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ALBERTA – DIMENSIONS
North to South – 1223 km (764 miles)
East to West at the widest point – 660 km (412 miles)
East to West along the border with the USA – approx. 290 km (180 miles)
661,185sq. km (255,303 square miles)
http://alberta.ca/home/90.cfm
BOOK APPRAISAL
The University
of Alberta's
Bruce Peel Special Collections Library appraises antique and rare books.
Contact them for more information and hours.
(780) 492-5998
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/specialcollections/
BOOK
BINDING
One local
business that binds and repairs books:
Advance Book
Bindery Ltd.
(780) 430-0856
http://www.bookbindery.ca/
CAREER
CENTRE - SHERWOOD PARK
The Sherwood Park Alberta Service Centre is located at:
Tailor Made Business Centre
105, 85 Cranford Way
Sherwood Park, Alberta
T8H 0H9
Phone: 780-464-7000
Services provided:
Income support
Employment and training services (e.g., job placement services, skills
investment program, etc.)
Resource centre (career and employment counselling, workshop referral, etc.)
CHINA PATTERNS – DISCONTINUED
The following website for Old China Patterns Ltd. can be used for shopping online for discontinued dinnerware patterns:
http://www.replacements.com/china
COMPUTER
ACCESS
Sherwood Business Centre
#15 – 2016 Sherwood Drive (lower level of Franklin’s Inn)
Sherwood Park
Phone: 780-417-7383
Hours: Mon. – Fri. 8 am to 5 pm
Offers the following services:
Word processing/Administration support; Photocopying; Faxing; Scanning;
Board room rental; Mail address rental
http://www.franklinsinn.com/sherwood_business_center.html
COST OF LIVING
From the
Statistics Canada website:
Canadian Statistics >> Economic Conditions >> Prices
Consumer Price Index, provinces
Consumer Price Index, cities
Consumer Price Index, historical summary
Industrial product price indexes
Raw materials price indexes
Implicit chain price indexes, gross domestic product
Inflation Calculator – Bank of Canada
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation_calc.htm
Uses monthly consumer price index (CPI) data from 1914 to the present to show changes in the cost of a fixed "basket" of consumer purchases. These include food, shelter, furniture, clothing, transportation, and recreation
COUNTY BUILDING CODE
For standards for subdivisions in Strathcona County –
Engineering servicing standards
For standards for individual residences –
Alberta building code, REF 692.3 ALB
There is no specific building code for the County.
COWBOY
CHURCH
Official name is
Strathcona County Evangelical Free Church
Meets every Friday night at 7:30 pm at Gathering at Center Park Church (formerly Sherwood
Park Baptist Church) on the corner of Peacock Drive and Granada Blvd.
For more information call Pastor Kevin at
780-918-5530
www.cowboychurch.ca
DIGITAL SERVICES
Digital services such as high volume digital printing b/w up to 11" x
17", full colour digital printing up to 12" x 18", color or b/w scanning up
to 11" x 17", c/d burning PC or Mac are available at:
Broadmoor Stationers
#126, 150 Chippewa Road
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 6A2
Phone: 780-464-4343
For more information:
www.broadmoorstationers.com
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
24-hour toll free information line to assist people in abusive
relationships: 310-1818 (Family Violence Information Line - Provincial
Government)
Safe Place – Strathcona women’s shelter
Local: 780-464-7233
Toll-free: 1-877-252-7233
Further help available:
Local RCMP: 780-449-0170
911 (EMERGENCY ONLY)
Stop Taking Abuse Today (STAT) in Fort Saskatchewan and area 780-719-7254
In Edmonton and area call 780-482-4636 Community Service Referral Line
Phone directory under Community Resources. Look under Crisis/Distress
Lines, Family Violence, and Shelters
EDMONTON JOURNAL – CLIPPINGS FILE
The Alberta Genealogical Society has an Edmonton Journal Clippings File at their office at:
AGS Edmonton Branch
Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre
10440 – 108 Avenue, Room 116
Edmonton, Alberta T5H 3Z9
http://www.albertaheritage.net/directory/genealogical_society.html
This Clippings File covers 1972-1981 and contains notices of births, engagements, marriages, obituaries, memorials, legal notices, etc. These notices have been extracted from the Edmonton Journal and are on an alphabetical card file.
