Overlanders in Alberta
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Edmonton tornado

The Edmonton tornado of 1987, an event also known as Black Friday to Edmontonians, was a powerful and devastating tornado that ripped through the eastern part of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and parts of neighbouring Strathcona County on the afternoon of Friday, July 31, 1987. The tornado remained on the ground for an hour, cutting a swath of destruction 40 kilometres long and up to a kilometre (0.6 miles, or 3000 feet) wide in places, and peaking at F4 on the Fujita scale.

Located at 53.56, -113.36 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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F4 tornadoes, History of Edmonton, 1987 in Canada, Tornadoes of 1987, Tornadoes in Canada, Natural disasters in Alberta

Alberta Highway 15

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 15 is a highway in the Edmonton Region of Alberta. It connects central Edmonton to the suburb of Fort Saskatchewan and arcs around Elk Island National Park, providing a scenic, although two laned, alternative to a part of Highway 16. The highway follows the route of a railway line completed in 1937 by Canadian Pacific.

Located at 53.5825, -113.418 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Alberta Primary Highways, 1-216 series, Fort Saskatchewan, Roads in Edmonton

Clareview (ETS)

Clareview Station is an LRT station operated by the Edmonton Transit System in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located near 42 Street and 139 Avenue, and is named for the northeast Edmonton District of Clareview. At present, Clareview station is the northern terminus of LRT Route 201 in Edmonton. The station was opened on April 26, 1981, in the same year Calgary opened its first CTrain line. Major renovations to the station were officially opened on March 4, 2001.

Located at 53.6017, -113.411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Edmonton Light Rail Transit stations, Railway stations opened in 1981

D.L. MacDonald Yard

D.L. MacDonald Yard is the maintenance facility, garage and operations centre for the light rail transit system of Edmonton Transit in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located to the northeast in the Kennedale industrial area, at 13310 - 50A Street, the facility opened in December 1983 at a cost of $28.2 million. Expansions to the facility to accommodate additional light rail vehicles were completed as part of the South LRT Extension Project.

Located at 53.595, -113.42 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Edmonton Light Rail Transit, Buildings and structures in Edmonton, Rail infrastructure in Alberta, Rail yards in Canada

Clover Bar Bridge

The Clover Bar Bridge is a pair of bridges that span the North Saskatchewan River in the city of Edmonton. The twin spans carry 3 lanes each of the Yellowhead Trail, the name given to Alberta Highway 16 within Edmonton city limits. The original truss span was completed in the summer of 1953 and connected Beverly with mostly rural Strathcona County. Beverly was amalgamated with the City of Edmonton eight years later.

Located at 53.5721, -113.372 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bridges in Edmonton, Bridges on the Trans-Canada Highway, Road bridges in Alberta

Refinery Row (Edmonton)

Refinery Row is the unofficial name given to the concentration of oil refineries in west Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Alberta, just east of the city of Edmonton. The area is roughly bounded on the south by the Sherwood Park Freeway (Highway 100), on the north by the North Saskatchewan River and Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16), on the east by Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216), and on the west by 50 Street.

Located at 53.5411, -113.388 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Sherwood Park, Lists of buildings and structures in Canada, Economy of Edmonton, Industrial parks in Canada, Oil refineries in Canada, Geography of Edmonton

Strathcona Refinery (Imperial Oil)

The Imperial Oil - Strathcona Refinery is an oil refinery located adjacent to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, owned by Imperial Oil. The refinery provides oil products, primarily gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel, lubricating oils, petroleum waxes, heavy fuel oil and asphalts. The refinery was built in 1975 and replaced older refineries in Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, and Calgary. A fire occurred at the refinery in 2007 that resulted it in temporarily operating at reduced capacity.

Located at 53.5461, -113.392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Oil refineries in Canada, Buildings and structures in Alberta, ExxonMobil buildings and structures, Sherwood Park

Hermitage, Edmonton

Hermitage is a residential area in the northeast portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1970 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Hermitage General Outline Plan, which guides the overall development of the area.

Located at 53.584, -113.396 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods in Edmonton