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Edmonton
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Edmonton /ˈɛdməntən/ is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, the city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Albertas second-largest city, also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada. Edmonton is North Americas northernmost city with a population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian, Edmontons historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities and a series of annexations ending in 1982. Known as the Gateway to the North, the city is a point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta. Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre and it hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname Canadas Festival City. It is home to North Americas largest mall, West Edmonton Mall, in 1754, Anthony Henday, an explorer for the Hudsons Bay Company, may have been the first European to enter the Edmonton area. By 1795, Fort Edmonton was established on the north bank as a major trading post for the Hudsons Bay Company. The new forts name was suggested by John Peter Pruden after Edmonton, London, the home town of both the HBC deputy governor Sir James Winter Lake, and Pruden. In 1876, Treaty 6, which includes what is now Edmonton, was signed between the Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Queen Victoria as Queen of Canada, as part of the Numbered Treaties of Canada. The agreement includes the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other governments of First Nations at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt. The area covered by the treaty represents most of the area of the current provinces of Saskatchewan. The arrival of the CPR and the C&E Railway helped bring settlers and entrepreneurs from eastern Canada, Europe, U. S. the Edmonton areas fertile soil and cheap land attracted settlers, further establishing Edmonton as a major regional commercial and agricultural centre. Some people participating in the Klondike Gold Rush passed through South Edmonton/Strathcona in 1897, in November 1905, the Canadian Northern Railway arrived in Edmonton, accelerating growth. During the early 1900s, Edmontons rapid growth led to speculation in real estate, in 1912, Edmonton amalgamated with the City of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, as a result, the city extended south of the North Saskatchewan River for the first time. Just prior to World War I, the boom ended, many impoverished families moved to subsistence farms outside the city, while others fled to greener pastures in other provinces. Recruitment to the Canadian army during the war contributed to the drop in population
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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Provinces and territories of Canada
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Canadas geography is divided into administrative divisions known as provinces and territories that are responsible for delivery of sub-national governance. Over its history, Canadas international borders have changed several times, the ten provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Several of the provinces were former British colonies, Quebec was originally a French colony, the three territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon, which govern the rest of the area of the former British North America. Together, the provinces and territories make up the worlds second-largest country by area, the powers flowing from the Constitution Act are divided between the federal government and the provincial governments to exercise exclusively. In modern Canadian constitutional theory, the provinces are considered to be co-sovereign divisions, the territories are not sovereign, but simply part of the federal realm, and have a commissioner who represents the federal government. Notes, There are three territories in Canada, unlike the provinces, the territories of Canada have no inherent sovereignty and have only those powers delegated to them by the federal government. They include all of mainland Canada north of latitude 60° north and west of Hudson Bay, the following table lists the territories in order of precedence. Prior to Confederation, Ontario and Quebec were united as the Province of Canada, over the following years, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island were added as provinces. The Hudsons Bay Company controlled large swathes of western Canada referred to as Ruperts Land and the North-Western Territory until 1870, subsequently, the area was re-organized into the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. The remaining Arctic islands were transferred by Britain to Canada in 1880,1898 saw the Yukon Territory, later renamed simply as Yukon, carved from the parts of the Northwest Territories surrounding the Klondike gold fields. On September 1,1905, a portion of the Northwest Territories south of the 60th parallel north became the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1912, the boundaries of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba were expanded northward, Manitobas to the 60° parallel, Ontarios to Hudson Bay, in 1907, Newfoundland acquired dominion status. In the middle of the Great Depression in Canada with Newfoundland facing a period of economic crisis. In 2001, it was officially renamed Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1903, the Alaska Panhandle Dispute fixed British Columbias northwestern boundary. This was one of two provinces in Canadian history to have its size reduced. In 1999, Nunavut was created from the portion of the Northwest Territories. Yukon lies in the portion of The North, while Nunavut is in the east. All three territories combined are the most sparsely populated region in Canada, covering 3,921,739 km2 in land area and they are often referred to as a single region, The North, for organisational and economic purposes
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Alberta
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Alberta is a western province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,196,457 as of July 1,2015, it is Canadas fourth-most populous province and its area is about 660,000 square kilometres. Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1,1905, the premier has been Rachel Notley since May 2015. Alberta is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U. S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces and territories to only a single U. S. state and one of only two landlocked provinces. About 290 km south of the capital is Calgary, the largest city in Alberta, Calgary and Edmonton centre Albertas two census metropolitan areas, both of which have populations exceeding one million, while the province has 16 census agglomerations. Tourist destinations in the province include Banff, Canmore, Drumheller, Jasper, Alberta is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Victoria, Queen of Canada, and Albert, Prince Consort. Princess Louise was the wife of John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, Lake Louise and Mount Alberta were also named in her honour. Alberta, with an area of 661,848 km2, is the fourth largest province after Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. To the south, the borders on the 49th parallel north, separating it from the US state of Montana. The province extends 1,223 km north to south and 660 km east to west at its maximum width, with the exception of the semi-arid steppe of the south-eastern section, the province has adequate water resources. There are numerous rivers and lakes used for swimming, fishing, there are three large lakes, Lake Claire in Wood Buffalo National Park, Lesser Slave Lake, and Lake Athabasca which lies in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. The longest river in the province is the Athabasca River which travels 1,538 km from the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains to Lake Athabasca, the largest river is the Peace River with an average flow of 2161 m3/s. The Peace River originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows through northern Alberta and into the Slave River, Albertas capital city, Edmonton, is located approximately in the geographic centre of the province. It is the most northerly city in Canada, and serves as a gateway. The region, with its proximity to Canadas largest oil fields, has most of western Canadas oil refinery capacity, Calgary is located approximately 280 km south of Edmonton and 240 km north of Montana, surrounded by extensive ranching country. Almost 75% of the population lives in the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The land grant policy to the served as a means to populate the province in its early years
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Edmonton City Council
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The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors, until 2010, Edmonton was divided in six wards with two councillors representing citizens in each ward. On July 22,2009, City Council voted to change the system of six wards to a system of 12 wards, each represented by a single councillor. City Councils current membership was elected in 2013 and will serve until the 2017 election, amarjeet Sohi was ward 12 councillor until November 2015, when he was elected Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods in the 2015 Canadian federal election. Mohinder Banga succeeded him for ward 12, in 1980, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which two councillors would be elected from each of six wards. In 1971, Edmonton adopted a system in which three aldermen would be elected from each of four wards. In 1968 Albertas legislation changed to require elections every three years in all of the provinces municipalities, in 1964 Edmonton unstaggered its terms for city officials, meaning that elections were held only every two years. Additionally, all became elected at-large and two new aldermanic positions were added, bringing the total to twelve. In preparation for this, in 1963 the mayor and all positions up for re-election were elected to one-year terms. In 1947, the mayor began to be elected for a two-year term, the aldermanic positions remained split by the North Saskatchewan River, and in 1961 the number of aldermen on the south side increased from three to four. The council continued to be elected on staggered two-year terms, in 1933, a number of aldermanic positions were reserved for the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. It was one until 1935, two until 1936, and three thereafter, aldermen continued to be elected on staggered two-year terms, but the mayor was elected for a one-year term. In 1924, city council returned to a system whereby all aldermen were elected at-large and they continued to be elected on staggered two-year terms, and there continued to be ten of them. The mayor continued to be elected annually, and aldermen continued to be elected to staggered two-year terms, Edmonton was incorporated as a city in 1904. The size of council was set at eight alderman plus the mayor, with the mayor being elected annually and the aldermen being elected on staggered two-year terms. The Edmonton Town Council was the body of Edmonton, Northwest Territories, from 1892 until 1904, when Edmonton was incorporated as a city. Throughout its history it included a mayor and six aldermen, the mayor was elected annually throughout the towns history, but beginning in 1898 they were elected to staggered two-year terms, with half of them elected each year. The mayor and aldermen were elected annually from 1892 to 1898, City of Edmonton official site Listing of city ward election maps, and bylaw 15142
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Frank Oliver (politician)
