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Country
  
Canada

Quadrant
  
NW

Elevation
  
701 m

City
  
Edmonton

Ward
  
1

Province
  
Alberta

Lewis Farms, Edmonton

Lewis Farms or Lewis Estates is a residential area in the west portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1988 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Lewis Farms Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area.

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Geography

Located in west Edmonton, the Lewis Farms area is bounded by 231 Street to the west, Whitemud Drive to the south, Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the east, and Stony Plain Road (Highway 16A) to the north. The area is bisected by 215 Street (Winterburn Road) and Webber Greens Drive (87 Avenue).

Parkland County is located beyond 231 Street to the west, while the Stony Plain No. 135 (Enoch Cree Nation) Indian reserve and The Grange are beyond Whitemud Drive to the south. The West Jasper Place area is across Anthony Henday Drive to the east and Winterburn Industrial is across Stony Plain Road to the north.

Neighbourhoods

The Lewis Farms Area Structure Plan originally planned for eight separate neighbourhoods. Today, the Lewis Farms area includes the following:

  • Breckenridge Greens;
  • Lewis Farms Industrial, which includes the Normandeau Gardens rural residential subdivision;
  • Potter Greens;
  • Rosenthal;
  • Secord;
  • Stewart Greens;
  • Suder Greens;
  • Webber Greens.

    • Land use plans

    In addition to the Lewis Farms Area Structure Plan, the following plans were adopted to further guide development of certain portions of the Lewis Farms area:

  • the Breckenridge Greens Neighbourhood Structure Plan (NSP) in 1991, which applies to the Breckenridge Greens neighbourhood;
  • the Potter Greens NSP in 1990, which applies to the Potter Greens neighbourhood;
  • the Rosenthal NSP in 2009, which applies to the Rosenthal neighbourhood;
  • the Secord NSP in 2007, which applies to the Secord neighbourhood;
  • the Stewart Greens NSP in 2007, which applies to the Stewart Greens neighbourhood;
  • the Suder Greens NSP in 2002, which applies to the Suder Greens neighbourhood; and
  • the Webber Greens NSP in 2000, which applies to the Webber Greens neighbourhood.

    • References

    Lewis Farms, Edmonton Wikipedia
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