Vulcan (Alberta)

Vulcan is a town in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is located halfway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge. Because of his name that corresponds to the home planet of a people from the science fiction series Star Trek, the city to a small tourist attraction was.

Vulcan is located in the prairie regions of Alberta and has 1836 inhabitants ( 2011). The place is located in the County Vulcan County, which has 3875 inhabitants ( without the location Vulcan, Booth 2011). The area around Vulcan is used over a large area for agriculture, mainly for the cultivation of wheat, canola and barley.

Vulcan would be an insignificant place, which differs in nothing from the other small settlements in the prairies of Alberta, he would not be successfully marketed its name, which corresponds to the fictional planet Vulcan, the home of the people of the Vulcans in Star Trek. In Vulcan takes place every year, the Star Trek Convention Galaxy Fest ( formerly VulCon ), which attracts hundreds of fans of the series. In addition, the city organized an annual Spock Days Rodeo, named after the character Mr. Spock, the famous Vulcan.