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Francis Frank Oliver PC was a politician and journalist from old Northwest Territories, and later Alberta, Canada. Born in Peel County, Canada West, Oliver learned Journalism in Toronto, in 1880 he moved west and founded the Edmonton Bulletin with his wife Harriet Dunlop. When the first issue was printed on December 6,1880, it became the first newspaper in what is now known as the province of Alberta and his other contributions to the Canadian Northwest includes the creation of the territories first public school system. Oliver served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories for Edmonton from 1883 to 1896, Oliver resigned from the legislature in 1896 to run for a seat in the House of Commons for the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected representing the Alberta, and later Edmonton and Edmonton West, from 1905 until 1911 he was appointed and served as the Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. As Minister, Oliver pushed for the recently discovered hot springs and contiguous area be given to the people of Canada, thereby creating Banff National Park, Oliver was assigned by Wilfrid Laurier to draw up the electoral boundaries used in the 1905 Alberta general election. The boundaries were said to favour the Edmonton region where the Alberta Liberal Party enjoyed the most support and he used his political weight to make certain that Edmonton, and not Calgary, would become the provincial capital. By 1911, Olivers Immigration Policy called for tighter controls on immigration, Oliver was staunchly British, and his policies favoured nationality over occupation. By 1911, he was able to assert that his policy was more restrictive, exclusive and selective than his predecessors. Frank Oliver was born Francis Bowsfield, due to some disagreement in the family he dropped the name of Bowsfield and adopted the name of his grandmother, Nancy Oliver Lundy. Frank Oliver died in 1933 in Ottawa
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Grandin station
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Grandin Station is an LRT station on both the Capital Line and the Metro Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is a station located beneath 110 Street between 99 Avenue and 98 Avenue. The station provides service to the Government Centre part of the downtown core, the station is connected to the Alberta Legislature and several other government buildings by an underground pedway. Grandin Station was opened in September 1989 when the LRT system was extended 0.8 km south from the Corona Station through a rail tunnel running beneath the downtown core. Grandin Station was the terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of the University Station in August 1992. Grandin Station is connected to the University Station by the Dudley B, menzies Bridge, a dedicated LRT bridge. The platform is a 123 metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car LRT trains at the time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is just over eight metres wide, access to the platform is from the surface by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The escalator and stairs at the end of the platform connect to a pedway system that provides access to several government buildings near the station. This pedway is separate from, and not part of, the Edmonton pedway system, the stations west wall features a mural of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, the first Catholic Bishop in Alberta. It was designed by artist Sylvie Nadeau and it was donated by the Francophone Jeunesse de lAlberta, the transit centre is served by ETS, St. Albert Transit and Strathcona County Transit. Routes encompass the cities of Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park, the following bus routes serve the transit centre
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Downtown Edmonton
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Downtown Edmonton is the central business district of Edmonton, Alberta. Surrounding neighbourhoods include Oliver to the west, Queen Mary Park, Central McDougall, and McCauley to the north, Boyle Street and Riverdale to the east, and Rossdale to the south. The arts district is in the part of the core with many award winning institutions like the Francis Winspear Centre for Music. Edmonton City Hall is also located here with all buildings facing onto Sir Winston Churchill Square. It is also the site of the new Art Gallery of Alberta, which opened in early 2010, Churchill Square is the main downtown square in Edmonton, and is the heart of the Arts District. The square plays host to a majority of festivals and events in Greater Edmonton. It is bordered on the north by 102A Avenue, on the west by 100 Street, on the south by 102 Avenue, Government Centre is an informal district located at the southwest corner of the downtown core and is the home of the Alberta provincial government. The most notable feature of this part of downtown is the Alberta Legislature Building and its parks, fountains. An underground pedway system connects the Legislature to several of the buildings, including the historic Bowker Building. Federal government offices were housed in the Federal Building at the north-east corner of Government Centre until they relocated to Canada Place, located at the east edge of downtown, in the 1980s. The Federal Building is undergoing a $356 million renovation due to be completed in 2015 for provincial government offices, Transit service is provided by the Government Centre Transit Centre located near the Federal Building and by Grandin LRT Station located just to the west. Jasper Avenue is the main street. It starts at 77 Street in the east, running south west along the edge of Boyle Street until it reaches the downtown core. It then runs due west through downtown and the neighbourhood of Oliver until it reaches 125 Street, Jasper Avenue is a major public transit route as several of Edmontons busiest bus routes travel along it. The LRT travels underneath Jasper Avenue between 99 and 110 Streets, Jasper Avenue has no street number but sits where 101 Avenue would otherwise be. Rice Howard Way comprises 100A Street between Jasper Avenue and 102 Avenue and 101A Avenue between 100 St and 101 St, the portion of 101A Avenue between 100A Street and 101 Street was closed to traffic, making it an open air pedestrian walkway. The rest of Rice Howard Way is open to vehicular traffic, Rice Howard Way has a few prominent office towers like Scotia Place and some restaurants. Rice Howard Ways southern edge has an entrance to the Central LRT Station, the Warehouse District is located between Jasper Avenue and 104 Avenue and between 102 Street and 109 Street
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North Saskatchewan River
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The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River. The Saskatchewan River system is the largest shared between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and it includes most of southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan, before crossing into central Manitoba. North Saskatchewan River has a length of 1,287 kilometres, at its end point at Saskatchewan River Forks it has a mean discharge of 245 cubic metres per second. The yearly discharge at the Alberta–Saskatchewan border is more than 7 cubic kilometres, the river begins above 1,800 metres at the toe of the Saskatchewan Glacier in the Columbia Icefield, and flows southeast through Banff National Park alongside the Icefields Parkway. At the junction of the David Thompson Highway, it turns northeast for 10 kilometres before switching to a more direct eastern flow for about 30 kilometres. At this point, it turns north where it arrives at Abraham Lake. Bighorn Dam constricts the north end of Abraham Lake, where the North Saskatchewan emerges to track eastward to Rocky Mountain House, at Rocky Mountain House, the river abruptly turns north again for 100 kilometres where it switches east towards Edmonton, Alberta. From the border, the river flows southeast between North Battleford and Battleford and on in the direction of Saskatoon, about 40 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, near Langham, the river veers to the northeast where it passes through the City of Prince Albert. About 30 kilometres downstream of Prince Albert, the North Saskatchewan River joins the South Saskatchewan River at Saskatchewan River Forks to become the Saskatchewan River, from there, the river flows east to Tobin Lake and into Manitoba, eventually emptying into Lake Winnipeg. The river course can be divided into five distinct sections, the first, the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, is the smallest area geographically, although the largest in terms of run-off and contributed water flow. The glaciers and perpetual snows of the mountain feed the river year-round. Mountains, with vegetation, experience fast-melting snow cover. The second section of the river comprises the foothills region, the terrain is hilly and rough, with a deeper and more defined valley. This area is covered with forest and muskeg, and run-off into the river is much more constant. From Edmonton to the mouth of the Vermilion River, the North Saskatchewan flows through the plains-parkland divide, the North Saskatchewan River valley parks system, the largest expanses of urban parkland in Canada. Cutting across Edmonton and the Capital Region, the valley of the river is much wider, and the river itself spreads out across shallow water and flows over many shifting sand bars. Low-lying, flat areas, border the river for much of this section, the final section of the river, from Prince Albert to the Saskatchewan River Forks, has many rapids
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Victoria Park (Edmonton)
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Victoria Park is a municipal park in Edmonton, Alberta, that is part of the North Saskatchewan River valley parks system. The park features paved cycling and walking paths and several other amenities, like the other parks in the valley parks system, the park is connected to others via multi-use trails. The park was named in honour of Queen Victoria, sports, The Victoria Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course featuring a driving range, open fields, and clubs with coaches in them. Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing is available, there is a 400m Olympic-size track in the park, called the Victoria Park Oval. Skaters can lace up and use the facilities in the Victoria Park Pavillion, the oval is protected from strong winds by the river valley and tall trees. The rink use is shared between the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Speed Skating Club, which allows public skating during times not owned by the club, picnicking, The park features several picnic sites, some of them roofed. Picnic tables are dotted around the park
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High Level Bridge (Edmonton)
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The High Level Bridge is a bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located next to the Alberta Legislature Building, the bridge linked the communities of Edmonton and Strathcona. It was designed from the outset to accommodate rail, streetcar, automobile, the bridge was designated a Municipal Historic Resource in 1995. Trucks are prohibited on the due to the low clearance of 3.2 metres. Currently street traffic is one-way southbound, at the north end of the bridge,109 Street becomes the left lane, and 110 Street becomes the right lane. The next bridge downstream, the Walterdale Bridge, is a bridge with one-way northbound traffic into the downtown. The Canadian Pacific Railway, responsible for the design of the bridge, extensive repairs and the addition and widening of pedestrian sidewalks were completed in 1994–95. The original lead paint on the bridge was removed. The Edmonton-area Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer uses a rivet hammer purportedly used in the construction as part of its ceremony. In June 2009 the electrical wires supporting trolley bus operation on 109 Street were removed as part of the City of Edmontons plan to retire trolley buses from service, every year at the end of October, CHBN-FM strings bras across the bridge for breast cancer awareness and research donation. In April 2013, a campaign called Light the Bridge was launched, the campaign raised approximately $2.5 million for the project, which was unveiled on July 1,2014. The official lighting of the bridge was synchronized to the tune of O Canada, played by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and broadcast on CKUA radio. The lights are capable of displaying different colours and are often programmed to coordinate with local events, such as green. In 1980 the Great Divide Waterfall by artist Peter Lewis was added to the structure for Albertas 75th anniversary, the man-made waterfall dropped 64 m from the top of the bridge, into the North Saskatchewan River at a rate of 50,000 litres per minute. It operated during holiday weekends in the months until 2009 when it was shut off after consultation with Environment Canada.6 million price tag as too high. The final decision to decommission the waterfall was stayed until fall 2014, as public reaction was gauged, in 2016, city council voted against the removal of the pipes for the waterfall. While there are no current plans to reactivate the falls, the decision to leave the pipes in place allows for that possibility in the future, the waterfall remains a part of the City of Edmontons Public Art Collection. High Level Bridge Streetcar Herzog, Lawrence
