WALK EDMONTON Walk Edmonton The Benefits of Walking Local Contacts Walk Edmonton is an initiative that develops and shares Walking… a healthy journey! Boyle Street Community Chinatown and Area COMMUNITY WALKING MAP maps and resources to facilitate and promote walking Ranked the number one activity of choice among Canadians, League Business Association for both recreation and as active transportation. Visit our walking is a prescription for improved health and wellness. 9538 103A Avenue 301, 9664 - 106 Avenue website for links to other walking resources and maps. 780-426-9265 780-423-2628 • Releases the body’s tension and stress. Boylestreetcl.com [email protected] edmonton.ca/walkedmonton Boyle Street • Refreshes the mind and body, especially when walking McCauley Community Viva Italia District 780-944-5339 outdoors. League Association • Allows you to connect with your community. 10826 – 95 Street NW vivaitaliaedmonton.com Including the 780-428-5332 780-428-0754 or Offers an excellent way to socialize with family and/or Other Walking Resources • Mccauleycl.com 780-424-4869 Neighbourhoods of friends. Alberta Centre for Active Living Riverdale Community Increases “eyes on the street”, enhancing community safety. City of Edmonton – McCauley & Riverdale centre4activeliving.ca • League 780-427-6949 McCauley Revitalization 9231 – 100 Avenue edmonton.ca/McCauley Canada Walks Riverdalians.net 780-496-6887 canadawalks.ca Boyle McCauley News Weather UWalk Bmcnews.org 780-468-4940 UWALK.ca Edmonton Public Library City Information – Stanley A Milner Branch Call 311 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square Shape (Under re-construction Emergency Contacts (Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere) 2017 – 2020) Police/Ambulance/Fire shapeab.com 780-496-7000 911 Epl.ca Get involved with Walk to School Week and Walking School – Sprucewood Branch Police Complaint Line Bus Programs 780-423-4567 11555 - 95 Street [email protected] 780-496-7099 Walking Resources 780-406-8530 Commonwealth Alberta Centre for Active Community Recreation Living Centre centre4activeliving.ca 1100 Stadium Road 780-427-6949 HOPE Mural 311 Canada Walks canadawalks.ca Walking with your Dog About Community Walking Maps Edmonton has over 40 locations where you can enjoy your walk while your dog is off-leash. Please remember that all This Community Walking Map is part of a series of walking guides. Each map is created as a joint project of Walk sites where dogs are permitted to be off-leash are multi-use Edmonton and local Community groups to promote areas used by all. Your dog must be leashed when not in a walkable communities. Contact us to find out if your designated off-leash area. The dog icons show on this map are community has an edition of this map series or to find out placed in the approximate location of each off-leash area, but more about creating a map. do not show the precise boundaries. For more information, [email protected] including details on off-leash boundaries, check the Parks for 780-944-5339 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 2018
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centres on the Armature, a pedestrian-friendly green street. street. green pedestrian-friendly a Armature, the on centres
Divided into four sub-districts or “quarters”, its urban design design urban its “quarters”, or sub-districts four into Divided
a decade ago, the area has seen significant transformation. transformation. significant seen has area the ago, decade a
Since this award-winning revitalization initiative launched launched initiative revitalization award-winning this Since Downtown, an ambitious, 40-hectare urban renewal project. project. renewal urban 40-hectare ambitious, an Downtown,
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year brings new signs of change. It is home to The Quarters Quarters The to home is It change. of signs new brings year
and celebration. and each where transition, in neighbourhood a is Street Boyle
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this district a year-round destination for recreation, relaxation relaxation recreation, for destination year-round a district this
Old encompasses a large part of Edmonton’s original Chinatown. Chinatown. original Edmonton’s of part large a encompasses
Edmonton’s downtown core and river valley green belt makes makes belt green valley river and core downtown Edmonton’s
The community is deeply rooted in cultural diversity and and diversity cultural in rooted deeply is community The
and other public gatherings. Its strategic location between between location strategic Its gatherings. public other and
n Downtow migrants and immigrants starting a new life in Edmonton. Edmonton. in life new a starting immigrants and migrants
stone’s throw away from numerous festivals, sporting events events sporting festivals, numerous from away throw stone’s
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neighbourhood, Boyle Street has welcomed generations of of generations welcomed has Street Boyle neighbourhood,
Ravine and Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, Boyle Street is a a is Street Boyle Park, Riverfront McKinney Louise and Ravine
story of diversity and resilience. Historically a working class class working a Historically resilience. and diversity of story
bustle of downtown life. Connected to Dawson Park, Kinnaird Kinnaird Park, Dawson to Connected life. downtown of bustle
