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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 , 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, 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 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!

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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. Folk Edmonton annual the for stage the provides Strathearn

descent (-born), who owned land east of Mill Creek. Creek. Mill of east land owned who (Canadian-born), descent

Cloverdale, Cloverdale,

old 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 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

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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 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 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 (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 Centre 93 Avenue Studio Mill Creek Ravine Park Heritage Restaurant Bonnie Doon 93 Avenue Community Building League Bakery 93 Avenue Scenic Viewpoint 95 Street 92 Avenue Bank Late Night Store School

Bike Shop Library Bonnie Doon Shopping Area

99 Street 90 Avenue 90 Avenue BMX Park Park 90 Avenue Skating Rink École Maurice Lavallée 89 Avenue Vimy Ridge Pharmacy Academy BluPhone 92 Street 90 Street Bonnie Doon Sports Fields Leisure Centre Picnic Site 88 Avenue 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 Café Playground Saint-Jean 85 Avenue Tennis Court Mill Creek Bonnie Doon Ravine Park Shopping Centre Community Point of Interest

Garden Theatre 84 Avenue Mill Creek Post Office Pool

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/ Whyte (82nd) Avenue A Fire/Ambulance Statue A

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

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