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS – STRATHCONA COUNTY
Federal electoral district – Elk Island
To check on the federal electoral district for your area use your postal code at the Elections Canada website:
http://www.elections.ca
Provincial electoral districts - Sherwood Park and Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan
To check on a provincial electoral district for an area use the “Maps” tab at the following website:
http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/streetkey/
For representatives in these districts see the Government information binder (yellow binder) at the Information Desk.
For members of the local council see “Council” at the following website:
http://www.strathcona.ab.ca
ELEVATION – SHERWOOD PARK
Elevation: 2300 – 2350 feet
Source: Engineering Dept., Strathcona County (Not official measurement but based on the department’s own plans)
Latitude: 53°13' N
Longitude: 113°19' W
FAX SERVICES
Sherwood Business Centre
Ste. #5, 2016 Sherwood Drive (lower level of Franklin’s Inn
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone:
780-417-7383
Broadmoor Stationers & Copy Centre Ltd.
126 – 150 Chippewa Road
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone: 780-464-4343
Fax: 780-449-3529
Mailbox Plus
#240 – 222 Baseline Road (next to Save-On Foods)
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone: 780-449-5584
Fax: 780-449-5665
Staples
390 Baseline Road
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone: 780-417-7510
Sherwood Print & Copy
#33 – 99 Wye Road (near A&W)
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone:
780-449-3332
Fax: 780-449-5533
#16 – 41 Broadway Blvd. (behind the Ramada Hotel)
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone: 780-417-3434
Fax: 780-449-3443
Shoppers Drug Mart
Sherwood Park Mall
Phone: 780-464-9788
Fax services are available at the Post Office in the store during Post Office hours only
Post Office phone: 780-449-1569
FUNERALS – POETRY
The following sources contain poetry appropriate for funerals:
A Book of Eulogies – Phyllis Theroux 920.02 BOO
Also try the subject heading -
Eulogies
GENEALOGY
Alberta Genealogical Society
#162, 14315 - 118 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5L 4S6
Phone:
780-424-4429
Fax: 780-423-8980
http://www.agsedm.edmonton.ab.ca/
Family History Centre (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Genealogy Library)
9010 – 85 Street (North of Bonnie Doon Mall)
Edmonton, AB
Phone:
780-469-6460
Summer hours: Tuesdays 9 am to 9 pm Thursdays 9 am to 5 pm Saturdays 9 am to 5 pm
Good library with public access, no charge (except for copying or ordering film), must be willing to do your own research
Generations (Latter Day Saints bookstore)
#94, 3907 – 98 Street
Edmonton, AB
Phone: 780-413-0392
Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 10 am to 6 pm Fridays 10 am to 8 pm
Has selection of family of family group charts, pedigree charts, new books, 2 computer programs
Canadian Genealogy Centre
Library and Archives of Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3
Phone: 1-866-578-7777 Toll-free Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm EST
Email:
cgc-ccg@archives.ca
Very brief, very specific enquiries can be sent by mail or fax or by reaching the Genealogy Reference Service and leaving a brief message on voice mail at 1-613-996-7458
Information available from the following website:
http://www.genealogy.gc.ca
For those looking for background on French families:
La Société Genéalogique du Nord-Ouest
8939 – 82 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6C 0Z2
Phone:
780-424-2476
Hours: Monday, Tuesday 10 am to 3 pm Saturday 10 am to 3 pm
Further information available from the website:
http://www.sgno.net/
http://www.sgno.net/english.htm
GERMAN BOOKS AND VIDEOS
German books and videos are available for borrowing from:
Library of the German- Canadian Cultural Association
Rathskeller
8310 Roper Road (51 Avenue)
Edmonton, AB T6E 6E3
Phone:
780-466-4000
http://www.gcca.ca/Videothek/index_e.htm
Members of the German-Canadian Cultural Association may borrow items for free. Non-members must purchase a library card for a fee of $10.00/ year
GREYHOUND AGENT – SHERWOOD PARK
Strathcona Station Commuter Centre
700 Bethel Drive (Baseline Road and Bethel Drive, west of Home Depot)
After hours passenger information: phone
780-413-8747
For information or to arrange shipments: phone 780-417-2294
Freight will leave the depot Monday – Friday 12:00 and 4:40 pm and Saturday 12:00 and 3:45 pm
Offers courier services, ticket sales for passenger services
-GRY
According to the Oxford English Dictionary words that end with –gry (a common contest question) are: angry, hungry, aggry (glass bead found buried in China), puggry (a light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun), meagry (of meager appearance)
INVESTOR EDUCATION CENTRE
Located on the 2nd floor of the Stanley A. Milner Library
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB T5J 2V4
Offers free phone and email access to experts at the Resource Centre, Internet investment sites, investment-related software, and reference support from the Edmonton Public Library
Contact EPL Reference Desk at 780-496-7020
http://www.epl.ca/Investors/newinvestors.cfm
LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS
The Provincial Archives house a large collection of local history books (over 500 books). This material CANNOT be borrowed but patrons are welcome to use it in the Provincial Archives library and they may photocopy items for family histories, etc. The Provincial Archives is currently in the process of printing a bibliography of all the local history books in their collection.
