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Horse Hill, Edmonton
Horse Hill is a residential area in the northeast portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was formally established on May 22, 2013 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Horse Hill Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area. The area is estimated to have a population of 71,467 at full build-out of five neighbourhoods. The community is represented by the Horse Hill Community League, established in 1972. Geography Located in northeast Edmonton, Horse Hill is bounded by Manning Drive ( Highway 15) to the northwest, Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the southwest, the North Saskatchewan River valley to the south and east, and 33 Street NE to the northeast. The Edmonton Energy and Technology Park, part of Alberta's Industrial Heartland, is located beyond Manning Drive to the northwest, while the Pilot Sound and Clareview areas are located beyond Anthony Henday Drive to the southeast. Edmonton's Clover Bar area is located ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities ( Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) hus Edmonton is said to be a combination of two cities, two towns and two villages./ref> in addition to a seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta's Industrial Heartland
Alberta's Industrial Heartland (also known as Upgrader Alley or the Heartland) is the largest industrial area in Western Canada and a joint land-use planning and development initiative between five municipalities in the Edmonton Capital Region to attract investment in the chemical, petrochemical, oil, and gas industries to the region. It is "home to more than 40 petrochemical companies" and is one of Canada's largest petrochemical processing regions." By July 2015 there was $13 billion invested in new industrial projects providing employment for 25,000 in the Alberta's Industrial Heartland. Geography Alberta's Industrial Heartland (AIH) comprises of land split between the City of Fort Saskatchewan, Lamont County, Strathcona County, and Sturgeon County, as well as the Edmonton Energy and Technology Park in northeast Edmonton. At a total size of , AIH is the largest geographic area in Canada dedicated to hydrocarbon processing. The largest completed project to date is the Scotfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis, Edmonton
Marquis is a future neighbourhood in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Subdivision and development of the neighbourhood will be guided by the Marquis Neighbourhood Structure Plan (NSP), which was adopted by Edmonton City Council on April 28, 2015. It is located within the Horse Hill area of Edmonton and was originally considered Horse Hill Neighbourhood 2 within the Horse Hill Area Structure Plan (ASP). Horse Hill is bounded on the northwest by Manning Drive, north by the future Horse Hill Neighbourhood 4, east and southeast by the North Saskatchewan River valley, south by the future Horse Hill Neighbourhood 2 and the current Evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, which ... neighbourhood, and west by the future Horse Hill Neighbourhood 3. Surrounding neighbourho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evergreen, Edmonton
Evergreen, or Evergreen Community, is a neighbourhood in the rural northeast portion of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A manufactured home community, it is located at the northwest corner of 167 Avenue NW and Meridian Street. Evergreen had a population of 1,450 according to Edmonton's 2012 municipal census. The community is represented by the Edmonton Evergreen Community Association, established in 1982, which runs a community hall located at Evergreen Drive and Cedar Avenue. Demographics In the City of Edmonton's 2016 municipal census, Evergreen had a population of living in dwellings, a -2.4% change from its 2014 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km2 in 2016. Black Friday On July 31, 1987, fifteen people in Evergreen were killed and almost 200 homes were destroyed or damaged beyond repair when the Edmonton Tornado swept through the community at the north end of its path of death and destruction. Surrounding neighbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton Tornado
The Edmonton tornado of 1987, an event also known as Black Friday to Edmontonians, was a powerful and devastating tornado that ripped through the eastern parts of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and parts of neighbouring Strathcona County on the afternoon of Friday, July 31, 1987. It was one of seven other tornadoes in central Alberta the same day. The tornado peaked at F4 on the Fujita scale and remained on the ground for an hour, cutting a swath of destruction in length and up to wide in some places. It killed 27 people, and injured more than 300, destroyed more than 300 homes, and caused more than C$332.27 million (equivalent to $ million in ) in property damage at four major disaster sites. The loss of life, injuries and destruction of property made it the worst natural disaster in Alberta's recent history and one of the worst in Canada's history. Weather forecasts issued during the morning and early afternoon of July 31, 1987 for Edmonton revealed a recognitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Edmonton
Fort Edmonton (also named Edmonton House) was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1795 to 1914, all of which were located on the north banks of the North Saskatchewan River in what is now central Alberta, Canada. It was one of the last points on the Carlton Trail, the main overland route for Metis freighters between the Red River Colony and the points west and was an important stop on the York Factory Express route between London, via Hudson Bay, and Fort Vancouver in the Columbia District. It also was a connection to the Great Northland, as it was situated relatively close to the Athabasca River whose waters flow into the Mackenzie River and the Arctic Ocean. Located on the farthest north of the major rivers flowing to the Hudson Bay and the HBC's shipping posts there, Edmonton was for a time the southernmost of the HBC's forts. From 1795 to 1830 it was located in four successive locations. Prior to 1821 each location was paired with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturgeon County
