Alberta’s Capital Region River Valley Park
Creating a legacy… for generations to come
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3. Valley Attractions
From the City of Edmonton’s Anthony Henday Drive to Groat Road
The pace is different here, with opportunities to visit some of the river valley’s leading attractions — Fort Edmonton Park, Valley Zoo, John Janzen Nature Centre, the Whitemud Equine Centre, and Hawrelak Park. The plan calls for major upgrades to all of these attractions to make sure they continue to be vibrant and exciting places to visit. Terwillegar Park is proposed as a new nature-based outdoor recreation park to serve the rapidly expanding southwest Edmonton population. A new landmark pedestrian bridge would provide access to both sides of the river.
River Valley Factoid
Father Albert Lacombe first came to Fort Edmonton in a York boat in 1852. On a return visit in 1882, he mourned, “Where has my wilderness gone?” Edmonton now had a telegraph wire, a printing press, and a schoolhouse. The Cree hunters and their families had been sent to reside on reserves, and the buffalo were gone.