8555 Roper Road (86th Street and 51st Avenue)
Edmonton, AB T6E 5W1
Phone:
780-427-1056
http://www.culture.alberta.ca/archives/default.aspx
MAPS – TOPOGRAPHICAL
Topographical maps of Alberta as well as highway, city, or any other type of map can be purchased from:
Map Town Maps and Travel Books
10344 – 105 Street
Edmonton, AB
Phone: 429-2600
http://www.mapamia.com/
MEDICAL CLINIC (NIGHTTIME CENTRE) – SHERWOOD PARK
Health First Strathcona – nighttime primary care centre
A physician, a nurse practitioner, an orthopedic technician, and a registered nurse will treat non-emergency medical conditions.
Hours:
5:30 pm to 1:00 am seven days a week
Location:
Athabasca Professional Centre (west side)
#140 - 80 Chippewa Road
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone:
780-413-5170
http://www.capitalhealth.ca/healthfirst
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES – SHERWOOD PARK
Strathcona County Health Centre
2 Brower Drive
Sherwood Park, AB T8H 1V4
http://www.informedmonton.com/public/agency/1810.htm
Phone: 780-467-5571
Fax: 780-464-3705
MUSIC FESTIVAL -
SYLLABUS
The library no longer has a copy of the Alberta Music Festival’s syllabus
because it is no longer being published in print. The syllabus is
available online:
http://www.albertamusicfestival.org/Syllabus.html
Contact information for the Sherwood Park
Music Festival is available from the link below:
http://www.albertamusicfestival.org/Members.html
NATIONAL PARK PASS
Can be purchased at Strathcona County Hall at the Cash Office. A complete list of possible park passes is available on the website below under “Quick Links.” Click on “Fees” and then search for the specific park or choose all.
http://pc.gc.ca/agen/tarifs-fees/index_e.asp
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM – STRATHCONA COUNTY LIBRARY
The library has the following newspapers on microfilm:
Edmonton Journal: August 21, 1991 to December 31, 2003
Sherwood Park newspapers: 1963 to 1968 and 1971 – current
A complete list is located on top of the microfilm cabinet by the microfilm reader.
OBITUARIES - HOW TO FIND THEM
The
Edmonton
Public Library has excellent guidelines for finding Edmonton obituaries.
For the Edmonton Journal, years
1989-2002, and 2004 to the present, obituaries from the Edmonton Journal can
be found in
Canadian Newsstand. The article type must be set to obituary, using this
format:
AT(OBITUARY) AND SO(Edmonton Journal) AND name
Canadian Newsstand is only an index to obituaries--full text is not
available. If you find out which issue of the newspaper an obituary appeared
in, you can then access it either from the Edmonton Journal archives
(contact the
Journal Search department) or on microfilm at
Edmonton Public Library.
For obituaries that appeared in the Sherwood
Park News, inquire with the
Sherwood Park News office directly. There is no electronic archive of
this newspaper.