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University of Alberta
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The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and its enabling legislation is the Post-secondary Learning Act. The university comprises four campuses in Edmonton, the Augustana Campus in Camrose, the original north campus consists of 150 buildings covering 50 city blocks on the south rim of the North Saskatchewan River valley, directly across from downtown Edmonton. 39,000 students from Canada and 150 other countries participate in 400 programs in 18 faculties, the University of Alberta is a major economic driver in Alberta. The university’s impact on the Alberta economy is an estimated $12.3 billion annually, with more than 15,000 employees, the university is Albertas fourth-largest employer. According to the 2014 QS World University Rankings the top Faculty Area at the University of Alberta is Arts and Humanities, the University of Alberta is also a leading institution for the study of Ukraine and is home to the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. The university was modelled on the American state university, with an emphasis on extension work, the president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between the two bodies and perform institutional leadership. Heated wrangling took place between the cities of Calgary and Edmonton over the location of the capital and of the university. It was stated that the capital would be north of the North Saskatchewan River, the city of Edmonton became the capital and the then-separate city of Strathcona on the south bank of the river, where Premier Alexander Rutherford lived, was granted the university. When the two cities were amalgamated in 1912, Edmonton became both the political and academic capital, with Henry Marshall Tory as its first president, the University of Alberta started operation in 1908. Under Torys guidance, the years were marked by recruitment of professors. Percy Erskine Nobbs & Frank Darling designed the plan for the University of Alberta in 1909–10. Nobbs designed the Arts Building, laboratories and Power House, with Cecil S. Burgess, Nobbs designed the Provincial College of Medicine. Architect Herbert Alton Magoon designed several buildings on campus, including St. Stephens Methodist College, the University of Alberta awarded its first degrees in 1912, the same year it established the Department of Extension. The Faculty of Medicine was established the year, and the Faculty of Agriculture began in 1915. Despite these setbacks, the university continued to grow, by 1920, it had six faculties and two schools. There were 851 male students and 251 female students, and 171 academic staff, in the early part of the 20th century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work, in 1929, the university established a College of Education
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Old Strathcona
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Old Strathcona is an historic district located in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Many of the businesses are owner-operated but, chains have also made inroads in the neighbourhood. A good proportion of Edmontons theatres and live-performance venues are located in the area. The district centres on Whyte Avenue and has shops, restaurants, in 2007, Old Strathcona was named Albertas second Provincial Historic Area. The district comprises an area of five city blocks from 85 Avenue south to 80 Avenue, Old Strathcona was once a municipality separate from Edmonton, achieving town status in 1899 and city status in 1907. The City of Strathcona amalgamated with Edmonton in 1912, a large part of the popularity of Whyte Avenue is due to the historical character of its buildings, many of which are one hundred years old. The oldest building is the Strathcona Hotel, built by the railway when it arrived in 1891, Whyte Avenue in the early 1890s was dominated by primitive shack homes and quickly-built pioneer stores, some so primitive, they were built of logs. In 2005, Edmonton City Council sent a letter to the Province of Alberta requesting heritage status for the area, Old Strathcona is Albertas second Provincial Historic Area, and contains a number of historic buildings. The designation as a Provincial Historic Area applies to roughly 5 square blocks that formed the hub of the former city of Strathcona. It runs from 85 Avenue south to 80 Avenue and from 102 Street west to 106 Street, outside of the Provincial Heritage Area in the wider Old Strathcona area are several non-commercial buildings that are also protected as heritage buildings including churches and residences. In the 1970s, Edmonton city council bought many properties along 104 Street in preparation for a freeway through the historic area, a Save-the-district movement emerged and the plan was abandoned. However, in the 1990s, many new bars were established in Whyte Avenue buildings that had held offices. The areas night-time ambiance began to change dramatically, the area has attracted media attention over the years for its revelry. Over time, the area has become the premier entertainment strip in Edmonton and is the locale for such as the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Although it has lacked alternative music venues since the 1990s heyday, the primary location for clubs and nightlife is on Whyte Avenue between 99 and 109 Streets, with the majority of clubs directly on Whyte Avenue or on adjacent side streets. Whyte Avenue arguably remains the centre of Edmontons alternative lifestyles, containing various independent clothing, clothing is the fastest growing business trend in the area, with retailers all along the avenue. Old Strathcona was a bastion of small, local and independent business, there are a number of restaurants in this area, many locally owned. Several of the bars also have kitchens, in total, there are almost 100 places to eat in Old Strathcona
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Canadian National Railway
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The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CNs slogan is North Americas Railroad, CN is a public company with 24,000 employees. It had a capitalization of 32 billion CAD in 2011. CN was government-owned, having been a Canadian Crown corporation from its founding to its privatization in 1995, bill Gates was, in 2011, the largest single shareholder of CN stock. Its range once reached across the island of Newfoundland until 1988, the railway was referred to as the Canadian National Railways between 1918 and 1960, and as Canadian National/Canadien National from 1960 to the present. On November 17,1995, the government privatized CN. Over the next decade, the company expanded significantly into the United States, purchasing Illinois Central Railroad and Wisconsin Central Transportation, now primarily a freight railway, CN also operated passenger services until 1978, when they were assumed by Via Rail. The Newfoundland mixed trains lasted until 1988, while the Montreal commuter trains are now operated by Montreals AMT, the absorption of the Intercolonial Railway would see CNR adopt that systems slogan The Peoples Railway. The federal governments Department of Railways and Canals took over operation of the GTPR until July 12,1920, the Canadian National Railway was organized on October 10,1922. After several years of arbitration, the GTR was absorbed into CNR on January 30,1923, Canadian National Railways was born out of both wartime and domestic urgency. Railways, until the rise of the automobile and creation of taxpayer-funded all-weather highways, were the only viable long-distance land transportation available in Canada for many years. As such, their operation consumed a great deal of public, in the early 20th century, many governments were taking a more interventionist role in the economy, foreshadowing the influence of economists like John Maynard Keynes. This political trend, combined with broader geo-political events, made nationalization an appealing choice for Canada, the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and allied involvement in the Russian Revolution seemed to validate the continuing process. The need for a rail system was paramount in a time of civil unrest. CN Telegraph originated as the Great North West Telegraph Company in 1880 to connect Ontario and Manitoba, in 1915, facing bankruptcy, GNWTC was acquired by the Canadian Northern Railways telegraph company. When Canadian Northern was nationalized in 1918 and amalgamated into Canadian National Railways in 1921, CN Telegraphs began co-operating with its Canadian Pacific owned rival CPR Telegraphs in the 1930s, sharing telegraph networks and co-founding a teleprinter system in 1957. In 1967 the two services were amalgamated into a joint venture CNCP Telecommunications which evolved into a telecoms company, CN sold its stake of the company to CP in 1984. This led to the creation of a network of CNR radio stations across the country, as anyone in the vicinity of a station could hear its broadcasts the networks audience extended far beyond train passengers to the public at large
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MacEwan University
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MacEwan University is a post-secondary educational institution located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. MacEwan University is the largest transfer-in post-secondary institution in Alberta and it offers nine baccalaureate degrees, two applied degrees and more than 40 diploma and certificate programs. The university’s five faculties and schools offer programming in fine arts and communications, health and community studies, liberal arts and sciences, nursing, during the 2014-2015 academic year,19,606 full- and part-time students were registered in credit programs. Established in 1971 as Grant MacEwan Community College, the institution was named after Dr. J. W. Grant MacEwan, author, educator, the college was established by the Government of Alberta to fill a perceived need for college-level programs that focused on career development. Initial educational offerings included one and two-year certificate and diploma programs, in 1988 the college was granted approval to offer university transfer credit. In 2004, MacEwan became an accredited degree-granting institution offering its first baccalaureate degrees, on September 24,2009, the institution became Alberta’s sixth university and was officially renamed Grant MacEwan University. In September 2013, the university rebranded itself as MacEwan University for all public communication and marketing purposes, legally. The university states it “provides student-focused instruction in a warm and supportive atmosphere and it also says, We focus on teaching, so our students can focus on learning. It’s been a cornerstone of who we are for more than 40 years, and we continue to build on that reputation. ”MacEwan University offers many scholarships, awards, and bursaries to program students pursuing post-secondary education. In the 2014/2015 academic year, the Student Awards Office managed the distribution of $7.4 million dollars, from internal and external sources, MacEwan Universitys sports teams are known as the Griffins. Mens and womens sports include, basketball, hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, curling, the Griffins compete in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference, against 16 other post-secondary institutions in Alberta as well as in the Canada West conference of U Sports. Student-athletes on all teams are expected to meet requirements and adhere to sport-specific athletic requirements. In 2011, MacEwan’s athletic department submitted an application to Canada West Universities Athletic Association in an effort to transfer to the national U Sports level of competition, MacEwan University was admitted as a probationary member in 2013. As of 2016, MacEwan University has three campuses, City Centre Campus is the largest of the three campuses, currently spanning six city blocks in downtown Edmonton. The Alberta College Campus is also located downtown, in its early years, MacEwan operated out of a number of small store-front-style campuses in Edmonton. The facilities included Old Scona School, the Workmens Compensation building, construction on City Centre Campus began in 1991 on the former site of the Canadian National rail yards on the northern fringe of the downtown Edmonton core. The land was donated by CN, in September 2009, MacEwan Universitys Board of Governors approved a plan to move all of the university’s operations—spread across four campuses at the time—to the main City Centre Campus. The first step of this consolidation was taken with the opening of the University Service Centre in April 2011
