Edmonton vacations

Edmonton Vacations

Why not have a vacation in the great Canadian city of Edmonton. It can be an awesome place to have a vacation. You may want to holiday there because of the great cultural stuff to do or to see the great scenery of the state. You may want to rent, hire, loan, sell, buy, cottages, or a cabin or a condo or a house or apartment or flat or mansion in the great city.

Edmonton is located near the geographical centre of the province, at an elevation of 668 m. The terrain in and around Edmonton is generally flat to gently rolling, with ravines and deep river valleys, such as the North Saskatchewan River valley. Despite the fact that the Canadian Rockies come as close to Edmonton as roughly 220 km ( to the southwest (only a few hours' drive away), the city is too distant for any of its peaks to be seen from even its tallest buildings.

The North Saskatchewan River bisects the city and originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. It empties via the Saskatchewan River, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. It runs from the southwest to the northeast and is fed by numerous creeks throughout the city, such as Mill Creek and Whitemud Creek; this creates numerous ravines, many of which have been incorporated into urban parkland. Edmonton is situated at the boundary between prairie to the south and boreal forest to the north, in a transitional area known as aspen parkland. However, the aspen parkland in and around Edmonton has long since been heavily altered by farming and other human activities, such as oil and natural gas exploration.

Edmonton's river valley constitutes the longest stretch of connected urban parkland in North America, and Edmonton has the highest per capita area of parkland of any Canadian city; the river valley is 22 times larger than New York City's Central Park. The public river valley

List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton

North Central Edmonton

Downtown Edmonton

Arts District, Commercial Core, Government Centre, Jasper West, Mackay Avenue, Rice Howard Way, Warehouse District

Neighbourhoods adjacent to Downtown

Boyle Street, Central McDougall, Grandin (south east portion of Oliver), McCauley, Oliver, Queen Mary Park, Riverdale, Rossdale

Other neighbourhoods in North Central Edmonton

Alberta Avenue, Delton, Eastwood, Elmwood Park, Parkdale, Prince Rupert, Spruce Avenue, Westwood

South Central Edmonton

Bonnie Doon, Cloverdale, Garneau, Old Strathcona, Strathcona, Strathearn, Windsor Park

West Edmonton

Jasper Place

Britannia Youngstown, Canora, Elmwood, Glenwood, High Park, Jasper Park, Mayfield, Lynnwood, Meadowlark Park, Patricia Heights, Rio Terrace, Sherwood, West Jasper Place, West Meadowlark Park

Other West Edmonton

Aldergrove, Belmead, Breckenridge Greens, Buena Vista (River valley portion of Laurier Heights), Callingwood North, Callingwood South, Cameron Heights, Crestwood, Dechene, Donsdale, Gariepy, Glastonbury, Glenora, Granville, Groat Estates (South portion of Westmount), Grovenor, Jamieson Place, La Perle, Laurier Heights, Lymburn, McQueen, North Glenora, Oleskiw, Ormsby Place, Parkview, Place LaRue, Potter Greens, Quesnell Heights, Suder Greens, Summerlea, Stewart Greens, Terra Losa, The Hamptons, Thorncliff, Valleyview (East portion of Parkview), Webber Greens, Wedgewood Heights, West Glenora (Grovenor), Westgrove (Grovenor), Westmount, Westridge, Westview Village

Southwest Edmonton

Allendale, Ambleside, Aspen Gardens, Bearspaw, Belgravia, Blackburne, Blackmud Creek, Blue Quill, Blue Quill Estates, Brander Gardens, Brookside, Bulyea Heights, Callaghan, Carter Crest, Duggan, Empire Park, Ermineskin, Falconer Heights, Grandview Heights, Greenfield, Haddow, Henderson Estates, Heritage, Hodgson, Keheewin, Lansdowne, Leger, Lendrum Place, MacEwan, Malmo Plains, McKernan, Ogilvie Ridge, Parkallen, Petrolia (Greenfield), Pleasantview, Queen Alexandra, Ramsay Heights, Rhatigan Ridge, Richford, Rideau Park, Royal Gardens, Rutherford, Skyrattler, Steinhauer, Sweet Grass, Terwillegar Towne, Twin Brooks, Westbrook Estates, Windermere Estates

Southeast Edmonton

Mill Woods -

Mill Woods is further divided into eight communities. The communities with their respective neighbourhoods are:

Mill Woods Town Centre, Tawa

Burnewood -

Jackson Heights, Kiniski Gardens

Knottwood -

Ekota, Menisa, Satoo

Lakewood -

Kameyosek, Meyonohk, Tipaskan

Millhurst

Meyokumin, Sakaw

Millbourne -

Lee Ridge, Michaels Park, Richfield, Tweddle Place

Ridgewood -

Bisset, Minchau, Weinlos

Southwood -

Crawford Plains, Daly Grove, Pollard Meadows

Woodvale -

Greenview, Hillview

The Meadows -

Larkspur, Silver Berry, Tamarack, Wild Rose

Northwest Edmonton :

Castledowns (1971), The Pallisades (1984)

Northeast Edmonton

Beverly, Clareview, Hermitage

Other Southeast Edmonton

Argyll, Avonmore, Capilano, Charlesworth, Ellerslie, Forest Heights, Fulton Place, Gold Bar, Hardisty (Fulton Place), Hazeldean, Holyrood, Idylwylde, Kenilworth, King Edward Park, Maple Ridge, Ottewell, Ritchie, Summerside, Terrace Heights, Walker

Northwest Edmonton

Northwest Edmonton includes those neighbourhoods located inside the city limits that are north of the Yellowhead Trail and west of 97 Street, as well as those neighbourhoods west of 121 Street between 111 Avenue on the south and the Yellowhead Trail on the north.