POPULATION – STRATHCONA COUNTY
Year Sherwood Park Rural Total
1971 14,282 11,453 25,735
1976 26,534 15,744 42,278
1981 28,798 21,328 50,126
1982 28,798 17,773 46,571
(January 1982 Annexation: lost 475 to County of Leduc and 3080 to Edmonton)
1984 29,381 18,098 47,479
1986 31,205 18,597 49,802
1987 30,846 17,538 48,784
May 1989 32,408 19,336 51,744
May 1990 33,829 19,733 53,562
June 1991 35,504 20,269 55,773
May 1992 36,807 20,760 57,567
May 1993 38,595 21,334 59,929
May 1994 39,614 21,945 61,559
May 1995 41,300 (Est.) 22,600 (Est.) 63,457
1996 41,989 22,187 64,176
May 1998 42,457 22,892 65,349
May 2000 45,629 23,639 69,268
2002 48,100(Approx.) 23,800(Approx.) 71,986(Actual)
2003 51,544 24,405 75,949
2005
55,063
25,169
80,232
2006
56,845
25,666
82,511
2007 60,299 (Est)
26,446 (Est)
86,745 (Est)
2008
59,845
26,112
85,521
2009
61,660
26,338
87,998
See
Strathcona County - Population Through the Years
PRINTING - LARGE COPIES
Will do large format printing, engineering copies, blueprinting,
scanning, banners, plotting, poster printing, and canvas prints.
Printing is done on site and most jobs are completed in 4 hours or less
CAD Worx Warehouse
#180, 130 Broadway Blvd.
Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2A3
Phone: 780-467-9679
Fax: 780-467-9544
Hours of operation:
Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm Saturdays 9 am - 2 pm
Overnight and weekends service available by appointment
www.cadworx.ca
RECYCLING
City of Edmonton
Strathcona County
RECYCLING – BOOK DONATIONS
See the following link from the Edmonton Public Library about places to
donate books both locally and overseas:
http://www.epl.ca/infofile-detail?subject_detail=Donations%20-%20Books
An extensive list of organizations which accept used books is available from
the City of Edmonton's Reuse and Recycling Directory. Type "books" in
the search box and then click on "Books and Magazines" in the Categories
column. Please note the restrictions that apply for each organization.
http://webproxy.edmonton.ca/external/recycling/CategoryResults.aspx?s=books
RECYCLING – BOOKS
BPCO
3703 – 101 Avenue
Edmonton, AB
Phone: 440-7333
Books are recycled into shingles. Paid for by weight. Also take newspapers, cardboard, mixed paper
RECYCLING- OIL
Used oil eco-centre at Sherwood Park Bottle Depot accepts used oil, oil filters and empty plastic oil containers. No fee is charged.
252 Kaska Road (Behind the Provincial Court House in Broadmoor Centre)
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone:
780-464-2411
Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
RECYCLING – RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
Rechargeable batteries are labelled as Nickel Cadmium (Ni-CD), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion), and Small Sealed Lead (PB). Rechargeable batteries, commonly used in cordless power tools, cell phones, laptops, camcorders, digital cameras and toys, can be recycled at:
Canadian Tire
169 Ordze Avenue
Sherwood Park, AB T8B 4L7
London Drugs
999 Fir Street
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4N5
Rona Home Centre
222 Baseline Road
Sherwood Park, AB T8H 1R4
Staples Canada/Business Depot
350 – 390 Baseline Road
Sherwood Park, AB T8H 1X1
Zellers
Sherwood Park Mall
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4H9
Eco Station, 5150 - 99 Street, Edmonton
Recovered batteries are used to make new batteries and stainless steel products. For more locations and information, visit the web site of the
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation:
http://www.rbrc.org
REUSE CENTRE
Teachers, daycare workers, crafters, and non-profit organizers can pick
up material for a nominal fee from the permanent reuse centre:
10004 -103A Avenue (in front of the CN Tower)
Edmonton, AB
See their website for a comprehensive list of acceptable materials:
www.edmonton.ca/reuse
SCANNING SERVICES
Scanning services are
available at:
Sherwood Print & Copy
#33, 99 Wye Rd.
Ph: (780) 449-3332
or #10, 975 Broadmoor
Blvd.
