COMMUNITY WALKING MAP Ranked the Number One Activity of Choice Among Canadians, Walking Is a Prescription for Improved Health and Wellness
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Local Contacts Walk Edmonton Other Walking Resources Sprucewood Branch Edmonton Public Library Viva Italia District Association Walk Edmonton is an initiative bringing Edmontonians 11555 – 95 Street vivaitaliaedmonton.com Alberta Centre for Active Living Edmonton, Alberta T5G 1L5 780-428-0754/780-424-4869 together to build a more walkable community by providing centre4activeliving.ca 780-496-7099 City of Edmonton – McCauley Revitalization grass roots resources and building civic support. Check out 780-427-6949 our website for links to other walking resources, maps, McCauley Stanley A. Milner Branch Edmonton Public Library edmonton.ca/McCauley Canada Walks 780-496-6887 walking groups and places to walk in Edmonton. 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square canadawalks.ca Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2V4 Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre edmonton.ca/walkedmonton 780-496-7000 11000 Stadium Road 780-944-5339 UWALK McCauley Community League 780-442-5311 UWALK.ca 10826 – 95 Street NW Basement Weather Edmonton, Alberta T5H 2E3 780-468-4940 780-428-5332 About the Community Walking Maps Shape City Information mccauleycl.com This Community Walking Map is part of a series of walking Call 311 (Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere) Boyle McCauley News guides. Each map is created as a joint project of Walk shapeab.com bmcnews.org Edmonton and local Community groups to promote Get involved with Walk to School Week and Walking School Chinatown and Area Business Association Emergency Contacts walkable communities. Contact us to find out if your community has an edition of this map series or to find out Bus Programs 301, 9664 – 106 Avenue Police/Ambulance/Fire Edmonton, Alberta T5H 0N4 more about creating a map. 911 [email protected] 780-423-2628 [email protected] 780-406-8530 [email protected] Police Complaint Line Cert no. SW-COC-2083 780-944-5339 780-423-4567 Printed 2015 schedule 30 of them for walking! for them of 30 schedule day, a in minutes 1,440 are There off-leash) the Parks for Paws Brochure or go to edmonton.ca (keyword (keyword edmonton.ca to go or Paws Brochure for Parks the information, including details on off-leash boundaries, check check boundaries, off-leash on details including information, Enjoy your stay! your Enjoy neighbourhood! the to Welcome area, but do not show the precise boundaries. For more more For boundaries. precise the show not do but area, contribute to the neighbourhood. to contribute map are placed in the approximate location of each off-leash off-leash each of location approximate the in placed are map businesses, and are cared for in our neighbourhood.” in for cared are and businesses, in 2008 to acknowledge the various ethnicities and cultures that that cultures and ethnicities various the acknowledge to 2008 in in a designated off-leash area. The dog icons shown on this this on shown icons dog The area. off-leash designated a in walk our sidewalks, reside in our homes, work and shop in our our in shop and work homes, our in reside sidewalks, our walk Chinatown meets with 107th Avenue, named Avenue of Nations Nations of Avenue named Avenue, 107th with meets Chinatown use areas used by all. Your dog must be leashed when not not when leashed be must dog Your all. by used areas use ideals of community connectedness and vitality for all those who who those all for vitality and connectedness community of ideals unique produces, merchandise and traditional Chinese Medicine. Medicine. Chinese traditional and merchandise produces, unique vibrant, safe, colourful ,and diverse neighbourhood. We embrace embrace We neighbourhood. diverse ,and colourful safe, vibrant, sites where dogs are permitted to be off-leash are multi- are off-leash be to permitted are dogs where sites will find an abundance of Asian restaurants and shops that sell sell that shops and restaurants Asian of abundance an find will McCauley residents say they “...are proud of McCauley as a a as McCauley of proud “...are they say residents McCauley walk while your dog is off-leash. Please remember that all all that remember Please off-leash. is dog your while walk and 102 Avenue. In the Northern stretch of Chinatown, you you Chinatown, of stretch Northern the In Avenue. 