Bonnie Doon, Cloverdale and Strathearn Walking
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WALK EDMONTON Walk Edmonton The Benefits of Walking Local Contacts Mill Creek Outdoor Pool 9555 – 84 Avenue Walk Edmonton is an initiative bringing Edmontonians Walking… a healthy journey! Bonnie Doon Community 311 or 780-442-5261 COMMUNITY WALKING MAP together to build a more walkable community by providing Ranked the number one activity of choice among Canadians, League edmonton.ca 9240 – 93 Street grass roots resources and building civic support. Check out walking is a prescription for improved health and wellness. Ottewell Community Police our website for links to other walking resources, maps, Edmonton, Alberta T6C 3T6 Walk briskly for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, and 780-466-0202 Station walking groups and places to walk in Edmonton. minimize your risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, Type 2 bonniedoon.ca 9807 – 71 Street Bonnie Doon, diabetes and some types of cancer. Additional benefits include Edmonton, Alberta T6A 2TB edmonton.ca/walkedmonton Cloverdale Community weight management, blood pressure control and boosting 780-496-8516 780-944-5339 League good cholesterol (HDLs). Weather 9411 – 97 Avenue Cloverdale and 780-468-4940 Other Walking Resources Other benefits of walking: Edmonton, Alberta 780-465-0306 City Information Releases the body’s tension and stress. Alberta Centre for Active Living • cloverdalecommunity.com Call 311 Refreshes the mind and body, especially when walking Strathearn centre4activeliving.ca • Strathearn Community outdoors. 780-427-6949 League Emergency Contacts • Allows you to connect with your community. 8777 – 96 Avenue Canada Walks • Offers an excellent way to socialize with family and/or Edmonton, Alberta Police/Ambulance/Fire canadawalks.ca strathearncommunityleague.org friends. 911 UWALK • Increases “eyes on the street”, enhancing community safety. Idylwylde Branch Police Complaint Line UWALK.ca Edmonton Public Libary 780-423-4567 8310 – 88 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T6C 1L1 Shape 780-496-1808 Walking Resources (Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere) Bonnie Doon Leisure Alberta Centre for Active shapeab.com Centre Living 8648 – 81 Street centre4activeliving.ca Get involved with Walk to School Week and Walking School Edmonton, Alberta 780-427-6949 Bus Programs 311 edmonton.ca Canada Walks [email protected] canadawalks.ca 780-406-8530 The Flying Canoe Adventure/ L’aventure du canoë volant About 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 areas used by all. Your dog must be leashed when not in a has an edition of this map series or to find out more about designated off-leash area. The dog icons show on this map are creating a map. placed in the approximate location of each off-leash area, but [email protected] 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) Funding for this project provided There are 1,440 minutes in a day, by Great Neighbourhoods Cert no. SW-COC-2083 schedule 30 of them for walking! Printed 2014 Strathearn Art Walk Art Strathearn splash park. splash Enjoy walking our beautiful neighbourhoods! beautiful our walking Enjoy or play with your children at the community playground and and playground community the at children your with play or historic neighbourhood for both residents and visitors alike. visitors and residents both for neighbourhood historic down one of the many entry points into the Millcreek ravine, ravine, Millcreek the into points entry many the of one down river valley trail system have become a major attraction of this this of attraction major a become have system trail valley river explore Edmonton’s francophone university campus, wander wander campus, university francophone Edmonton’s explore Cert no. XXX-XXX-000 Charming homes, park spaces and access to Edmonton’s great great Edmonton’s to access and spaces park homes, Charming A stroll through Bonnie Doon provides opportunities to to opportunities provides Doon Bonnie through stroll A provides the stage for the annual Edmonton Folk Festival. Festival. Folk Edmonton annual the for stage the provides Strathearn descent (Canadian-born), who owned land east of Mill Creek. Creek. Mill of east land owned who (Canadian-born), descent Cloverdale, Cloverdale, old Edmonton Ski Club are located here and Gallagher Park Park Gallagher and here located are Club Ski Edmonton old Neighbourhoods named in honour of Premier Alexander Cameron’s Scottish Scottish Cameron’s Alexander Premier of honour in named Bonnie Doon, Doon, Bonnie the Park”. The iconic Muttart Conservatory and the century century the and Conservatory Muttart iconic The Park”. the provided by Great Great by provided Scottish for “pleasant rolling countryside”, Bonnie Doon was was Doon Bonnie countryside”, rolling “pleasant for Scottish North of Strathearn sits