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Apartment
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An apartment or a flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building, correctly, on a single level without a stair. In Scotland it is called a block of flats or, if its a traditional building, a tenement. Apartments may be owned by an owner/occupier, by leasehold tenure or rented by tenants, the term apartment is favoured in North America. In the UK, the apartment is more usual in professional real estate and architectural circles where otherwise the term flat is commonly. Technically multi-storey apartments are referred to as duplex indicating the number of floors within the property, usage generally follows the British in Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong and most Commonwealth nations. In Malaysian English, flat often denotes a housing block of lesser quality meant for lower-income groups, while apartment is more generic, in Australian English, the term flat is traditionally used, but the term unit is frequently used. More recently, the apartment is being used. Tenement law refers to the basis of permanent property such as land or rents. It may be combined as in Messuage or Tenement to encompass all the land, buildings. Most apartments are in buildings designed for the purpose, but large older houses are divided into apartments. The word apartment denotes a unit or section in a building. In some locations, particularly the United States, the word connotes a rental unit owned by the building owner, in the England and Wales, some flat owners own shares in the company that owns the freehold of the building as well as holding the flat under a lease. This is commonly known as a share of freehold flat, the freehold company has the right to collect annual ground rents from each of the flat owners in the building. The freeholder can also develop or sell the building, subject to the usual planning and this does not happen in Scotland, where long leasehold of residential property was formerly unusual, and is now not possible. In some countries the word unit is a general term referring to both apartments and rental business suites. The word unit is used only in the context of a specific building. This building has three units or Im going to rent a unit in this building, but not Im going to rent a unit somewhere, in Australia, a unit refers to flats, apartments or even semi-detached houses. An industrial, warehouse, or commercial space converted to an apartment is called a loft
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Condominium
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A condominium, usually shortened to condo, is a type of real estate divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas jointly owned. Unlike apartments, which are leased by their tenants, condominium units are owned outright, the common areas, amenities and utilities are managed collectively by the owners through their association, such as a homeowner association. Scholars have traced the earliest known use of the form of tenure to a document from first century Babylon. The word condominium originated in Latin, the term condominium is used throughout the United States and in most Canadian provinces, where such a property is also colloquially known as a condo. Italy uses condominio, which is simply the modern Italian form of condominium, both condo and condominium are used colloquially in the Canadian Province of Quebec, where the official term is copropriété divise or co-property devise. In France, however, the term is simply copropriété, co-property, spanish-speaking nations and regions often use the term propiedad horizontal, literally meaning horizontal property but abstractly meaning that all owners of the property have equal interest. The word condominio is also used, Condominium is a Latin word formed by adding the prefix con- to the word dominium. Its meaning is therefore shared property, condominia originally referred to territories over which two or more sovereign powers shared joint dominion. This technique was used to settle border disputes when multiple claimants could not agree on how to partition the disputed territory. For example, from 1818 to 1846, Oregon was a condominium over which both the United States and Great Britain shared joint sovereignty, mainly in the context of the United States The difference between an apartment complex and condominium is purely legal. There is no way to differentiate a condominium from an apartment simply by looking at or visiting the building, what defines a condominium is the form of ownership. A building developed as a condominium could actually be built at another location as an apartment building, as a practical matter, builders tend to build condominiums to higher quality standards than apartment complexes because of the differences between the rental and sale markets. Technically, a condominium is a collection of home units. Individual home ownership within a condominium is construed as ownership of only the air space confining the boundaries of the home, the boundaries of that space are specified by a legal document known as a Declaration, filed on record with the local governing authority. Typically, these boundaries will include the surrounding a condo. Anything outside this boundary is held in an ownership interest by a corporation established at the time of the condominiums creation. The corporation holds this property in trust on behalf of the homeowners as a group—it may not have ownership itself, Condominiums have conditions, covenants, and restrictions, and often additional rules that govern how the individual unit owners are to share the space. It is also possible for a condominium to consist of single-family dwellings and these structures are preferred by some planned neighborhoods and gated communities
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Duplex (building)
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In North America, a duplex house is a dwelling having apartments with separate entrances for two households. This includes two-story houses having an apartment on each floor. By contrast, a building comprising two attached units on two properties is typically considered semi-detached or twin homes but sometimes also duplex. The term duplex cant be extended to three-unit and four-unit buildings, british English usage refers simply to the number of levels within an apartment unit with duplex indicating two storeys and triplex for three. A semi-detached house would never be referred to as duplex, in dense areas like Manhattan and downtown Chicago, a duplex or duplex apartment refers to a maisonette, a single dwelling unit spread over two floors connected by an indoor staircase. Similarly, a triplex apartment refers to an apartment spread out three floors. These properties can be expensive and include the most expensive property in Manhattan as of 2006. In this context, an apartment locating on one floor only may be called a simplex, in Australia, a duplex is often considered a residential building containing two homes that share a common central wall. As such they are usually an image of each other in layout. Also referred to as a maisonette in South Australia, in urban planning, the term duplex is used more specifically. Major Canadian cities sometimes use the duplex to refer specifically to a building with one unit built above another. Calgary defines Duplex Dwelling as a building which contains two Dwelling Units, one located above the other, with each having a separate entrance. Toronto proposes in their new Zoning Bylaw to define Duplex Building as a building that has two dwelling units, and one dwelling unit is entirely or partially on top of the other dwelling unit. Halifax defines Duplex Dwelling as the whole of a dwelling that is divided horizontally into two separate dwelling units, each of which has an independent entrance, other major cities use the term duplex, but for dwelling units. Dallas defines the term duplex as two dwelling units located on a lot, philadelphia defines a duplex dwelling as a dwelling occupied as the home or residence of two families, under one roof, each family occupying a single unit. Other major cities do not use the duplex in their zoning or land-use bylaws. San Francisco and Vancouver use the term Two-family dwelling, winnipeg uses the term Dwelling, two-family. The definitions of terms do not specify the physical relationship between the two dwelling units in the building
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Terraced house
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They are also known in some areas as row houses or linked houses. Terrace housing can be throughout the world, though it is in abundance in Europe and Latin America. The Place des Vosges in Paris is one of the examples of the style. Sometimes associated with the class, historical and reproduction terraces have increasingly become part of the process of gentrification in certain inner-city areas. Yarmouth Rows in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk is an example where the building fronts uniformly ran right to the property line, Townhouses are generally two- to three-storey structures that share a wall with a neighbouring unit. As opposed to an apartment building, townhouses do not have neighbouring units above or below them and they are similar in concept to row houses or terraced houses, except they are usually divided into smaller groupings of homes. The first and last of these houses is called an end terrace, in Australia, the term terrace house refers almost exclusively to Victorian and Edwardian era terraces or replicas almost always found in the older, inner city areas of the major cities. Terraced housing was introduced to Australia from England in the century, basing their architecture on those in the UK, France. Large numbers of terraced houses were built in the suburbs of large Australian cities, particularly Sydney and Melbourne. Detached housing became the style of housing in Australia following Federation in 1901. The most common building material used was brick, often covered with cement render, many terraces were built in the Filigree style, a style distinguished through heavy use of cast iron ornament, particularly on the balconies and sometimes depicting native Australian flora. In the 1950s, many urban renewal programs were aimed at eradicating them entirely in favour of modern development, in recent decades these inner-city areas and their terraced houses have been gentrified. The suburbs in which houses are often found are often sought after in Australia due to their proximity to the CBD of the major cities. They are therefore sometimes quite expensive even though they are not the preferred accommodation style. The lack of windows on the side, the gardens. The lack of off-street parking that most have is also an issue for the majority Australians, terraced housing has long been a popular style in Paris, France. The Place des Vosges was one of the earliest examples of the style, in Parisian squares, central blocks were given discreet prominence, to relieve the façade. Terraced building including housing was used primarily during Haussmanns renovation of Paris between 1852 and 1870 creating whole streetscapes consisting of terraced rows
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Single-family detached home