Castledowns (1971)

The north/south boundaries of Castledowns proper range from the planned route of the Outer Ring Road to 137th avenue. The east/west boundaries cover 97th street to 127th street. This does not include the region from Castledowns Road eastward to 97 street and 153 avenue south to 137 street (Year subdivision established in brackets). Castledowns was once the location of the Edmonton International Speedway.

Baranow (1979), Baturyn (1973), Beaumaris (1973), Caernarvon (1972), Canossa (1982), Carlisle (1972), Chambery (1983), Dunluce (1973), Elsinore (1982), Lorelei (1973), Rapperswill (1982)

The Pallisades (1984)

The Pallisades ranges north/south between the planned Outer Ring Road and 137 avenue and east/west between 127 street and 142 street.

Carlton (1998), Cumberland (1984), Hudson (1997), Oxford (1984), Pembina (1986)

Other north west Edmonton

Athlone, Calder, Dovercourt, Dunvegan (west portion of Athlone), Griesbach, Inglewood, Kensington, Lauderdale, Prince Charles, Rosslyn, Sherbrooke, Wellington, Woodcroft

Northeast Edmonton

Northeast Edmonton includes neighbourhoods within the city limits located north of the Yellowhead Trail and east of 97 Street, as well as those neighbourhoods located south of the Yellowhead Trail, north of the North Saskatchewan River, and east of the LRT right of way.

Beverly -

These neighbourhoods are located in the area that was part of, or located near, the Town of Beverly prior to its amalgamation with Edmonton on December 31, 1961. Those areas near the town had coal mines for which the town provided the workforce.

Abbottsfield, Beacon Heights, Bergman, Beverly Heights, Rundle Heights

Clareview -

Bannerman, Belmont, Clareview Campus, Fraser, Hairsine, Kernohan, Kirkness, Sifton Park

Hermitage -

Canon Ridge, Homesteader, Overlanders

Other Northeast Edmonton

Balwin, Belle Rive, Bellevue, Belvedere, Brintnell, Casselman, Cromdale, Delwood, Eaux Claires, Evansdale (Dickinsfield), Evergreen, Glengarry, Highlands, Hollick-Kenyon, Kildare, Kilkenny, Killarney, Klarvatten, Lago Lindo, Matt Berry, Mayliewan, McConachie, McLeod, Miller, Montrose, Newton, Northmount (Dickinsfield ), Ozerna, Schonsee, Virginia Park, York

Alberta has been a tourist destination from the early days of the twentieth century, with attractions including outdoor locales for skiing, hiking and camping, shopping locales such as West Edmonton Mall,Calgary Stampede, outdoor festivals, professional athletic events, international sporting competitions such as the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games, as well as more eclectic attractions. There are also natural attractions like Elk Island National Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, and the Columbia Icefield.

Edmonton's streets and parklands are also home to one of the largest remaining concentrations of healthy American elm trees in the world, unaffected by Dutch elm disease, which has wiped out vast numbers of such trees in eastern North America. Jack Pine, Lodgepole Pine, White Spruce, White Birch, aspen, Green Ash, basswood, various poplars and willows, and Manitoba Maple are also abundant; bur oak is increasingly popular. Introduced tree species include Blue Spruce, Norway Maple, red oak, Sugar Maple, Common Horse-chestnut, McIntosh apple, and Evans Cherry. 3 walnut species, Butternut, Manchurian walnut, and black walnut, have survived in Edmonton.

Several golf courses, both public and private, are also located in the river valley; the long summer daylight hours of this northern city provide for extended play well into the evening. Golf courses and the park system become a winter recreation area during this season, and cross-country skiing and skating are popular during the long winter. Four downhill ski slopes are located in the river valley as well, two within the city and two immediately outside.

The City of Edmonton has named five parks in its River Valley Parks System in honour of each of The Famous Five.

Edmonton is served by two major and several smaller general aviation airports. The largest airport, Edmonton International Airport is located south of the city limits, near the city of Leduc. The smaller and older Edmonton City Centre Airport, the oldest city-owned airport in Canada, is located just north of downtown Edmonton.

The University of Alberta (known colloquially as the U of A), whose main campus is situated on the south side of Edmonton's river valley. Other universities within the borders of Edmonton include Athabasca University, Concordia University College of Alberta, King's University College, Taylor University College and Seminary, and the Edmonton campus of the University of Lethbridge.

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