Cloverdale, Edmonton’s “Village in in “Village Edmonton’s Cloverdale, sits Strathearn of North Funding for this project project this for Funding and early 1950s. 1950s. early and recreation. and Bonnie Doon remained undeveloped until the late 1940s 1940s late the until undeveloped remained Doon Bonnie and Silver Heights playground and splash park for some family family some for park splash and playground Heights Silver stores, a school and churches; however most of Strathearn Strathearn of most however churches; and school a stores, the local shops off 95 off shops local the avenue or grab a coffee and head to to head and coffee a grab or avenue th amalgamated. By 1915 Cloverdale was abuzz with homes, homes, with abuzz was Cloverdale 1915 By amalgamated. points along Strathearn Drive and Strathearn Crescent. Enjoy Enjoy Crescent. Strathearn and Drive Strathearn along points part of the City of Edmonton in 1912 when these two cities cities two these when 1912 in Edmonton of City the of part and provides commanding views of the valley from vantage vantage from valley the of views commanding provides and annexed by the Town of Strathcona in 1907 and then became became then and 1907 in Strathcona of Town the by annexed Strathearn offers easy access to the river valley park system system park valley river the to access easy offers Strathearn These historically rich neighbourhoods were originally originally were neighbourhoods rich historically These of WW1. Perched atop the North Saskatchewan River Valley, Valley, River Saskatchewan North the atop Perched WW1. of Strathearn and the Canadian Viceroy during the first years years first the during Viceroy Canadian the and Strathearn neighbourhoods in Edmonton! in neighbourhoods reference to Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught and and Connaught of Duke the Arthur, Prince to reference Doon, Strathearn and Cloverdale; three of the most walkable walkable most the of three Cloverdale; and Strathearn Doon, Gaelic for “Valley of the river Earn” the name is likely a a likely is name the Earn” river the of “Valley for Gaelic amenities intermingled with residential space define Bonnie Bonnie define space residential with intermingled amenities Bordering Bonnie Doon to the north is Strathearn. Scottish Scottish Strathearn. is north the to Doon Bonnie Bordering Stunning views, a superb network of trails and a mix of local local of mix a and trails of network superb a views, Stunning Riverdale Community League Louise McKinney Park 100 Avenue St. Kevin Jr. High School North Saskatchewan River 82 Street Henrietta Muir High Level Edwards Park 98 Avenue Newman Theological Bridge College Camel Humps Strathearn Crescent Cloverdale Bennett Centre 94 Street 96 Street 98 Avenue 97 Avenue Cloverdale Community League Muttart Conservatory Strathearn Drive Gallagher Strathearn Park Edmonton Mill Creek Ravine (Photo Credit: Donnasrivervalley.com) Ski Club Cloverdale Road Strathearn Community League BONNIE DOON, CLOVERDALE Holyrood Holyrood 95 Avenue AND STRATHEARN 95 Avenue Community League Legend Scona Road 96 Street École Gabrielle Seniors Roy Centre Grocery Store Public Washroom 87 Street Accessible Route 85 Street Connors Road 83 Street Art Gallery/ Health Centre Recycling Centre 93 Avenue Studio Mill Creek Ravine Park Heritage Restaurant Bonnie Doon 93 Avenue Community Building League Bakery 93 Avenue 95 Street Scenic Viewpoint 92 Avenue Late Night Store Bank School Library Bike Shop Bonnie Doon Shopping Area 99 Street 90 Avenue 90 Avenue Park 90 Avenue BMX Park Skating Rink École Maurice Lavallée 89 Avenue Vimy Ridge Pharmacy Academy BluPhone 92 Street 90 Street Bonnie Doon Sports Fields Leisure Centre 88 Avenue Picnic Site Idylwylde Bowling Alley Community League WC Tubby Rutherford Spray Park Bateman Park Elementary Metro Childcare Centre Place of Worship Continuing La Cité A Education Swimming Pool Francophone 86 Avenue 97 Street Campus Idylwylde Playground Saint-Jean Café 85 Avenue Tennis Court Mill Creek Bonnie Doon Ravine Park Shopping Centre Point of Interest Community Garden Theatre 84 Avenue Mill Creek Pool Post Office Due to the many commercial destinations 89 Street Community Toboggan Hill along the border roads (i.e. 99 St., 82 Ave.) League Hall Public Art/ we cannot illustrate all. 93 Street 85 Street 83 Street 81 Street Monument/ Tourist Attraction A Whyte (82nd) Avenue A Fire/Ambulance Statue Sample walking routes Commercial On Street Bike Route 1.5 km Paved Shared Use Pathway 2.2 km Parkland 2.3 km Residential Area Unpaved Shared Use Pathway 2.9 km 3.4 km Bridge Roadway Scale 4.7 km 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.5 Crosswalk with Signal Alleys N Sidewalk A Crosswalk with Audible Signal Kilometres Bus Stop Stairs W E 0.5 Kilometres = About 4.5 minutes walking About 660 Steps S About 2 minutes cycling WALK EDMONTON WALK EDMONTON Muttart Conservatory Edmonton Folk Music Festival.