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A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a residential dwelling. The definition of this type of house may vary between legal jurisdictions or statistical agencies and it does exclude, however, any short-term accommodation, large-scale rental accommodation, or condominia. Garages can also be found on most lots, houses with an attached front entry garage that is closer to the street than any other part of the house is often derisively called a snout house. It is important to note that In the United States, that the term Single Family Residence specifically refers to the not the occupants. Historically, Homeowners Associations have used the term to limit non-nuclear families, presently, these types of HOA policies are subject to Fair Housing Lawsuits, heavy penalties, and possibly personal liability for board members. Terms corresponding to single-family detached home in common use are single-family home, single-detached dwelling, detached house, in the United Kingdom, the term single-family home is almost unknown, except through Internet exposure to U. S. media. In pre-industrial societies most people live in multi-family dwelling for most of their lives and this type of arrangement also saves on the effort and materials used for construction and, in colder climates, heating. If people had to move to a new place or were wealthy enough, they could build or buy a home for their own family, of course and this has produced a cultural preference in settler societies for privacy and space. A countervailing trend has been industrialization and urbanization, which as seen more and more people around the world move into apartment blocks. Single-family homes are now common in rural and suburban and even urban areas across the New World and Europe. They are most common in low-density, high-income regions, for example, in Canada according to the 2006 Census 55. 3% of the population lived single-detached houses but this varied substantially by region. In the Ville of Montreal, Canadas second most populous municipality, only 7. 5% of the lived in a single-detached house, while in the city of Calgary. Note that this includes the city limits only, not the wider region. The term single-family detached describes how a house is built and who lives in it and it does not indicate size, shape, or location. Because they are not surrounded by buildings, the potential size of a single-family house is limited only by the budget of the builder. They can range from a country cottage or cabin or a small suburban prefabricated home to a large mansion. Sizes in real estate advertising are given in area, or by the number of bedrooms or bathrooms/toilets, the choice in materials used or the shape chosen will depend on what is common to the vernacular architecture of that region, or the lasted trends in professionally designed tract housing
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Jasper Avenue
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Downtown Edmonton is the central business district of Edmonton, Alberta. Surrounding neighbourhoods include Oliver to the west, Queen Mary Park, Central McDougall, and McCauley to the north, Boyle Street and Riverdale to the east, and Rossdale to the south. The arts district is in the part of the core with many award winning institutions like the Francis Winspear Centre for Music. Edmonton City Hall is also located here with all buildings facing onto Sir Winston Churchill Square. It is also the site of the new Art Gallery of Alberta, which opened in early 2010, Churchill Square is the main downtown square in Edmonton, and is the heart of the Arts District. The square plays host to a majority of festivals and events in Greater Edmonton. It is bordered on the north by 102A Avenue, on the west by 100 Street, on the south by 102 Avenue, Government Centre is an informal district located at the southwest corner of the downtown core and is the home of the Alberta provincial government. The most notable feature of this part of downtown is the Alberta Legislature Building and its parks, fountains. An underground pedway system connects the Legislature to several of the buildings, including the historic Bowker Building. Federal government offices were housed in the Federal Building at the north-east corner of Government Centre until they relocated to Canada Place, located at the east edge of downtown, in the 1980s. The Federal Building is undergoing a $356 million renovation due to be completed in 2015 for provincial government offices, Transit service is provided by the Government Centre Transit Centre located near the Federal Building and by Grandin LRT Station located just to the west. Jasper Avenue is the main street. It starts at 77 Street in the east, running south west along the edge of Boyle Street until it reaches the downtown core. It then runs due west through downtown and the neighbourhood of Oliver until it reaches 125 Street, Jasper Avenue is a major public transit route as several of Edmontons busiest bus routes travel along it. The LRT travels underneath Jasper Avenue between 99 and 110 Streets, Jasper Avenue has no street number but sits where 101 Avenue would otherwise be. Rice Howard Way comprises 100A Street between Jasper Avenue and 102 Avenue and 101A Avenue between 100 St and 101 St, the portion of 101A Avenue between 100A Street and 101 Street was closed to traffic, making it an open air pedestrian walkway. The rest of Rice Howard Way is open to vehicular traffic, Rice Howard Way has a few prominent office towers like Scotia Place and some restaurants. Rice Howard Ways southern edge has an entrance to the Central LRT Station, the Warehouse District is located between Jasper Avenue and 104 Avenue and between 102 Street and 109 Street
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124 Street, Edmonton
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124 Street is an arterial road in north-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is one route for commuters from Downtown Edmonton to north Edmonton and it is home to a variety of shops between Jasper Avenue and 107 Avenue, most notably the galleries of the Gallery Walk. List of neighbourhoods 124 Street runs through, in order from south to north, oliver Westmount Inglewood Prince Charles This is a list of major intersections, starting at the south end of 124 Street
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St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton
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St. Josephs Cathedral Basilica is a minor basilica in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The basilica, located just west of the core is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton and is one of the largest churches in Edmonton. It is the basilica in Alberta. Of architectural note are the 60 stained glass depicting scenes from the Old and the New Testaments and from the churchs connection to St. Albert. The history of St. Josephs began in 1913, at the time the citys main Franco-Albertan church, St. Joachim’s, was no longer able to cope with the booming population of English speaking parishioners. A large basement was excavated and concrete was poured, the new church would function as a crypt church from this time until the building was finally completed in 1963. Construction of the church was halted until 1924 due to the Great War, in 1917, St. Josephs became a separate parish when the English speaking and French speaking parishioners at St. Joachim’s were given their own parishes. The French speakers remained at St. Joachims, the English speakers moved to St. Josephs. Construction resumed in 1924, and Archbishop Henry OLeary designated the unfinished St. Josephs as the cathedral for the diocese, construction was again halted during the years of the Great Depression and the Second World War. Planning for a new design began in 1954, construction of the church was finally completed and the building officially opened on May 1,1963, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. St. Josephs Cathedral was named a minor basilica shortly before Pope John Paul II visited Edmonton in 1984 and this was in part because of the papal visit and part in recognition of the missionaries and pioneers who came to the Edmonton area bringing about growth in peoples faith. Today, St. Josephs Basilica is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, as the seat of the archdiocese, it is the church of the archbishop. In its early years, the parish was an unofficial training ground for the Canadian hierarchy. Three former rectors and an associate pastor became bishops, Msgr, james McGuigan was named archbishop of Regina, later archbishop of Toronto and Canadas first English-speaking cardinal, Msgr. C. J. Nelligan became bishop of Pembroke, Ont, Father Edward Jennings, auxiliary bishop of Vancouver, later of Fort William, Ont. Michael ONeill, archbishop of Regina, and Father Emmett Doyle, St. Joseph, which seats 1,100 people, is one of the two minor basilicas in Western Canada—the other is in the St. Boniface Archdiocese in Winnipeg. For almost three decades the basilica was known as the church without locks as it was open 24 hours, however, in the early 1980s, the church had to close at night. The number of people attending perpetual adoration declined while on the morning of Feb.28,1980 an arsonist set the altar and crucifix on fire, causing smoke, to remove soot and smell, all the stones inside the church had to be scrubbed
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Pope John Paul II
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Pope Saint John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła, was Pope from 1978 to 2005. He is called by some Catholics Saint John Paul the Great and he was elected by the second Papal conclave of 1978, which was called after Pope John Paul I, who had been elected in August after the death of Pope Paul VI, died after thirty-three days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the day of the conclave. John Paul II is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland, John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Churchs relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He upheld the Churchs teachings on such matters as artificial contraception and the ordination of women and he was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the worlds bishops, a key goal of his papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church. His wish was to place his Church at the heart of a new alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims. He was the second longest-serving pope in history after Pope Pius IX. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI, John Paul IIs cause for canonisation commenced in 2005 one month after his death with the traditional five-year waiting period waived. A second miracle attributed to John Paul IIs intercession was approved on 2 July 2013, John Paul II was canonised on 27 April 2014, together with Pope John XXIII. On 11 September 2014, Pope Francis added John Paul IIs optional memorial feast day to the worldwide General Roman Calendar of saints, in response to worldwide requests. It is traditional to celebrate saints feast days on the anniversary of their deaths, Karol Józef Wojtyła was born in the Polish town of Wadowice. He was the youngest of three born to Karol Wojtyła, an ethnic Pole, and Emilia Kaczorowska, whose mothers maiden surname was Scholz. Emilia, who was a schoolteacher, died in childbirth in 1929 when Wojtyła was eight years old and his elder sister Olga had died before his birth, but he was close to his brother Edmund, nicknamed Mundek, who was 13 years his senior. Edmunds work as a physician led to his death from scarlet fever. As a boy, Wojtyła was athletic, often playing football as goalkeeper, during his childhood, Wojtyła had contact with Wadowices large Jewish community. School football games were organised between teams of Jews and Catholics, and Wojtyła often played on the Jewish side. I remember that at least a third of my classmates at school in Wadowice were Jews
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Robertson-Wesley United Church
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Robertson-Wesley United Church is a church located a short distance west of the downtown core of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in the neighbourhood of Oliver. The current congregation was formed in 1971 when the congregations of Robertson United Church, the new congregation moved into the Robertson United Church building. The church building is an example of High Victorian Gothic Revival architecture featuring a vaulted ceiling, curved pews. Robertson Presbyterian Church was formed in 1909 as an offshoot of First Presbyterian Church, the first meetings of the new congregation were held in the basement of First Presbyterian until a new building was built in 1910. The new congregation was named for Presbyterian Missionary Superintendent James Robertson, Robertson Presbyterian soon outgrew its original church building, and a new building was constructed on the north east corner of 123 Street and 102 Avenue in 1913. The first service was held in the new building in early 1914, in 1925, the membership of Robertson voted to join the United Church of Canada, which was founded that year. The name of the changed to Robertson United Church. In 1971, Robertson formally merged with Wesley United Church, forming Robertson-Wesley United Church, Wesley Methodist Church was founded in 1907. It was the fourth Methodist church established in Edmonton on the side of the North Saskatchewan River. Originally, the congregation of Wesley met in a tent, like Robertson, Wesley outgrew its original building, and in 1913 moved to a new building on the south west corner of 117 Street and 102 Avenue. The congregation continued to use this right up to the end of 1970. In 1925, the membership of Wesley voted to join the United Church of Canada, the name of the church changed to Wesley United Church. In 1971, Wesley merged with Robertson United, arrangements were made to incorporate many memorials from the Wesley church building into the Robertson church building. The Wesley building was sold to the Canadian Native Friendship Centre. Funds from the sale were placed in trust for community development
