Shepard, Calgary
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| Shepard | |
  Location of Shepard in Calgary |
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| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Alberta |
| City |  Calgary |
| Quadrant | SE |
| Ward | 12 |
| Annexed | 2007 |
| Government | |
| - Administrative body | Calgary City Council |
| - Alderman | Ric McIver |
Shepard is a small residential neighbourhood on the eastern periphery of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Until 2007 it was an unincorporated hamlet and previously part of the Municipal District of Rocky View. It was annexed by the city of Calgary in July 2007.
Prior to its annexation, Shepard was located just outside the eastern boundary of the City of Calgary, several kilometres south of the Trans-Canada Highway at the intersection of 84th Street and 114th Avenue S.E. Shepard is approximately 24 kilometers (15 mi) east of Calgary's city centre. The proposed East Freeway will run to the west of the community.
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[edit] History
A rail station was built at Shepard by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1884. The post office opened for four months in 1903 and then reopened from January 1, 1905 until March 8, 1966. It was named after one of the partners of Shepard and Langdon, railway contractors, and remains primarily a residential community with some commercial businesses; it also has its own community hall. It is physically separated from other communities by an industrial area (Shepard Industrial), by undeveloped land and by Race City Speedway.
[edit] Annexation
In June 2006 the City of Calgary and the M.D. of Rocky View reached an agreement for Calgary to annex a large area of land from the district, including Shepard.[1][2]
The annexation became final upon approval by the Alberta government on July 31, 2007.[3] According to MapArt's Calgary & Southern Alberta Street Guide 2009 Edition, Shepard's numbered streets, previously labelled 1st Street through 5th Street, have been relabelled 85th-89th Street S.E. to come into line with Calgary's street-numbering system.[4]
In early 2008, the City of Calgary began the process of redesignating and rezoning land within the 2007 annexation areas, including Shepard. The current proposal, dated Feb. 22, 2008, calls for most land in the community to be redesignated "FUD" for "future urban development".[5]
The community is bordered on the west by 84 Street S.E., to the north by a rail line, and to the south by 114th Avenue S.E. (also known as Beulah Vista Road) and the recently-dedicated greenspace, Ralph Klein Park.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Calgary Country. Annexation
- ^ City of Calgary. Annexation of Shepard
- ^ City of Calgary. Annexation of Shepard - Provincial Cabinet approval
- ^ Calgary & Southern Alberta Street Guide 2009 Edition (MapArt, 2008), p. 185
- ^ 2008 Land Use Redesignations Maps, City of Calgary, accessed March 30, 2008; see Area D: Proposed Land Use
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- Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.
- Read, Tracey (1983). Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View, Calgary, Alberta.
[edit] External links
- Municipal District of Rocky View's official website
- Rocky View Community Profile on Alberta First
- Calgary-Edmonton Corridor in Alberta
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