Bonnie Doon, Edmonton, Alberta One Place Study

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Contents 1 Bonnie Doon, Edmonton, Alberta One Place Study 1.1 Name 1.2 Geography 1.3 History 1.4 Population 1.5 Schools 1.5.1 Notables 2 Sources

Bonnie Doon, Edmonton, Alberta One Place Study

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• 96th Street Northwest, Bonnie Doon, Alberta "Dawson Huts" One Place Study. Sub-study area focused on the Dawson Huts (1945-1960s), west of 95 St between 88 Ave and 92 Ave.

Name

Bonnie Doon, Edmonton, Alberta

Bonnie Doon is a neighbourhood in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The well-known Mill Creek Ravine Park forms its west boundary.

Geography

Continent: North America

Country: Canada

State/Province:Alberta

County:

GPS Coordinates: 53.525°N 113.466°W

Elevation: 665 m (2,182 ft)

History

Bonnie Doon was gradually settled from the 1870s onwards. In 1910, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, put the name "Bonnie Doon", from a Robert Burns poem, on land he owned east of Mill Creek in south Edmonton. Later the name spread to what is now the entire neighbourhood of Bonnie Doon.^[1]

The western part of Bonnie Doon became a part of the City of Strathcona in 1907 and became a part of Edmonton when Strathcona and Edmonton merged in 1912. The rest of the neighbourhood was annexed by Edmonton the following year.

Population

• Total 4,550
• Density 3,033.3/km

Schools

• Collège Saint-Jean, now Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta
• École Maurice-Lavallée
• Rutherford School
• Bonnie Doon Composite High School, now Vimy Ridge Academy, located just east of the generally accepted boundary of Bonnie Doon.

Notables

• Charles Frederick Arthur Clough OBE. First President, Bonnie Doon Community League, founded 1918.
• Alexander Cameron Rutherford. 1st Premier of Alberta.
• Stewart Edward Hart. Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer.
• Marie-Anne Gaboury. Pioneer Quebecois woman who came to Edmonton in the early 1800s. 91St. in Bonnie Doon was named for her.
• Gordon Robinson Pettinger. Four time Stanley Cup winner.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia:Alexander Cameron Rutherford

See also:

• Bonnie_Doon,_Edmonton on Wikipedia
• "Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
• Edmonton's French Quarter. Official Website.
• The History of Bonnie Doon. An excerpt from Volunteers by V. Bowler and M. Wanchuk. Lone Pine Publishing, 1986. pp. 144-146. No longer in print. Bonnie Doon Community League Official Website.
• Bonnie Doon in the 1950s – Community Map. Website: Citymuseumedmonton.ca. Author Bonnie Doon Community League | June 29, 2021.
• Memories of Bonnie Doon. Our Stories, Our History. Written and compiled by Tom Monto., edited by Astrid Blodgett. Published by Bonnie Doon Community League. Edmonton, Alberta. 2019. 242 pages.