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Beth Israel Synagogue (Edmonton)
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Beth Israel Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 131 Wolf Willow Road NW in the Oleskiw neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1906 as the Edmonton Hebrew Association, it is the citys oldest synagogue, Beth Israels first rabbi was Hyman Goldstick, recruited from Toronto in 1906, he was later elected mayor of Edson, Alberta. The congregations Hebrew school, founded in 1907, would share space with the congregation until 1925, over the years, the congregation has occupied three different buildings, in 1912 it moved into its first building on 95th Street. It moved into its building, on 113th Street, in 1952. Long-serving rabbis include A. Pinksy and Abraham Postone, current serving rabbinic team is Rabbi Daniel and Rabbanit Batya Friedman. In 1906, Edmontons Jews, in concert with Jews in Calgary, Hyman Goldstick arrived from Toronto in August to take on the role. Born in Latvia in 1882, Goldstick was Edmontons first rabbi and he was also the Edmonton communitys mohel, and ritual slaughterer. On September 16,1906, the Edmonton Jewish community founded the Edmonton Hebrew Association and its role was to provide for all Edmontons Jewish needs, including Jewish education, circumcision, prayer services, kosher meat, and burial. High Holiday services were held in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall, in April 1907, the Edmonton Hebrew Association registered the Edmonton Hebrew Congregation of Beth Israel under the Religious Societies Lands Act of Alberta. In May of that year it purchased land for a cemetery, near Clover Bar, in September of that same year William Diamond was appointed president of the congregation. Diamond ran a business he had started in Edmonton, by the 1920s. Diamond would serve as president until 1938, the same year the synagogue transferred title of its cemetery to the local chevra kadisha. In September 1907, the Edmonton Hebrew Association also created the Edmonton Talmud Torah for the five children. The Edmonton Talmud Torah would operate out of the location for over twelve years. In 1910, Diamond donated land on 95th Street near Grierson Hill south of Jasper Avenue to the congregation for a synagogue building, construction of the $11,700 building began in 1911, and was completed in 1912. That year a mikveh was constructed next to the synagogue, Goldstick move to Edson, Alberta that year, and went into private business. He would later serve on Edsons town council and school board and he was replaced as rabbi that year by A. Pinsky. The Edmonton Talmud Torah moved into its own building in 1925 and that year, according to Stuart E. Rosenberg, its curriculum was adopted at a Hebrew education conference in Saskatoon, as the model for all Western Canadian Hebrew schools
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Oleskiw, Edmonton
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Oleskiw is a residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that overlooks the North Saskatchewan River valley to the east and south. The Edmonton Golf and Country Club is a feature of the neighbourhood, the neighbourhood is named after Joseph Oleskiw, a Ukrainian scholar who promoted immigration to Canada. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Oleskiw had a population of 2,994 living in 1,102 dwellings, with a land area of 1.32 km2, it had a population density of 2,268.2 people/km2 in 2012. Development of the neighbourhood began during the 1970s when one in six of the residences were constructed, the pace of development increased during the 1980s when one half of the residences were constructed. The remaining one third of residences were built during the 1990s, by 2000, according to the 2001 federal census, residential construction in the neighbourhood was substantially complete. According to the 2005 municipal census, the most common type of residence in the neighbourhood is the single-family dwelling, nine out of ten residences are single-family dwellings. The remaining one out of ten of residences are row houses, substantially all of the residences are owner occupied, with only one in twenty being rented. The neighbourhood is bounded to the east and south by the North Saskatchewan River valley, on the north and north east by Wolf Willow Ravine, wanyandi Road is the main thoroughfare through the neighhourhood. West Edmonton Mall is located within driving distance to the north of the neighbourhood along 170 Street, Edmontons Beth Israel Synagogue is located in the neighbourhood
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Queen Mary Park, Edmonton
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Queen Mary Park is an inner city residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located just outside the downtown core. The neighbourhood occupies land that was part of the Hudsons Bay Company reserve. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Queen Mary Park had a population of 7,385 living in 4,708 dwellings, with a land area of 1.82 km2, it had a population density of 4,057.7 people/km2 in 2012. It is bounded on the north by 111 Avenue, on the south by 105 Avenue, on the west by 121 Street, the old Canadian National Railway right of way runs just to the south of and just to the west of the neighbourhood. The boundary of the south west corner of the neighbourhood is curved, almost three out of four dwellings in the neighbourhood were constructed during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. A large percentage of the dwellings, almost four out of five, are rented, almost 85% of the dwellings in the neighbourhood are apartments in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Four out of five apartments are rented, with the remainder being owner occupied, of the remaining dwellings, the majority are single-family dwellings, with roughly three out of four of these being owner occupied. There are a few duplexes, and most of these are rented, with construction of a new downtown arena and the expansion of MacEwan University, condo development has begun on the southern edge of Queen Mary Park. New condo buildings include The Maxx, The Zen, The Horizon, the average household size is 1.8 persons per household, with roughly one out of two households having only one person. Until recently, one of the most prominent structures in the neighbourhood was the Central Pentecostal Tabernacle, however, the congregation moved into a new church in north west Edmonton and the old building was sold. The neighbourhood is named after Mary of Teck, consort to George V, and therefore Queen of Canada from 1910 to 1936
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Central McDougall
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Central McDougall is a largely residential neighbourhood in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located immediately north of the downtown core. Kingsway Mall is located immediately to the north of Central McDougall in the neighbourhood of Spruce Avenue, as is the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and the Norwood Extended Care Centre North. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by 111 Avenue, on the south by 105 Avenue, on the east by 101 Street, kingsway Avenue runs through Central McDougall. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Central McDougall had a population of 4,712 living in 3,363 dwellings, with a land area of 1.21 km2, it had a population density of 3,894.2 people/km2 in 2012. Central McDougall is one of Edmontons lower income neighbourhoods, with a household income that is significantly below that of households in Edmonton at large. Central McDougall and neighbouring Queen Mary Park are part of the citys North Edge redevelopment plan, currently there are plans for a new residential condominium complex called Aurora located at the south end of the neighbourhood. The Aurora will be located on a parcel of land bounded by 105 Avenue on the south,106 Avenue on the north,102 Street on the east, and 103 Street on the west. When complete, this project, with a value of over half a billion dollars. In addition, the proposal includes another three low rise buildings, the completed project will have 1,220 housing units and a retail component
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Westmount, Edmonton
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Westmount is an established central-west residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is geographically close to the downtown core, the neighbourhood is bounded by 111 Avenue to the north, Groat Road to the west, the Groat Ravine to the southwest, and the North Saskatchewan River valley to the south. Its eastern boundary comprises 124 Street south of Stony Plain Road, the southern portion of the neighbourhood is also known as Groat Estates. The neighbourhood was developed originally in the 1910s as a professional neighbourhood catering to young people, prior to the end of World War II, one in four of the current residences were constructed. Another quarter of the current residences were constructed between the end of World War II and 1960, one in three residences were constructed between 1961 and 1980. A small portion were constructed after 1980, many houses in the neighbourhood have been renovated, and some are being replaced with newer and larger houses. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Westmount had a population of 5,900 living in 3,437 dwellings, with a land area of 1.86 km2, it had a population density of 3,172 people/km2 in 2012. The large majority of the Westmount area is occupied by single detached houses. This includes a number of historic homes, often in the Craftsman or Four Square styles, in the Westmount Architectural Heritage Area. The WAHA is bound by 107 St in the south,127 St in the west,124 St in the east,124 Street, a major shopping destination, runs North-South through the east side of Westmount, and includes a number of mixed-use developments, condominiums and apartments. Thus, in terms of units, the most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is a mixture of rented apartments. Single-family dwellings are the next most common, duplexes account for another 3% of residences, and other types or residence account for the remaining 1%. The trend is increasing home ownership over time, in 1986, 41% of private dwellings were owned by the occupant, most recently, 54% are owner-occupied, with the remaining 46% being rented. Over 60% of Westmount adult residents have attended college or university, in terms of highest educational attainment, the largest proportion of residents have obtained a University bacholors degree or higher, and this is an increasing trend. Average residential income is also on the rise, from $40,001 in 1996 to $52,801 in 2001, the Westmount area is served by a number of pre-schools and schools. Discovery Time Preschool, run as a parent co-operative, operates educational programs for children aged three to five, Westglen Elementary School, on the same block, is operated by the Edmonton Public School System. The University of Alberta is just across the river via Groat Road, norQuest College maintains a campus in the neighbourhood. Nearby amenities include the Royal Alberta Museum in Glenora, Coronation Park, there are several shopping areas in the neighbourhood, including art/retail/commercial districts along 124 Street, and two small upscale shopping centres on 102 Avenue
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Central McDougall, Edmonton
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Central McDougall is a largely residential neighbourhood in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located immediately north of the downtown core. Kingsway Mall is located immediately to the north of Central McDougall in the neighbourhood of Spruce Avenue, as is the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and the Norwood Extended Care Centre North. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by 111 Avenue, on the south by 105 Avenue, on the east by 101 Street, kingsway Avenue runs through Central McDougall. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Central McDougall had a population of 4,712 living in 3,363 dwellings, with a land area of 1.21 km2, it had a population density of 3,894.2 people/km2 in 2012. Central McDougall is one of Edmontons lower income neighbourhoods, with a household income that is significantly below that of households in Edmonton at large. Central McDougall and neighbouring Queen Mary Park are part of the citys North Edge redevelopment plan, currently there are plans for a new residential condominium complex called Aurora located at the south end of the neighbourhood. The Aurora will be located on a parcel of land bounded by 105 Avenue on the south,106 Avenue on the north,102 Street on the east, and 103 Street on the west. When complete, this project, with a value of over half a billion dollars. In addition, the proposal includes another three low rise buildings, the completed project will have 1,220 housing units and a retail component
