The city under one roof: Inside Canadaβs biggest mall that has its own pool, amusement park and indoor FOREST
- West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, has 800 stores and parking for more than 20,000 vehicles
- Mall - which was the world's largest until 2004 - employs 23,000 people and receives 28.2 million visitors each year
- Also boasts an ice skating rink an indoor lake which contains a a sea lion, a cinema and a hotel
By Sam Adams
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Boasting more than 800 stores and over five million square feet of space - North America's largest shopping mall is like a city beneath a glass roof.
The West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, has parking for more than 20,000 vehicles, a water park, an amusement park and even an indoor forest.
The giant mall employs more than 23,000 people and receives 28.2 million visitors each year.
![Giant: As well as 800 stores, the West Edmonton Mall in Canada boasts a huge water park, a cinema, and an ice skating rink](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/26/article-2315225-197ED3A4000005DC-570_972x626.jpg)
Giant: As well as 800 stores, the West Edmonton Mall in Canada boasts a huge water park, a cinema, and an ice skating rink
![Fun time: People riding tubes get splashed and overturned by waves in the water park at Edmonton Mall](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/26/article-2315225-197ED100000005DC-724_968x640.jpg)
Fun time: People riding tubes get splashed and overturned by waves in the mall's water park. The huge building was the world's largest mall until 2004
![Underwater, submarine rides is a feature of the amusement park inside the West Edmonton Mall](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/26/article-2315225-197ED3C8000005DC-369_472x693.jpg)
![West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/26/article-2315225-197FB58E000005DC-186_474x691.jpg)
Features: Visitors can take submarine rides in the mall's amusement park and take a stroll around its indoor forest. The site was opened in 1981
![Fun: The mall even features a top class ice rink - seen here hosting an ice hockey game](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/26/article-2315225-197FB531000005DC-592_968x634.jpg)
Fun: The mall even features a top class ice rink - seen here hosting an ice hockey game. Shoppers take tim eout to watch from sides of the rink
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