The province and one of its most famous landmarks are both named after the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria of England, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. At the time of Alberta's creation in 1882 the Princess was married to the Marquess of Lorne who was Governor General between 1878 and 1882. In 1905 the province entered the Confederation of Canada as a province. Alberta was now a full-fledged member of Canada. A Quick Trip to the 1800s Alberta's history dates back thousands of years when a gigantic lake covered most of Alberta.
Geological evidence shows that in prehistoric times dinosaurs roamed the area and swam in the lake.
Skeletal remains show that life existed in Alberta at least 40,000 years ago. Albertan prehistoric sites provide a glacial history dating back to 12,000 years ago. In more recent times, but before the white man came to Alberta, Indians dominated the Alberta prairie. As the white man's influence in North America pushed westward, companies with trade goods proceeded them. The major supplier of goods at the dawn of the eighteenth century by the English of the Hudson's Bay Company and by the French of the St. Lawrence.