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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker
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Beverly, Alberta
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Beverly is a former urban municipality within the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada. Beverly incorporated as a village on March 22,1913 and became the Town of Beverly on July 13,1914 and it later amalgamated with the City of Edmonton on December 30,1961. The population of Beverly was 8,969 at the time of amalgamation, now located within northeast Edmonton, Beverly was a coal mining community that overlooked the North Saskatchewan River valley. During the first half of the century, more than 20 coal mines were active in. The larger mines provided much of the towns employment, the earliest use of Beverly to describe the area dates to 1904, and it appears the area was named after a township in Ontario. Within a few years, there were people living in the area to designate the community as a hamlet. In 1907, construction began on the Clover Bar Bridge, unable to use the CP owned High Level Bridge in Edmonton to bring its trains north of the river, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway decided to build a bridge of its own further downstream. This brought the railway to Beverly, in the years that followed, the GTPR became the biggest shipper of coal in Alberta, with much of the coal mined in and around Beverly. Upon become a village in 1913, the village council passed a bylaw that authorized borrowing up to $30,000 for the construction of roads and sidewalks. It was years before residents of Beverly enjoyed amenities that were increasingly being taken for granted in other communities, growth was fast, and in 1914, the following year, Beverly incorporated as a town. The town council needed a hall, and Allan Merrick Jeffers. Allan Merrick Jeffers served as the Alberta Provincial Architect from September 1907-1910, the town hall was a multi-purpose facility that also housed police, courts and the fire service on the main floor. The upper floor was used as a hall and a school. Located on the site was the town jail and a corral. One of the five, Emily Murphy worked in the Beverly town hall as a Justice of the Peace. For much of its life as an independent community, the backbone of the town came from coal mining. Records show there were over twenty larger coal mines in the area, the GTPR even built a spur line to provide direct rail service to two of the largest mines. The Great Depression of the 1930s were difficult on the prairies, in 1936, the town defaulted on its debt, and in 1937, the province appointed an administrator to manage the town
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Abbottsfield, Edmonton
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Abbottsfield is a neighbourhood in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley. The neighbourhood is named for Abraham Abbott, a resident of the Town of Beverly, while development of Abbottsfield didnt begin until nearly a decade after the amalgamation of Beverly with Edmonton in 1961, the neighbourhood is located in an area closely associated with Beverly. Beverly was a mining town, and one of the major Beverly coal mines was located in the Abbottsfield area. Abbottsfield is bounded by the North Saskatchewan River valley on the east,118 Avenue on the south,34 Street on the west, victoria Drive forms the boundary between the neighbourhood and river valley proper. Rundle Park is located in the valley below Abbottsfield and the neighbourhood of Rundle Heights located immediately to the south. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Abbottsfield had a population of 1,888 living in 735 dwellings, with a land area of 0.41 km2, it had a population density of 4,604.9 people/km2 in 2012. As of 2012, the majority of dwellings are row houses, approximately 71% of residences are rented. In 2001, approximately 59% of residential dwellings in the neighbourhood were built during the 1970s, Abbottsfield Mall, a shopping centre, is located on the west edge of the neighbourhood on 118 Avenue, and is also the location of the Abbottsfield Transit Centre. The Town of Beverly was a mining town with over twenty mines operating in the area during the towns history. The following major mine was active in the area of Abbottsfield, cloverbar Mine Herzog, Lawrence, Built on Coal, A History of Beverly, Edmontons Working Class Town, Beverly Community Development Society,2000, Edmonton, Alberta Abbotsfield Neighbourhood Profile
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Beacon Heights, Edmonton
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Beacon Heights is a residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that was part of the Town of Beverly before Beverly amalgamated with Edmonton in 1961. The earliest development in the neighbourhood occurred around 1910, several years before Beverly was incorporated as a town, three out of four residences are single-family dwellings, with most of the remainder being split almost equally between apartments in low rise buildings of under five stories and duplexes. Roughly 85% of the dwellings are owner occupied, as are one in four of the duplexes. The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by 118 Avenue, on the west by 50 Street, on the north by 122 Avenue, Jubilee Park is located in Beacon Heights. Jubilee Park is located on the site of the Beverly Coal Mine entrance, and was developed in 1955 as an Alberta Jubilee project. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Beacon Heights had a population of 3,023 living in 1,405 dwellings, with a land area of 1.15 km2, it had a population density of 2,628.7 people/km2 in 2012. The Town of Beverly was a mining town with over twenty mines operating in the area during the towns history. The following major mine was active in the area of Beacon Heights, the Beverly Coal Mine Herzon, Lawrence, Built on Coal. A History of Beverly, Edmontons Working Class Town, Beverly Community Development Society,2000, Edmonton, Alberta
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Bergman, Edmonton
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Bergman is a neighbourhood in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located immediately to the north of the Town of Beverly townsite. The neighbourhood is named for Gustav C, Bergman who was elected mayor of Beverly in the first municipal election after Beverly incorporated as a town in 1914. The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by 122 Avenue, on the north by the Yellowhead Trail, on the west by 50 Street, Bergman shares a community league with the neighbourhood of Beacon Heights to the south. Most of the construction, approximately four out of five dwellings. The neighbourhood showed a rapid period of growth in the late 1980s. While most of the homes in the neighbourhood are single-family dwellings, just over 95% of the dwelling units in Bergman are owner occupied. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Bergman had a population of 1,454 living in 577 dwellings, with a land area of 0.71 km2, it had a population density of 2,047.9 people/km2 in 2012. Herzog, Lawrence, Built on Coal, A History of Beverly, Edmontons Working Class Town, Beverly Community Development Society,2000, Edmonton, Alberta City of Edmonton neighbourhood profile
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Beverly Heights, Edmonton
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Beverly Heights is a neighbourhood in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Originally part of the Town of Beverly, Beverly Heights became a part of Edmonton in 1961 when the town amalgamated with Edmonton. The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by the North Saskatchewan River valley, on the north by 118 Avenue, on the west by 50 Street, and on the east by 34 Street and 36 Street. There are four schools in Beverly Heights, the Beverly Heights Public School, the Lawton Junior High School, scott Elementary School, and the St. Nicholas Catholic Junior High School. Lawton Junior High School was the first junior school in the Town of Beverly. Lawton was a teacher, principal, Supervisor of Beverly Schools and he also served briefly as mayor of the Town of Beverly. The Beverly Cenotaph, originally built to remember the men from Beverly who served and died in World War I, is located in Beverly Heights. The original dedication ceremony was held on October 17,1920, making the cenotaph the first to be erected in the Edmonton area, the cenotaph was expanded and rededicated in 1958. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Beverly Heights had a population of 3,200 living in 1,777 dwellings, with a land area of 1.38 km2, it had a population density of 2,318.8 people/km2 in 2012. The Town of Beverly was a mining town with over twenty mines operating in the area during the towns history. The following major mine was active in area of Beverly Heights
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Rundle Heights, Edmonton
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Rundle Heights is a residential neighbourhood overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named for Methodist missionary Robert Terrill Rundle. While the neighbourhood didnt develop until the 1960s and 1970s, the area is associated with the Town of Beverly. A number of the Beverly coal mines were located in the area, in the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Rundle Heights had a population of 3,359 living in 1,426 dwellings, a -1. 4% change from its 2009 population of 3,405. With a land area of 0.82 km2, it had a density of 4,096.3 people/km2 in 2012. The farm would grow to 400 acres, in the 1950s, the Prins family tried strip mining coal near the river on the eastern side of the property. In 1956, the City of Edmonton bought the site of the mine and used it for the Beverly Dump. The Prins farm ceased production in 1966, and most of the land was subdivided for the Rundle Heights neighbourhood, with the neighbourhood encroaching on the Beverly Dump, and the dump reaching the end of its useful life, the city reclaimed the dump site for parkland. Today, Rundle Park and the Rundle Golf Course occupy the area known as the Beverly Dump. The stretch of 32nd street that runs in the part of the neighborhood contains numerous public housing developments. The 3-2 Bloods are a set of the Bloods gang that operate in the area, however, this area is a small portion of the neighborhood at large. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by 118 Avenue, to the west by 34 Street and 36 Street and by the valley to the south. Surrounding neighbourhoods are Abbottsfield to the north, Beacon Heights to the north west, there are two schools in Rundle Heights. The Rundle Heights Elementary School is operated by the Edmonton Public School System, the Town of Beverly was a coal mining town with over twenty mines operating in the area during the towns history. The following major mines were active in the area of Rundle Heights, humberstone Coal Mine Old Bush Mine Bushs Mine Herzog, Lawrence, Built on Coal, A History of Beverly, Edmontons Working Class Town, Beverly Community Development Society,2000, Edmonton, Alberta
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Boyle Street, Edmonton
