With over 6, horses in , Strathcona County has the second highest number of horses of any municipality in Alberta and has one of the highest per capita in Canada. Welcome to the neigh-bourhood. Founded by University of Alberta heart researchers Rick and Amy Barr, Barr Estate Winery produces fruit wines from locally-sourced raspberries, strawberries and rhubarb, and is open to the public for private tours. The members-only club has both an indoor and outdoor range for those who want to master the medieval art of bows and arrows.
Not unlike a biodome, Sherwood Park's biosphere is an ecologically protected area, but you won't find it behind glass. Located in the southeast corner of Sherwood Park and extending east of Elk Island National Park, the Beaver Hills area is a heavily treed Boreal mixed wood forest habitat with an unusual "knob and kettle" lanscape.
In what appears to be an obvious ode to the legend of Robin Hood, one of the neighbourhoods in Sherwood Park is named Nottingham. The real, royal Sherwood Forest is in Nottinghamshire, England, and was made famous by its historic association with the heroic outlaw. Come join Mark Connolly and the crew this Friday morning as we broadcast live from this most interesting hamlet for the "Spring Break" edition of Mark About Town. Investigators said it appeared a vehicle turning southbound on Sherwood Drive from Jim Common Drive and struck the pedestrian.
The year-old victim was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries and has since been released. The year-old male driving the vehicle did not sustain any injuries and remained on scene until first responders arrived.
They operated from their home and put a sign on their garage! In , they moved to the Sherwood Shoppers Park when it was expanded. Other additions to the shopping centre included a bakery, TV repair shop, shoe store, a restaurant, and a bowling alley. In , the first full time physician, Dr. Ferrari, came to Sherwood Park. He was soon followed by other doctors, dentists and a chiropractor. The Zellers store included a pharmacy, auto service and a restaurant where you could get apple pie and ice cream for 45 cents.
Safeway was selling bread, 5 loaves for a dollar. In addition to being an important refuge for bison, elk and more than bird species, Elk Island National Park is also an oasis of calm for day picnickers and overnight campers alike. Festival Place is a vibrant multi-use center for the arts, community and business and is a point of convergence for the cultural visions, ideas and energies of the community.
Amenities include fitness centre, aquatics centre, indoor track, gymnasium, twin arenas, leisure ice, fitness studios, field house, indoor playground, youth lounge and concession. There are many wetlands at this natural area, which are important for filtering water and maintaining our water supply.
Ponds ringed with cattails and willow are nesting and feeding habitat for red-winged blackbirds. Many types of waterfowl, including blue-winged teal and northern shoveler, use the ponds.
We love when our community shops local and supports the many small business owners within this market! Buying Locally assures you of where your food and products comes from! Come meet the Makers! The Sherwood Park Natural Area is an oasis for wildlife with pedestrian trails throughout the area. This hectare site is a gently rolling landscape of aspen forest and willow sedge wetlands surrounded by agricultural land and residential developments.
Buildings and other physical structures serve as important reminders of our past. Sherwood Park is fortunate that all four of its buildings of tangible heritage remaining from its rural past which predate its founding, are located on a section of one street dubbed Heritage Mile.
Explore settler life in the Village Square, experience local Indigenous artwork, step inside a real jail cell, and discover unique stories about Strathcona County and beyond. Your four-season outdoor adventure centre just 20 minutes east of Sherwood Park. Explore our living history museum, as history is brought to life by costumed interpreters portraying the lives of actual pioneers! Consider staying overnight at one of our three camping sites with options to stay in a tent, RV, or the backcountry.
Elk Island Retreat is a beautiful serene private campground and is the perfect place to relax and unwind. Creating fruit wines of impeccable quality using their scientific training.
From working with the land in a sustainable manner to not adding sulfites upon bottling, they favour a simple, more natural approach. We are committed to using local grown grains for our spirits. Fermented, distilled and bottled by real people right here in Sherwood Park, Alberta. We set out to create one of the finest golf courses in Canada; enhanced by a spectacular Clubhouse, fine dining, a full tournament schedule and PGA professional instruction.
We offer a destination with strong appeal beyond the bunkers and challenging tree lines.
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