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[portion] showing yellow callouts (points of interest labels) City of Edmonton river recreation guide. Published 2000. Contributors Edmonton (Alta.). Community Services Park Rangers. Alberta. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Alberta Conservation Association. Edmonton Urban Fishing Committee. EPCOR Utilities. Shows facilities "to be installed in 2001." "Developed by Community Services Park Rangers, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta Conservation Association, Edmonton Urban Fishing Committee, EPCOR." Includes index to points of interest and distance chart. Includes boating and fishing information and col. ill. on verso. Legend [inset] shows major roads, access roads, paved Multi trails in parks, unpaved multi use trails, washrooms, emergency blufone, payphones, parking, boat launches, popular fishing access, city parkland Points of Interests [inset] Big Island was a favorite picnic site for Edmontonians before the First World War. A sternwheeler named the City of Edmonton and operated by John Walter was used for his lumber operations on weekdays and transported up to 400 people to Big Island for picnic and excursions on weekends and holidays. Riverbend Slump - In the fall of 1999 this large piece of hillside slumped into the river, taking one house with it and endangering several others. Fort Edmonton Park has created a working replica of a York boat which is moored in the river below the Fort. York boats were used to transport trade goods by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 1800s and replaced the voyageur canoes used earlier. The mouth of Whitemud Creek marks the Whitemud Creek Nature Reserve, one of the major ravine systems that are part of our river valley. The area was named Whitemud by the early settlers because of the white mud, which lined both sides of the creek. The Cree who lived in the area called the creek "Flaming Spring" in memory of a battle between the Blackfoot and Cree. Watch for Suckers spawning in Whitemud Creek in the spring Watch for Whitefish spawning in the shallows downstream of the Quesnell Bridge in the fall. On the south bank just above the Menzies (LRT) bridge where the sediment is exposed you can find a layer of volcanic ash left over from the violent eruption of Mount Mazama that created Crater Lake in Oregon about 6800 B.C. Just above the Walterdale (105th St.) bridge on the south bank you will find the remains of John Walter's Ferry, as well as three of Edmonton's oldest buildings at the John Walter Museum Site. [inset] showing colour illustrations of Fish Species in the North Saskatchewan River (Edmonton Area) Includes Burbot, Goldeye/Mooneye, Lake Sturgeon, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Suckers, Walleye. [Inset] showing the map sponsors Get Hooked Fishing Adventures Totem Outdoorfitters Ltd. Mountain Equipment Co-op Berkley Moon Shadow Adventures Canoe Trips Pure Fishing The Fishing Hole
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