Ph: (780) 417-3434
SCHOOLS – HISTORY – STRATHCONA COUNTY
Schools of Strathcona County: a success story REF SR 372.971233 STR
This title is available from the Strathcona
County Museum for $30.00. Phone 780-467-8189
SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE -
SHERWOOD PARK
Strathcona Sexual Assault Centre
(SAFFRON)
#44, 48 Brentwood Blvd. (Normed Centre)
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 2H5
Phone No.: 780-449-0900
Toll-free: 1-888-416-7722
Fax: 780-416-2393
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm
www.saffron-ssac.com
SHERWOOD PARK - HAMLET OF
Established September 1955 by order of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, the Honourable A. J. Hooke
Source:
Incorporation of Sherwood Park
SHERWOOD PARK - NAMING OF
The land was originally owned by Mel Trowbridge who named the land after his company, Sherwood Properties. (Source: Ed Thomlinson)
For more information check
our collection for place
names of Alberta.
SHERWOOD PARK KINSMEN FESTIVAL
Previously called “Medieval Days” and was held the first weekend in June. For information call the Kinsmen Club of Sherwood Park at
922-8055
For yearly information choose “Special Events” from the Community Calendar menu on the Strathcona County website:
http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/Strathcona/default.htm
SHERWOOD PARK NEWS - ARCHIVES
The Sherwood Park News office has back files for as long as the paper
has existed and the public is welcome to use them. Photocopying is
available for $.25/page. Contact the Sherwood Park News at:
168 Kaska Road
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4G7
Phone: 780-464-0033
Fax: 780-464-8512
Back files are also available from 2001 on and are searchable and printable
from the web.
http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=22&x=archives
SKATEBOARD PARK – SHERWOOD PARK
Located next to Millennium Place. Concrete facility with permanent ramps, jumps and rails for 20 different activities. Approximately 1,300 square metres in size. Designed for skateboarders, inline skaters and BMX bikers
STERLING OR STEMWARE, DISCONTINUED
To complete sterling or stemware, try Pattern Finders Ltd. at:
http://www.patternfinders.com/default.htm
STRATHCONA COUNTY – BYLAW SERVICES
Located at the RCMP building, just north of Baseline Road on Sherwood Drive:
911 Bison Way
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone: Constable and Bylaw Services 449-0170
24-hour complaint line: 467-7741
STRATHCONA COUNTY – LOCATION
Census Division: 11
Elevation: 700 meters (2,296 feet)
Latitude: 53°31'
Longitude: 113°19'
Total area: 124,456 hectares (480 square miles)
TOY LENDING LIBRARY
Offered by Parents’ Place. Open to all members of Parents’ Place. Lending period is 2 weeks.
Two locations:
Saturdays, 10 am to 12 pm
Brentwood Professional Building
(downstairs)
#44, 48 Brentwood Boulevard
Sherwood Park, AB
Wednesdays, 2
to 4 pm
Trillium Centre (upstairs)
121 Crimson Drive
Sherwood Park, AB
Also run the Mobile Toy Lending Library in the South Cooking Lake area on
Tuesday evenings
For more information call 780-464-3217 or email
parentsplace@shaw.ca
TUTORING
- SHERWOOD PARK
Oxford Learning provides after-school learning through an individualized
program to teach a child to learn and study more effectively in reading,
writing, math, spelling, grammar, and French
780-417-3066
#112A-101 Granada Boulevard
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4W2
http://www.oxfordlearning.com/
As well, many local high
schools keep lists of students who are willing to tutor. Contact individual
schools for more information. (See
Elk Island
Public Schools and
Elk
Island Catholic Schools for contact information.)
VIDEOS TO DVDS
The following company in Sherwood Park will transfer videos (also old
home movies, slides, and other media) to dvds for
personal (not commercial) use. Price depends on the length of the
video.
Video Duplicators Inc.
2016 Sherwood Drive
Sherwood Park, AB
Phone: 780 922-6541
Website: http://www.videoduplicators.ca/
Similar businesses offering this service in Edmonton can be found in the
Edmonton Yellow Pages under Video Production and Reproduction Services
WASTE MANAGEMENT – TOXIC WASTE
For concerns regarding toxic waste and its disposal, contact Strathcona County’s Environmental Operations department at
780-449-5514 or access Strathcona County’s website at:
http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/Strathcona/Whats+New/Weekly+notices/May+2009/default.htm
