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 McCauley • Refreshes the mind and body, especially when walking McCauley Community Viva Italia District @WalkEdmonton outdoors. League Association 780-944-5339 • 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 – Boyle Street and Riverdale centre4activeliving.ca League McCauley Revitalization 780-492-4863 9231 – 100 Avenue edmonton.ca/McCauley Riverdalians.net 780-496-6887 Canada Walks Weather canadawalks.ca Boyle McCauley News Bmcnews.org 780-468-4940 Live Active Strategy 2016 – 2026 Edmonton Public Library City Information Quality active recreation and sport opportunities for all – Stanley A Milner Branch Call 311 makes Edmonton a desirable city in all four seasons in 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square which to live, learn, work and, most importantly play. (Under re-construction Emergency Contacts 2017 – 2020) This strategy provides a road map for supporting the active Police/Ambulance/Fire 780-496-7000 911 recreational and sporting needs of all Edmontonians. Epl.ca edmonton.ca/liveactive – Sprucewood Branch Police Complaint Line 780-423-4567 UWALK 11555 - 95 Street UWALK.ca 780-496-7099 Walking Resources Commonwealth Shape (Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere) Alberta Centre for Active Community Recreation Living shapeab.com Centre centre4activeliving.ca Get involved with Walk to School Week and Walking School 1100 Stadium Road 780-427-6949 Bus Programs HOPE Mural 311 Canada Walks [email protected] canadawalks.ca 780-406-8530 Lunar New Year 2018 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, Printed on FSC certified paper schedule 30 of them for walking! Printed 2018 Adriana Cruces Adriana traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese traditional Credits: Photo aula E. Kirman, Jane Molstad, Kris Friesen, Kris Molstad, Jane Kirman, E. aula P unique produce, merchandise and and merchandise produce, unique dozen still standing. still dozen cared for in our neighbourhood.” our in for cared restaurants and shops that sell sell that shops and restaurants concentration of churches in Canadian history, with more than a a than more with history, Canadian in churches of concentration will find an abundance of Asian Asian of abundance an find will reside in our homes, work and shop in our businesses, and are are and businesses, our in shop and work homes, our in reside profiles of people who have lived and worked here. worked and lived have who people of profiles Along a five-block stretch of 96 Street, there is perhaps the greatest greatest the perhaps is there Street, 96 of stretch five-block a Along 105 A Avenue and 107 Avenue, you you Avenue, 107 and Avenue A 105 connectedness and vitality for all those who walk our sidewalks, sidewalks, our walk who those all for vitality and connectedness Strathcona corners of the district, cultural and historical information, and and information, historical and cultural district, the of corners Travelling along 97 Street between between Street 97 along Travelling diverse neighbourhood. We embrace ideals of community community of ideals embrace We neighbourhood. diverse Old Kirman. Edited by Paula E. Kirman. E. Paula by Edited Kirman. Chinatown. In it, you will find descriptions of what is in the various various the in is what of descriptions find will you it, In Chinatown. of the First Peoples, built in 1913. 1913. in built Peoples, First the of “...are proud of McCauley as a vibrant, safe, colourful ,and ,and colourful safe, vibrant, a as McCauley of proud “...are Photography by Shannon Brennan, Adrian Cruces, and Paula E. E. Paula and Cruces, Adrian Brennan, Shannon by Photography n Downtow 唐人街 ) or, in some circles, North North circles, some in or, ) ( Chinatown as known Edmonton structure of Sacred Heart Church Church Heart Sacred of structure multi-purpose program rooms. McCauley residents say they they say residents McCauley rooms. program multi-purpose By Shannon Brennan, Sara Coumantarakis, and Gary Garrison. Garrison. Gary and Coumantarakis, Sara Brennan, Shannon By McCauley This booklet is an introduction to the area north of downtown downtown of north area the to introduction an is booklet This street, including the beautiful brick brick beautiful the including street, artificial turf, a fitness centre, jogging track, and a number of of number a and track, jogging centre, fitness a turf, artificial The Churches of Edmonton’s Church Street Church Edmonton’s of Churches The than fifteen churches that line the the line that churches fifteen than pool, whirlpool, steam room and waterslide, a field house with with house field a waterslide, and room steam whirlpool, pool, Cultural Consultant: Lan Chan Marples. Chan Lan Consultant: Cultural It Or Not because there are more more are there because Not Or It includes an aquatic centre with a lane pool, leisure and tot tot and leisure pool, lane a with centre aquatic an includes By Gary Garrison. Editing and photography by Paula E. Kirman. Kirman. E. Paula by photography and Editing Garrison. Gary By one long walk. long one It has been featured in Ripley’s Believe Believe Ripley’s in featured been has It in 1938. The Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre Centre Recreation Community Commonwealth The 1938. in Chinatown: A Cultural Dynasty in McCauley in Dynasty Cultural A Chinatown: It includes three walking tours that can be done separately or as as or separately done be can that tours walking three includes It along 96th Street, also known as Church Street. Street. Church as known also Street, 96th along located adjacent to the existing Clarke Stadium which opened opened which Stadium Clarke existing the to adjacent located oldest neighbourhoods more accessible to its residents and visitors. visitors. and residents its to accessible more neighbourhoods oldest residents,a multitude of churches and cathedrals sprung up up sprung cathedrals and churches of multitude residents,a built to host the 1978 Commonwealth Games. The stadium is is stadium The Games. Commonwealth 1978 the host to built in the McCauley neighbourhood. McCauley the in This book’s purpose is to make the history of one of Edmonton’s Edmonton’s of one of history the make to is purpose book’s This and workers moving into the area. With the increase in in increase the With area. the into moving workers and East end of McCauley is the site of Commonwealth Stadium, Stadium, Commonwealth of site the is McCauley of end East A history and contemporary overview of First Nations and Métis life life Métis and Nations First of overview contemporary and history A providing transportation for the many new immigrants immigrants new many the for transportation providing neighbourhood festivals and events throughout the year. At the the At year. the throughout events and festivals neighbourhood Henning. Edited by Paula E. Kirman. E. Paula by Edited Henning. 1892, grew up around 97th Street. In 1912, a street car began began car street a 1912, In Street. 97th around up grew 1892, 1959. Caboto Park and its surrounding area hosts numerous numerous hosts area surrounding its and Park Caboto 1959. By Marilyn Dumont. Edited and photographed by Paula E. Kirman. E. Paula by photographed and Edited Dumont. Marilyn By By Gary Garrison and Sara Coumantarakis. Photographs by Alistair Alistair by Photographs Coumantarakis. Sara and Garrison Gary By a statue of Frank Spinelli, who opened the Italian Centre Shop in in Shop Centre Italian the opened who Spinelli, Frank of statue a in incorporated Edmonton, of City The cultures. and businesses Indigenous McCauley Indigenous McCauley Then and Now and Then McCauley park, playground, and a beautiful canopy of trees. In the park sits sits park the