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Southwest Provincial Park Proposal

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Edmonton floats idea of a new provincial park inside city borders
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Edmonton is set to debate the possibility of a new urban provincial park on Tuesday. Here’s a map of where it’s being proposed.

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson is lobbying for the creation of a new provincial park within city boundaries.

The park would protect the Big Island-Woodbend area and could be co-managed with the Enoch Cree Nation, since it overlaps with traditional Enoch territory.

“It really is a phenomenal area,” said Iveson. “Big Island really was the first beach area. Paddle-wheelers used to go up there. It was a day trip for families then it fell out of use. But the beauty that was there 100 years ago is still fully there.”

“It’s a stunning area that’s largely untouched,” he said, adding that some areas that were previously farmed could be great for a campground or gathering space.

The first details of the plan were released in a report to council Friday. The report says the mayor’s office held initial discussions with the province, Enoch and other regional stakeholders this spring and now needs formal approval to proceed. “All stakeholder representatives indicated interest in principle for continuing the discussion,” according to the report to council.

Edmonton has been debating how best to protect the Big Island area for years. It’s now mostly private land with a beautiful sand dune, deep ravine and long back-channel on the river with some key fish habitat.

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loc...-of-a-new-provincial-park-inside-city-borders
 
This is a good idea especially connecting with Enoch and adjacent to the now U of A Botanical Garden and making something spectacular out of this segment of the river valley.
 
Edmonton hoping Alberta can make area straddling several regions a provincial park
The city is considering how to designate a contentious piece of land in southwest Edmonton — that also occupies space in several other regions — as a provincial park.

“You really have to go see it but there’s a reason why, over and over and over again in the city’s plans and in the River Valley Alliance plan, it’s called nature at its best,” Mayor Don Iveson said. “It is a really spectacular reach of the river.”

Part of the Big Island-Woodbend Natural area is within Edmonton city limits but it also spreads into Enoch First Nation, Parkland and Leduc counties and the Town of Devon.

That’s part of the reason Edmonton is looking to the province for help.

“The scope of it is so overwhelming that as a region, we’ve really struggled,” Iveson said. “Not only will they be able to do it better, I think they’d be in a position to do it a lot faster than the municipality.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3729505/e...straddling-several-regions-a-provincial-park/
 

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