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Boyle Street is a neighbourhood located in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, immediately east of the downtown core. The area is diverse, with a large Chinese community. Boyle Street is one of the oldest parts of the city, the origin of the name Boyle Street lies in the original street layouts of the area. Prior to the adoption of the system, the district had its avenues running north-south. Boyle Street was an east-west throughway which roughly corresponds with the modern 103A Avenue, Boyle Street was originally the downtown of Edmonton, when the current downtown was under the Hudsons Bay Reserve Lands. Later, land was sold by Hudsons Bay Company, and development occurred on the modern downtown, Boyle Street has some of the highest concentrations of old buildings in Edmonton. A large number of the buildings in the area were destroyed during the 1970s, largely because the city wanted to remove old and derelict housing and redevelop the area. According to the 2001 Federal Census,42. 3% of the private dwellings in Boyle Street were constructed during the 1970s. The 2005 Municipal Census reports that 80% of the 3,486 dwelling units in the neighbourhood are apartment style dwellings with a further 15% being rooming houses or collective residences. Many sites left vacant by demolition during the 1970s were never redeveloped, leaving the area with a patchwork of vacant lots, parking lots, most of the buildings that escaped demolition were spared because of their Edwardian structures or because they had been previously designated as heritage buildings. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Boyle Street had a population of 6,947 living in 4,257 dwellings, with a land area of 0.88 km2, it had a population density of 7,894.3 people/km2 in 2012. Boyle Street is a diverse neighbourhood. According to the 2001 Federal Census, there were 5,930 people living in the neighbourhood, the projects aims were to transform a large part of the Boyle Street Community. This plan saw the area divided into four quarters, the Heritage Quarter would consist of a stretch of Jasper Avenue between 97 Street and 96 Street, which held a large number of historical structures. Some new developments at the end of 95 Street paint a promising picture for the redevelopment of the area, though as of the end of 2010. Boyle Street Community Profile including 2001 Census Data
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McCauley, Edmonton
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McCauley is a vibrant and ethnically diverse inner city neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta undergoing revitalization. It is named for Matthew McCauley, the first mayor of Edmonton, McCauley is famous as the home of dozens of religious buildings concentrated in a small area as well as being a large venue for the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Out of 272 Edmonton neighbourhoods evaluated, McCauley is the 11th most walkable with a Walk Score of 79, or Very Walkable. In the City of Edmontons 2014 municipal census, McCauley had a population of 5,167 living in 3,515 dwellings, with a land area of 1.5 km2, it had a population density of 3,444.7 people/km2 in 2014. Since revitalization started to November 11,2013,26 houses have built,40 new businesses have joined the area. Many young families move into the area. In Progress City Council approved a strategy for McCauley in December 2010 that included an investment of $10.5 million toward revitalizing the neighbourhood. The project is scheduled to break ground in March 2014 and continue into 2015, beginning in 2012, McCauley is being serviced under the Drainage Neighbourhood Renewal Program. This program focuses on renewal and replacement of sanitary and storm sewers, option 2, Improve Physical Infrastructure along Norwood Boulevard. Coordinate a streetscape plan that incorporates landscape infrastructure conducive to enhancing connectivity to surrounding initiatives, adapt existing eligibility requirements for the Façade Improvement Program and the Development Incentive Program to enable property owners along Norwood Boulevard to access funding. Currently, Façade Improvement Program funding is limited to projects within existing Business Revitalization Zone boundaries, a capital program and cost estimate for streetscape improvements would need to be developed. Physical infrastructure improvements are generally seen as a mechanism for encouraging business development in a given area, Capital Tower, located at 10028-106 Avenue has a history of violence and crime. As of March 2013, Helm Property Management and Realty now controls the building, currently $2 million has been invested in a complete facelift of the building, its façade and the physical suites. Security has been addressed by mass evictions, 24-hour security and a 9 pm curfew, Edmonton Police Services reports calls to the building have decreased from approximately 4 per day to 1 per week. Helm is working to make Capital Tower a choice rental option for the Downtown student population once its transformation is complete, on May 1,2013,96 Street between 106 Avenue and 111 Avenue was renamed Church Street and given heritage status and protection. The City is investing $500,000 within the two years to enhance the character of the area. On February 4,2014, The City has reopened interest in continuing with exploring the idea of a TOD at Stadium LRT Station and it had previously tabled the idea in late 2012. Completed Opened on March 13,2012, the retrofitted and expanded Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre opened its doors, costing $112.34 million, with 220,000 sq-ft of recreation space
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Riverdale, Edmonton
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Riverdale is a river valley neighbourhood located just east of the downtown core in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Its boundaries on the east and south are the North Saskatchewan River, immediately across the river to the south is another Edmonton river valley neighbourhood--Cloverdale. Riverdale shares the approaches to the Low Level Bridge with a river valley neighbourhood. To the north, is the neighbourhood of Boyle Street, riverdales boundary with the downtown core runs approximately along Grierson Hill Road. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Riverdale had a population of 1,980 living in 1,022 dwellings, with a land area of 1.04 km2, it had a population density of 1,903.8 people/km2 in 2012. Today, approximately one residential dwelling in four dates from before 1946, most of the rest of the homes were built over the next 40 years, with only one dwelling in ten dating from 1985 or later. There is one school, Riverdale School, located in the neighbourhood, the neighbourhood also has several parks, Allan Stein Park, Dawson Park, Louise McKinney Park, and Louise McKinney Riverfront Park
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Rossdale, Edmonton
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Rossdale is a river valley neighbourhood in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, located immediately south of the downtown core. It is a residential neighbourhood with easy access to downtown, the University of Alberta, the Edmonton river valley park system. Edmonton Ballpark, home to the Edmonton Prospects baseball team of the Western Major Baseball League since 2012, is located in this neighbourhood. The Edmonton Trappers also called Edmonton Ballpark, then Telus Field, home up to the end of the 2004 season, when the franchise was moved to another city. A short distance to the west of the neighbourhood, along River Valley Road, are the Royal Glenora Club, the Golf Course, and the Skating Oval in Victoria Park. The site of the Rossdale powerplant was a First Nations campsite from the time that people first moved into the Edmonton area after the retreat of the glaciers around 8,000 years ago. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Rossdale had a population of 819 living in 504 dwellings, with a land area of 0.91 km2, it had a population density of 900 people/km2 in 2012. According to the 2001 federal census, only one residence in ten in modern Rossdale was built before the end of World War II, another one in five residences were built between 1946 and 1970 and one residence in ten were built during the 1970s. One in four residences were built during the 1980s and two out of five were built during the 1990s, the most common type of residence in Rossdale, according to the 2005 municipal census, is a mixture of rented apartments and apartment style condominiums. These account for half of all residences in the neighbourhood, two out of three of these residences are in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories while one in three are in high-rise buildings with five or more stories. Single-family dwellings account for one out of three of all residences in the neighbourhood. Row houses account for one in ten residences, four percent of all residences are duplexes. Three out of five are owner-occupied while two out of five are rented. Located next to Edmonton Ballpark is the Rossdale Power Plant, used by EPCOR to generate electricity, recently, planned expansion of the generating station generated a fair amount of controversy when it was discovered part of the site was used as an aboriginal burial ground. Originally built by the Edmonton Electric Lighting and Power Company, the owner Alex Taylor, the plant was shut down by EPCOR in 2009. EPCOR also operates the Rossdale Water Treatment plant located next to the Rossdale Power Plant, the water treatment plant was constructed in 1903 and remains in operation. The population in Rossdale is highly mobile, according to the 2005 municipal census, one in five of all residents had moved within the previous twelve months. Another one in five had moved within the one to three years
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Cloverdale, Edmonton
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Cloverdale is a river valley neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. It is located immediately across the river from the downtown core, southside neighbourhoods overlooking Cloverdale include, Bonnie Doon, Strathearn, Holyrood, and Forest Heights. The southwest corner of the neighbourhood is bounded by Connors Road, the approaches to the Low Level Bridge, the Low Level Bridge and James McDonald Bridge connect the neighbourhood to the north side, while Scona Road provides access to Old Strathcona. Gallagher Park, where the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is held every August, is located in Cloverdale. Cloverdale is also home to Edmontons oldest ski hill, The Edmonton Ski Club, in the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Cloverdale had a population of 885 living in 476 dwellings, an 8. 7% change from its 2009 population of 814. With a land area of 19.28 km2, it had a density of 45.9 people/km2 in 2012. Early residential development in the consisted of working-class homes for the men working at the numerous commercial and industrial sites in Gallagher Flats in the early 1900s. The population was such that when a new, two-classroom school was planned in 1912, redevelopment of the neighbourhood since 1984 has seen the replacement of much of the early housing with much larger and more modern homes. According to the 2001 federal census, one residence in five were constructed before 1946, another one residence in five were built between 1946 and 1960. There was no residential development in the neighbourhood until the late 1980s. Between 1986 and 1990, one in seven of the residences in modern Cloverdale were constructed, almost half of residences were built after 1990. Residential development has continued since the 2001 federal census, according to the 2001 census, there were 245 residences in the neighbourhood. By 2005, this had increased by 46%, with the 2005 municipal census reporting 358 residences, the most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for half of all residences in the neighbourhood. One in three are apartment style condominiums in buildings with fewer than five stories. One in six residences are row houses, there is also one triplex in the neighbourhood. Almost six out of seven of all residences are owner-occupied. Cloverdale Neighbourhood Profile City of Edmonton - Muttart Conservatory
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Garneau, Edmonton
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Garneau is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prior to 1912, it was part of the City of Strathcona and it is named after one of its first inhabitants, Laurent Garneau, a former Manitoba Métis rebel and Hudsons Bay Company employee who with his wife and family settled there around 1874. Garneau is located just west of the Strathcona neighbourhood and just east of the main University of Alberta campus, the neighbourhood overlooks the North Saskatchewan River valley. In the river immediately below Garneau are the Kinsmen Park, the Kinsmen Sport Centre. The central location of the neighbourhood also gives access to downtown Edmonton, Whyte Avenue. In the City of Edmontons 2012 municipal census, Garneau had a population of 9,648 living in 5,811 dwellings, with a land area of 0.83 km2, it had a population density of 11,624.1 people/km2 in 2012
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