Sturgeon County is a municipal district the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is north of Edmonton and west of the North Saskatchewan River. Sturgeon County is located in Division No. 11 and was named for the Sturgeon River. History In 1876, the Crown gained title to the land that would later become Sturgeon County in Treaty 6 with First Nations. The area was first settled in 1879. The first settlers were several francophone families. The ''Municipal District (MD) of Sturgeon River No. 90'' was originally incorporated on January 1, 1955 and became the ''County of Sturgeon No. 15'' on January 1, 1961. It reverted back to the MD of Sturgeon No. 90 on July 12, 1965. Its name was changed to Sturgeon County on April 23, 1997. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Sturgeon County. ;Cities * St. Albert ; Towns * Bon Accord * Gibbons *Legal * Morinville * Redwater ;Villages A village is a clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Saskatchewan
Fort Saskatchewan is a city along the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Edmonton, the provincial capital. It is part of the Edmonton census metropolitan area and one of 24 municipalities that constitute the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board. Its population in the 2021 federal census was 27,088. The city was founded as a North-West Mounted Police fort and later home to a large provincial gaol. The original fort was located across the river from the hamlet of Lamoureux, and Fort Saskatchewan opened a replica of the fort next to its original site in 2011. Fort Saskatchewan is bordered by Strathcona County to the south and east, Sturgeon County to the north and west, and the City of Edmonton to the southwest. Sturgeon County is across the North Saskatchewan River. The city is best known for its proximity to petrochemical facilities, including Dow Chemical, Sherritt International, Nutrien (formerly Agrium), and Shell Canada. It is also kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathcona County
Strathcona County is a specialized municipality in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region within Alberta, Canada between Edmonton and Elk Island National Park. It forms part of Census Division No. 11. Strathcona County is both urban and rural in nature. Approximately of its population lives in Sherwood Park, which is an urban service area east of Edmonton remains an unincorporated hamlet. The balance lives beyond Sherwood Park within a rural service area. History In Treaty 6, the First Nations ceded their title to the land that would become Strathcona County. Local governance began in 1893 when the North-West Territorial Legislature established an area east of Edmonton as ''Statute Labour District No. 2''. It then grew in size over the following decade and was renamed ''Local Improvement District (LID) No. 517'' in 1913. In 1918, ''LID No. 517'' became a municipal district under the name of the ''Municipal District (MD) of Clover Bar No. 517''. At the same ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clareview, Edmonton
Clareview is a residential area in the northeast portion of the city of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1972 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Clareview Outline Plan, which guides the overall development of the area. Clareview station is the northern terminus of the Edmonton Light Rail Transit. Geography Located in northeast Edmonton, the Clareview area is generally bounded by a Canadian National rail line to the northwest, 130 Avenue and the Kennedale Ravine to the south, the North Saskatchewan River valley and 18 Street to the east, and a power line right-of-way to the north. The area is bisected by 50 Street, of which forms part of Highway 15, as well as Victoria Trail, 137 Avenue and 153 Avenue. The Casselman-Steele Heights area is located across the rail line to the northwest, while the Hermitage area is beyond the ravine to the south and the Clover Bar area is beyond the river valley to the east. The Pilot Sound area overlaps with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilot Sound, Edmonton
Pilot Sound is a residential area in the northeast portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1981 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Pilot Sound Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area. Geography Located in northeast Edmonton, the Pilot Sound area is bounded by 66 Street to the west, 153 Avenue to the south, and Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the east and north. The area is bisected by 50 Street, Manning Drive ( Highway 15) and a Canadian National rail line. The Lake District (Edmonton North) area is located beyond 66 Street to the west, while the Casselman-Steele Heights area is beyond 153 Avenue to the south and the Edmonton Energy and Technology Park, which forms part of Alberta's Industrial Heartland, is beyond Anthony Henday Drive to the north. The Clareview area overlaps with a portion of Pilot Sound to the east of a between 153 Avenue and a power line right-of-way. Neighbourhoods The Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 eventually into the Hudson Bay. The Saskatchewan River system is the largest shared between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Its watershed includes most of southern and central Alberta and Saskatchewan. Course The North Saskatchewan River has a length of , and a drainage area of . At its end point at Saskatchewan River Forks it has a mean discharge of . The yearly discharge at the Alberta–Saskatchewan border is more than . The river begins above 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 (Highway 11), it initially turns northeast for before switching to a more direct eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
