Flags at Canmore Nordic Park - Canmore, Alberta, Canada
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N 51° 05.441 W 115° 23.139
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One of a handful of venues for the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics, the Canmore Nordic Centre is in the Canadian Rockies is 90 kilometers west of Olympic Park in Calgary.
Waymark Code: WMZ51C
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/10/2018
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Fifty seven countries participated in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games and their flags are displayed at the Canmore Nordic Park.
In 1988 the Winter Olympics came to Alberta, the events being held in several venues in and around Calgary. All of the the cross-country ski and biathlon events took place here at the Canmore Nordic Centre above the town of Canmore. Since that time the facilities here had become obsolete due to advancements in technology and changing international competition standards. As a result the facilities have been upgraded by the Government of Alberta, allowing the centre to once again stage international competition.
Today the centre is home to the Canadian cross-country ski and biathlon teams, as well as being a training facility for the public. In the summer it becomes a mountain bike paradise, with miles and miles of trails, as well as a mountain bike skills park, a disc golf course and four all-season orienteering courses. It has also become a provincial park.
Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria,
Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, East Germany,
West Germany,
Great Britain, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Italy, Jamaica, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Lebanon,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia,
Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand,
Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania,
San Marino, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, United States, Virgin Islands, and Yugoslavia
