into production on February 3, 1947; First leg of Trans-Canada Trail, the