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Edworthy Park

Public park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Field	Value
name	Edworthy Park
photo	Edworthy Park, Calgary (48725369482).jpg
photo_width	220
photo_caption	Pathway in Edworthy Park
type	Urban park
location	Calgary, Alberta
coords
area	1.27 km2
created	ca. 1962
operator	City of Calgary
open	Year round
map	Canada Calgary
map_width	220
map_caption	Location of Edworthy Park in Calgary

Edworthy Park is a city park located in the Northwest section of Calgary along the south shore of the Bow River. The Canadian Pacific Railway crosses the length of the park. It was named after Thomas Edworthy, who immigrated to the Calgary area in 1883 from Devon, England.

The park has a surface of 1.27 km2, and contains over 5 km of hiking and biking trails, part of the Bow River pathway.

Nature

The trees that can be found in Edworthy Park include riparian woodland with aspen, willow and balsam poplar. There is also some grassland and mixed shrubland, and an escarpment where white spruce dominates. With the spruce is an isolated population of Douglas-fir, some more than 400 years old.

History

Edworthy Park is built on the former site of a sandstone quarry. The land was purchased by the City of Calgary in 1962 for the development of the park.

Prior to the mid-1990s, the City of Calgary intended to eventually replace Edworthy Park with an extension of the Shaganappi Trail freeway. The extension would have linked Shaganappi Trail, Sarcee Trail, and Bow Trail at a major interchange that would take up most of the southwest part of Edworthy Park. During development of the Calgary Transportation Plan (also known as "The Go Plan") in 1995, public opposition to the roadway led to it being removed from future consideration.

Gallery

File:Edworthy Park Bridge.JPG|Harry Boothman Bridge from Edworthy Park to Shaganappi File:Here it comes (15348370679).jpg|A train on the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing through the park File:Dog walkers Calgary (6551670781).jpg|Edworthy Park also features an off-leash dog park

References

The Edworthy Park Heritage Society. (1994). "Early Days in Edworthy Park and the Neighboring areas of Brickburn and Lowery Gardens".
. ["Edworthy Park"](http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Locations/SW-parks/Edworthy-Park.aspx).
. ["City of Calgary Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries Department Annual Report — 1962/63"](http://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/Corporate-records/Archives/Parks-Department-Annual-Reports/Annual-Report-1962-1963.pdf).
. ["Crossing the Elbow River – 1990 to 1995"](https://calgaryringroad.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/crossing-the-elbow-river-1990-to-1995/#more-2780).

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