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Walk Edmonton The Benefits of Walking Local Contacts Weather 780-468-4940 Walk Edmonton is an initiative bringing Edmontonians Strathcona Centre Walking… a healthy journey! City Information COMMUNITY WALKING MAP together to build a more walkable community by providing Community League Ranked the number one activity of choice among Canadians, Call 311 grass roots resources and building civic support. Check out walking is a prescription for improved health and wellness. 10139 – 87 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T6E 2P3 our website for links to other walking resources, maps, Walk briskly for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, and walking groups and places to walk in Edmonton. minimize your risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, Type 2 780-439-1501 Emergency Strathcona [email protected] diabetes and some types of cancer. Additional benefits include edmonton.ca/walkedmonton strathconacommunity.ca Contacts 780-944-5339 weight management, blood pressure control and boosting good cholesterol (HDLs). Old Strathcona Foundation Police/Ambulance/Fire 780-433-5866 911 Other Walking Resources Other benefits of walking: [email protected] Police Complaint Line Releases the body’s tension and stress. Alberta Centre for Active Living • oldstrathconafoundation.ca 780-423-4567 centre4activeliving.ca • Refreshes the mind and body, especially when walking outdoors. Old Strathcona Business 780-427-6949 Association • Allows you to connect with your community. Canada Walks 780-437-4182 Offers an excellent way to socialize with family and/or canadawalks.ca • [email protected] friends. oldstrathcona.ca UWALK • Increases “eyes on the street”, enhancing community safety. UWALK.ca Strathcona Public Library 8331 – 104 Street epl.ca Shape Fringe Theatre Festival (Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere) fringetheatre.ca shapeab.com EPS Strathcona Community Get involved with Walk to School Week and Walking School Police Station Bus Programs 7903 – 104 Street, Edmonton, AB T6E 6N8 [email protected] 780-496-8565 780-406-8530 Kinsmen Park
Trail Overlooking North Saskatchewan River About the Community Walking Maps Walking with your Dog This Community Walking Map is part of a series of walking Edmonton has over 40 locations where you can enjoy your guides. Each map is created as a joint project of Walk walk while your dog is off-leash. Please remember that all Edmonton and local Community groups to promote walkable sites where dogs are permitted to be off-leash are multi-use communities. Contact us to find out if your community has an edition of this map series or to find out more about areas used by all. Your dog must be leashed when not in a creating a map. designated off-leash area. The dog icons shown on this map are placed in the approximate location of each off-leash area, [email protected] but do not show the precise boundaries. For more information, 780-944-5339 including details on off-leash boundaries, check the Parks for Paws Brochure or go to edmonton.ca (keyword off-leash)
There are 1,440 minutes in a day, Cert no. SW-COC-2083
schedule 30 of them for walking! Printed 2015
Cert no. XXX-XXX-000 and Strathcona resident Strathcona and
writer staff Journal Edmonton
Babiak Todd
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friendly Old Strathconians push strollers, carry groceries and simply stroll through the neighbourhood. through stroll simply and groceries carry strollers, push Strathconians Old friendly
forests and trails. On sunny days — and Edmonton is often sunny, despite the temperature — crowds of of crowds — temperature the despite sunny, often is Edmonton and — days sunny On trails. and forests
in the summer and snowy in the winter, and the neighbourhood is bordered on the east and the north by by north the and east the on bordered is neighbourhood the and winter, the in snowy and summer the in
