Beacon Heights is a residential neighbourhood in
Edmonton
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,
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,
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that was part of the
Town of Beverly before Beverly
amalgamated with Edmonton in 1961.
The earliest development in the neighbourhood occurred around
1910
Events
January
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* January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...
, several years before Beverly was incorporated as a town. According to the City of Edmonton's neighbourhood profile for Beacon Heights, one in ten of the residences in the neighbourhood were built by the end of
World War II
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, with half the dwellings being built before Beverly's amalgamation.
Three out of four residences are
single-family dwellings, with most of the remainder being split almost equally between
apartment
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s in low rise buildings of under five stories and
duplexes. Roughly 85% of the single-family dwellings are owner occupied, as are one in four of the duplexes. The remainder are
rented.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by
118 Avenue, on the west by 50 Street, on the north by 122 Avenue, and on the east by 34 Street.
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.
The community is represented by the Beacon Heights
Community League
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, established in 1965, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 43 Street and 120 Avenue.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Beacon Heights had a population of living in dwellings,
a 1.3% change from its 2009 population of .
With a land area of ,
it had a population density of people/km
2 in 2012.
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Mining
The Town of Beverly was a coal mining town with over twenty mines operating in the area during the town's history. The Beverly Coal Mine was active in the area of Beacon Heights.
See also
* Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
References
Further reading
* Herzon, Lawrence, "Built on Coal. A History of Beverly, Edmonton's Working Class Town", Beverly Community Development Society, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta
Surrounding neighbourhoods
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Neighbourhoods in Edmonton