102 and Edmonton has over 40 locations where you can enjoy your your enjoy can you where locations 40 over has Edmonton program rooms. program the location of the Southern section that is located on 97 Street Street 97 on located is that section Southern the of location the fitness centre, jogging track, and a number of multi-purpose multi-purpose of number a and track, jogging centre, fitness largest Chinatown in Canada. The striking Harbin Gate marks marks Gate Harbin striking The Canada. in Chinatown largest Walking with your Dog Dog your with Walking steam room and waterslide, a field house with artificial turf, a turf, artificial with house field a waterslide, and room steam Avenue and 107 Avenue, you will find Chinatown North, the third third the North, Chinatown find will you Avenue, 107 and Avenue aquatic centre with a lane pool, leisure and tot pool, whirlpool, whirlpool, pool, tot and leisure pool, lane a with centre aquatic during this period. Traveling down 97 Street between 105 A A 105 between Street 97 down Traveling period. this during The Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre includes an an includes Centre Recreation Community Commonwealth The its presence in McCauley and Little Italy saw similar growth growth similar saw Italy Little and McCauley in presence its Post World War II, the existing Chinatown expanded, increasing increasing expanded, Chinatown existing the II, War World Post hockey game, the Heritage Classic (2003). Classic Heritage the game, hockey Stones, CFL Grey Cup and the 1st regular-season outdoor NHL NHL outdoor regular-season 1st the and Cup Grey CFL Stones, Heart Church of the First Peoples, built in 1913. in built Peoples, First the of Church Heart including the IAAF World Championships (2001), The Rolling Rolling The (2001), Championships World IAAF the including line the street, including the beautiful brick structure of Sacred Sacred of structure brick beautiful the including street, the line opened in 1938. Commonwealth has hosted many major events events major many hosted has Commonwealth 1938. in opened density of churches. There are more than fifteen churches that that churches fifteen than more are There churches. of density stadium is located adjacent to the existing Clarke Stadium which which Stadium Clarke existing the to adjacent located is stadium has been featured in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not because of its high high its of because Not Or It Believe Ripley’s in featured been has Stadium, built to host the 1978 Commonwealth Games. The The Games. Commonwealth 1978 the host to built Stadium, the neighbourhood. 96th street, also known as Church Street, Street, Church as known also street, 96th neighbourhood. the At the East end of McCauley is the site of Commonwealth Commonwealth of site the is McCauley of end East the At a multitude of churches and cathedrals sprung up throughout throughout up sprung cathedrals and churches of multitude a moving into the neighbourhood. With the increase in residents, residents, in increase the With neighbourhood. the into moving June, and the East Meets West event in late August. late in event West Meets East the and June, transportation for the many new immigrants and workers workers and immigrants new many the for transportation Winter Lights Festival in February, the Heart of the City festival in in festival City the of Heart the February, in Festival Lights Winter 97th Street. In 1912, a street car began providing accessible accessible providing began car street a 1912, In Street. 97th designed to celebrate the neighbourhood. These include the the include These neighbourhood. the celebrate to designed The City of Edmonton, incorporated in 1892, grew up around around up grew 1892, in incorporated Edmonton, of City The area hosts numerous festivals and events throughout the year year the throughout events and festivals numerous hosts area the Italian Centre Shop in 1959. Caboto Park and its surrounding surrounding its and Park Caboto 1959. in Shop Centre Italian the residences, businesses and cultures. and businesses residences, HOPE Mural HOPE play area. In the park sits a statue of Frank Spinelli, who opened opened who Spinelli, Frank of statue a sits park the In area. play the downtown core. It is a community known for its diversity of of diversity its for known community a is It core. downtown the now features a recently installed splash park and modernized modernized and park splash installed recently a features now neighbourhood is in the heart of Edmonton and sits just east of of east just sits and Edmonton of heart the in is neighbourhood • Increases “eyes on the street”, enhancing community safety. community enhancing street”, the on “eyes Increases green space for the neighbourhood. Built in 1913, Caboto Park Park Caboto 1913, in Built neighbourhood. the for space green who later became Edmonton’s first mayor. The McCauley McCauley The mayor. first Edmonton’s became later who friends. Street. The park provides recreational opportunities and a public public a and opportunities recreational provides park The Street. name from Matthew McCauley, a well known businessman businessman known well a McCauley, Matthew from name • Offers an excellent way to socialize with family and/or and/or family with socialize to way excellent an Offers Giovanni Caboto Park is located in the heart of Little Italy on 95th 95th on Italy Little of heart the in located is Park Caboto Giovanni The McCauley community was founded in 1935 and takes its its takes and 1935 in founded was community McCauley The • Little Italy Little Chinatown Allows you to connect with your community.