within easy walking distance from just about anywhere. Many of the streets are lined with old trees, leafy leafy trees, old with lined are streets the of Many anywhere. about just from distance walking easy within
to the Mill Creek ravine. Restaurants and bakeries and cafés, supermarkets, boutiques and nightclubs are are nightclubs and boutiques supermarkets, cafés, and bakeries and Restaurants ravine. Creek Mill the to
Strathcona is the city’s most walkable neighbourhood, from the outer reaches of the University of Alberta Alberta of University the of reaches outer the from neighbourhood, walkable most city’s the is Strathcona
Promoting a Safe and Active Neighbourhood Active and Safe a Promoting
League Community Centre Strathcona Muttart Conservatory
96 Avenue
STRATHCONA 97 Avenue Gallagher Park/
97 Avenue Ski Hill 99 Street 99 Strathcona Street 99 Edmonton Ski Irene Parlby Park Legend Club Donald Ross ROSSDALE Connors Road Accessible Route School
Alberta Legislature Scona Road 96 Avenue
A Crosswalk with Audible
101 Street Street 101 101 Street 100
100 Street 100 95 Avenue
105 Street Street 105 105 100A Street 100A Signal Street 100A Rossdale Old Timer’s Cabin Community
Crosswalk with Signal Telus Field League Hall
96A Street Street 96A 96A
95 Avenue 95 Avenue 96 Street 96 Bakery Street 96 High Level Bridge BONNIE
DOON 98A Street 98A Bike Shop Street 98A
Book Store Epcor Power and Water Treatment Facility Nellie McClung
Walterdale Park 98 Street 98 Bus Stop Bridge Street 98
Bridge Replacement Project until 93 Avenue Coffee Shop 2017 — area in transformation John Walter
Kinsmen Park Museum
95 Street Street 95 95 Community Centre 92 Avenue Laurence Decore Queen Elizabeth Lookout Fire-Ambulance Outdoor Pool
A 91 Avenue Kinsmen Sports 91 Avenue Library Centre Dantzer’s Hill SKUNK HOLLOW Fred Morie Park Picnic Site 90 Avenue
Kinsmen Pitch and Putt Golf Walter Polley Place of Worship Course/Ski Trails Park 89 Avenue Walterdale Hill Former O’Keefe Brewery Playground Queen Elizabeth Ecole Maurice Lavalle Jr/Sr Park High School Saskatchewan Drive Point of Interest 88 Avenue Saskatchewan Drive WC Tubby End of Bateman Park Public Washroom Steel Park 87 Avenue 87 Avenue Strathcona Community League Hall Big Miller Park E.L. Hill Park Recreation Facility Strathcona Park 86 Avenue 86 Avenue Yardbird Suite/Catalyst U of A Campus Saint-Jean Restaurant GARNEAU Theatre
King Edward Elementary Academy at King
104 Street Street 104 104 C&E Railway Museum School Edward 85 Avenue Edmonton Radial Railway Scenic Viewpoint (Street Car)
Mill Creek Gateway Boulevard Gateway Gateway Boulevard Gateway Ravine Park School Old Strathcona 84 Avenue Performing Arts Centre STRATHCONA
Old Strathcona Mill Creek Pool 99 Street 99 Firefighters TransAlta Arts Street 99 Shopping Area Old Scona Academic High Memorial Barn Farmer’s Market School Dr. Wilbur T. 83 Avenue McIntyre Park
Walterdale Varscona
98 Street Street 98 98 Street Street 97 97 Street Street 96 96
108 Street Street 108 108 Street Street 107 107 Street Street 105 105 Street Street 101 101 100 Street 100 Skating Rink Street 100
Playhouse Theatre 102 Street 102 Strathcona Hotel Street 102 Sports Field 82 (Whyte) Avenue
Old Strathcona Princess Theatre Heritage Area Spray Deck RITCHIE The commercial destinations in the heart of the Strathcona area are too 81 Avenue numerous to show on this map. For a current list Strathcona
Canadian Pacific 95A Street 95A
Toboggan Hill of businesses go to: www.oldstrathcona.ca Railway Station Street 95A
Gateway Boulevard Boulevard Gateway Gateway
BikeWorks South
Commercial Sidewalk Sample walking routes N Parkland Stairs 1.7 km Residential Area Streetcar 2.5 km W E Tracks 2.75 km Theatre District S Roadway 4.0 km Alleys
On Street Bike Route
Unpaved Shared Use Paths Scale 0.00 0.15 0.30 0.45 0.60 0.75 Paved Shared Use Paths Old Strathcona Mural Pedestrian Bridge Kilometres
0.75 Kilometres = About 10 minutes walking About 1,000 steps walking About 3 minutes cycling WALKWALK EDMONTON EDMONTON