Riverview is a residential area in the west portion of the City of
Edmonton
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in
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. It was named on December 11, 2012,
and was then formally established on July 3, 2013 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Riverview Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area.
[ The area is estimated to have a population of 48,483 at full build-out of five neighbourhoods.][
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Geography
Located in west Edmonton, Riverview is bounded by 33 Avenue SW to the south, 215 Street (Winterburn Road) to the west, the Wedgewood Ravine to the north, Anthony Henday Drive
Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) is a freeway that encircles Edmonton, Alberta. It is a heavily travelled commuter and truck bypass route with the southwest quadrant serving as a portion of the CANAMEX Corridor that links C ...
(Highway 216) to the northeast, and the North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows eventual ...
to the east.[
]Parkland County
Parkland County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. Located west of Edmonton in Census Division No. 11, its municipal office, Parkland County Centre, is located north of the Town of Stony Plain on Highway 779.
History
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is located beyond 33 Avenue SW to the south and 215 Street to the west, with the Enoch Cree Indian Reserve (Enoch Cree Nation
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) located within the portion of Parkland County north of Highway 627 ( 23 Avenue NW). The Windermere
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area is located across the North Saskatchewan River to the east, while the Cameron Heights and Edgemont neighbourhoods are located across Anthony Henday Drive to the northeast and across the Wedgewood Ravine to the north respectively.
Neighbourhoods
The Riverview area is planned to be developed into five neighbourhoods, with estimated full build-out populations ranging from 5,547 to 14,021.[ Its five neighbourhoods were first named Balsam Woods, Golden Willow, Grandisle, River Alder and White Birch on June 23, 2015.]River's Edge
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(originally known as Neighbourhood 3 and briefly named River Alder);
* Stillwater (originally known as Neighbourhood 2 and briefly named Golden Willow);
* The Uplands (originally known as Neighbourhood 1 and briefly named Balsam Woods); and
*White Birch
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(originally known as Neighbourhood 5).
Land use plans
In addition to the Riverview Area Structure Plan, the following plans were adopted to further guide development of certain portions of the Riverview Area:
* The Uplands Neighbourhood Structure Plan in 2015, which applies to The Uplands Neighborhood;
* the Stillwater Neighbourhood Structure Plan in 2016, which applies to the Stillwater Neighbourhood;
* the Riverview Neighbourhood #3 Neighbourhood Structure Plan in 2015,"Riverview Neighbourhood #3 Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)"
(PDF). City of Edmonton. September 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2023. which applies to the River's Edge Neighbourhood
Surrounding areas
References
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
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