King Edward is a community school located in the heart of Old Strathcona. It draws a diverse student population, primarily from the university, arts, media, and Whyte Avenue business communities. Many of our students live in the immediate community and the school serves as an important centre of community life.

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Please note: All City of Edmonton pools are closed, as per the city’s website.

Have a blast with your family and friends this summer at the Mill Creek outdoor pool, located just off Whyte Avenue in Mill Creek Ravine. Features include picnic tables and a large tanning area set against the picturesque backdrop of nature.

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Please note: All City of Edmonton pools are closed, as per the city’s website.

The Queen Elizabeth Pool, located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River valley in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is the oldest municipal pool in Western Canada. The Edmonton Bulletin described the pool as “delightfully situated in what is generally recognized as the city’s most beautiful park.

The original pool was opened on August 22, 1922, but following a crack in the pool’s basin, the facility was closed in 2004. The original pool was demolished in the summer of 2011 and reopened later that same year 600m to the west adjacent to the Kinsmen Sports Centre.

The new pool features a 6-lane, 25-metre pool with a zero depth entry, children’s spray park, sun deck, universal access change room and showers and lockers on the pool deck.

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Indigenous Art Park ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ (pronounced EE-nu River Lot 11) is a public park in the Edmonton, Alberta river valley built on the previous site of Queen Elizabeth Pool. In June 2019, Americans for the Arts Public Art Network recognized the park as one of the 50 best international public art projects. Plans to build the park and curate installation pieces by Indigenous artists began in 2013, and the park opened in September 2018.

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Tubby Bateman Park provides the residents a possibility to kick back for a while and have fun. Use it to go for a walk, meet people, have a picnic, sunbathe or admire the greenery in your free time.

Originally known as Riverside Park, Queen Elizabeth Park was renamed in 1939 by Edmonton City Council to honor the visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The park was home to Edmonton’s first swimming pool, the Southside Pool, built in 1922. Rising costs of maintenance on the aging pool and a crack in the pool basin led to its closure in 2004, and in 2011 a new pool opened just down the hill in Kinsmen Park. The park is now home to picnic areas, trails, a playground and ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞.