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Map of
Immediate Area Around Red Deer
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Land uses include waterways, natural and park areas, urban and country
residential, urban and highway commercial, and light and heavy
industrial.
Features in the area between Penhold and Blackfalds in the
central corridor include Red Deer College, Waskasoo Park, Westerner Park, the Regional
Airport at Springbrook, Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, Fort Normandeau,
Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary, the Red Deer and Blindman rivers, Gasoline Alley,
4 golf courses, several recreational and commercial areas and Canyon ski hill.
Close by are five recreational lakes (Sylvan, Gull, Pine, Glennifer,
Buffalo), the Ellis Bird Farm and the major petrochemical complex
at Joffre and Prentiss.
Three major highway
corridors converge in Red Deer (QE2, 2A, 11). The Canadian Pacific
Railway main line between Calgary and Edmonton runs along the west side
of the city and interchanges with Canadian National Railway.
Profile of City of Red Deer
Profile of Red Deer County
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a celebration of the Red Deer region
as a major distribution and transportation hub symbolic of the
economic development of Western Canada
a
bold vision
for
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local and visitor
destinations
in the Red Deer area with
4
unique attractions
with a transportation & culture
theme
a time to
think big and bold . . .
The
Forth
Junction Project
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