that dot the neighbourhood’s streetscapes tell an architectural architectural an tell streetscapes neighbourhood’s the dot that
community also offers residents and visitors a retreat from the the from retreat a visitors and residents offers also community
Signs of the past are everywhere and the heritage buildings buildings heritage the and everywhere are past the of Signs
on the path to becoming a high-density urban hub, the the hub, urban high-density a becoming to path the on
river lots, overlayed with Edmonton’s modern grid road system. system. road grid modern Edmonton’s with overlayed lots, river
While recent real estate investment has set Boyle Street Street Boyle set has investment estate real recent While
is a web of narrow streets that trace the boundaries of historic historic of boundaries the trace that streets narrow of web a is
features contemporary public art and streetscaping. streetscaping. and art public contemporary features network pedestrian Its downtown. original city’s the of site the
This promenade is part of Edmonton’s bike lane network and and network lane bike Edmonton’s of part is promenade This and neighbourhoods oldest Edmonton’s of one is Street Boyle The Community of Boyle Street Boyle of Community The Commercial Alleys 112 Avenue 112 Avenue Stutchbury Park Parkland Roadway Santa Maria Norwood Goretti Centre School 112 Avenue S Residential Area Shared Use Pathway Norwood Boulevard Commonwealth Jane Salisbury Stairs Trails Stadium 111 Avenue Park Crosswalk with Signal Sidewalk 110 Avenue Sheriff Robertson Park Bus Stop LRT
Commonweatlh Funicular Church Street Valley Line LRT 110A Avenue Community Recreation 111 Avenue Centre Sample walking routes under Construction Kinnaird Park • Swimming Pool 800 m Cappuccino Walk Church Street • Fitness Centre 110 Avenue Heritage Area • Walking Track 800 m Tea Walk N 92 Street CROMDALE • Field House 81 Street 110 Avenue 93 Street McCauley • Gymnasium 1.37 km Olivia’s Walk Boys and Girls Club 2 km Church Street 95 Street Giovanni Caboto Jasper Avenue W E Stadium Road Park Joe Clark 2.8km Flood Route
109A Avenue Athletic Grounds
84 Street Street 84 84 94 Street 3.6km Point of View Church Street 85 Street S Rundle Park Rundle Scale 109 Avenue 5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 McCAULEY LITTLE ITALY
108A Avenue Kilometres 3 Gate to 97 Street Little Italy 106A Avenue 0.75 Kilometres = About 10 minutes walking About 1,000 steps walking
108 Avenue 87 Street About 3 minutes cycling
98 Street
99 Street 107A Avenue BOYLE STREET McCauley School Dawson Park Legend Church Street 107 Avenue 106 Avenue Riverside Golf Course
North Art Gallery/Studio Off-Leash Area
90 Street 90 90 Street 90 Saskatchewan The Works — Teressa of Calcutta Paskin House Elementary School River 106A Avenue Bakery Pharmacy 105A Avenue CHINA TOWN Bank Picnic Site 107 Avenue 106 Avenue
BOYLE STREET Latta Bridge 101 Street Bookstore Place of Worship 92 Street
100 Street
96 Street
93 Street Childcare Centre Playground 105 Avenue
105A Avenue Dawson Coffee Shop/Cafe Police Bridge
Boyle Street McNally Community Garden Post Box/Post Community League High School 105 Avenue Mary Burlie Park 104 Avenue The Armature Boyle Street Community League Plaza 4 Pub
ETS Bus Transit Public Art/Monument/ Royal Alberta Museum Statue 103A Avenue Fire-Ambulance 87 Street Public Washroom 104 Avenue 103 Avenue 102 Avenue 88 Street Grocery Store 4 Kinistinaw Jasper Avenue E C 89 Street Rowland Road Recycling Centre Park 90 Street Health Centre/ City Hall 94 Street Forest Heights Park Medical 102A Avenue Restaurant Art Gallery of Alberta I-Human Heritage Home School
101A Avenue Sir Winston 102 Avenue 95 Street Heritage Tree Churchill Square Scenic Viewpoint
Francis Winspear 87 Street Centre 2 101 Avenue Hotel 93 Street Shopping Area 92 Street
97 Street 94 Street Riverdale 101A Avenue School 101 Street Late Night Store Skating Rink Citadel Theatre
100 Street Allan Stein Park 101 Avenue RIVERDALE Library Sports Fields 1 Cameron Avenue
100 Avenue Jasper Avenue LRT Station Spray Deck Canada Place
Shaw Conference Riverdale Park Mural Centre Theatre
Louise McKinney Riverfront Park Under Construction for Museum LRT and Tawatinâ Footbridge Toboggan Hill
Grierson Hill
100 Street 1 2 3 4 5 Funicular Elevator & Stairs to Funicular
McDougall Park Frederick G. 98A Avenue Todd Lookout
Low Level Bridge 98 Avenue
93 Street 92 Street Strathearn Crescent
96A Street 96 Street 95 Street 94 Street
A view of the North Saskatchewan River from Ernest Brown Block Cyclists pedal through Boyle Street’s Quarters Boyle Street Community Plaza is a community Young artists from iHuman Youth Society have Boyle Street. The Brighton Block consists of a three-storey district during a province-wide race. The area hub in the heart of the Boyle Street brightened up the neighbourhood with mural Edmonton’s River Valley is the largest urban Edwardian-era brick mixed-use building. This has become a hotspot for festivals and major neighbourhood. (Photo Credit: Joelle Reiniger) and graffiti art. (Photo Credit: Barb Long) park in Canada, with more than 160 kilometres building contained the studio and workshop of events. (Photo Credit: Barb Long) WAWLAKL EDMOK EDMONTNOTNON of maintained pathways. one of Edmonton’s most notable photographers, (Photo Credit: Barb Long) Ernest Brown. (Photo Credit: Barb Long)