Sherwood Park Urban Service Area
Location of Sherwood Park in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°31′24″N 113°18′32″W / 53.52333, -113.30889
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Edmonton Region
Census division	11
County	Strathcona
Government [1]
- Mayor	Cathy Olesen
- Govening body	Strathcona County Council
Area [2]
- Urban Service Area	70.98 km²  (27.4 sq mi)
Elevation	720 m (2,362 ft)
Population (2005)[3]
- Urban Service Area	55,063
- Density	775.8/km² (2,009.3/sq mi)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
Postal code span	T8A to T8H
Area code(s)	+1-780
Highways	Highway 216 Highway 21 Highway 14
Website: Strathcona County

Sherwood Park is a hamlet located east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in the Specialized Municipality of Strathcona County. Sherwood Park was first established in 1954/55 on Smeltzer farmland, east of Edmonton. With a population in 2005 of 55,063, Sherwood Park has enough people to be Alberta's seventh largest city and, although Sherwood Park technically retains the status of a hamlet, the Government of Alberta recognizes the Sherwood Park Urban Service area as equivalent to a city^[4]. Its population as of the 2001 census was 47,645 and its land area is 70.98 km² (27.4 sq mi). Along with St. Albert, Sherwood Park is one of Edmonton's two principal suburbs. It is largely a bedroom community, with the bulk of its workers commuting to Edmonton each workday. Image File history File links Red_pog. ... 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Governance

Until recently, as a hamlet, Sherwood Park had a reeve, but because the elected representative governs all of Strathcona County, which is a municipality and not a hamlet, the governor is now considered a mayor. Iris Evans was the last reeve of Strathcona County, and the current mayor is Cathy Olesen. Look up reeve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Iris Evans is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ... Cathy Olesen is a Canadian politician and the current mayor of Strathcona County, Alberta. ...

Economy

Sherwood Park has a strong economy with over $9.0 billion worth of major projects completed, announced, or under construction. A roadway known as Refinery Row lies west of Sherwood Park and includes some of the largest industrial facilities in Western Canada, including Esso's Strathcona Refinery. The hamlet also boasts very low crime rates, including a near zero violent crime rate. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... An Esso Station in Stabekk, Norway Esso sign Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Esso is an international trade name for Exxon Mobil Corporation and its related companies. ...

Media

Sherwood Park's newspapers are the Sherwood Park News, (one of its former editors, Kenneth Whyte, has emerged as a powerful figure in Canadian publishing), and Strathcona County This Week. But the two weekly newspapers will be merging into one bi-weekly newspaper starting in the fall of 2007. Other newspapers commonly read in Sherwood Park are The Edmonton Sun and The Edmonton Journal. Kenneth Whyte (born August 12, 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, grew up in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian newspaper and magazine editor and publisher. ... The Edmonton Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta by Sun Media. ... The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. ...

Sherwood Park's two school boards are Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) and Elk Island Catholic Schools (EICS).

The public high schools found in Sherwood Park are Salisbury Composite High School and Bev Facey Community High School, as well as Strathcona Christian Academy (a K-12 school). The Catholic high school is Archbishop Jordan High School. An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

Sherwood Park is also home to Canada's first charter school: New Horizons Charter School, a public school that offers a gifted education program for students from kindergarten to grade 9.

Sports

The most significant local sports team is a hockey squad, the Sherwood Park Crusaders. The Crusaders play in the Alberta Junior Hockey League^[5]. In addition to the Junior "A" Crusaders, Sherwood Park has a well respected Midget "AAA" hockey program, dating back to the mid-1970s, that has produced several top calibre players including former and current NHLers Gerald Diduck, Jim Ennis, Tyson Nash and Cam Ward. In 2003, a new hockey program was introduced, named the Sherwood Park Kings Athletic Club which includes levels from Atom to Midget and with the highest level being the Midget "AAA" program. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Sherwood Park Crusaders are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. ... AJHL Emblem The AJHL (Alberta Junior Hockey League) is an Alberta-based Tier II Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior A Hockey League (CJAHL). ...

Sherwood Park is also a significant football community. At least one Sherwood Park High School Football Team has been to the Alberta Provincial Final since the 1999 season, most recently the ^[6]Salisbury Sabres finished an undefeated season to win the Tier 1 Provincial Championship.

In August 3-11th, 2007, the County of Strathcona and the hamlet of Sherwood Park will be hosting the 2007 Western Canada Summer Games. The games will host over 2 300 athletes, coaches and officials from the four western provinces and three northern territories. In addition, 3 000 volunteers will be needed to make the games a success.

Famous people

• Cam Ward- NHL goaltender
• Ken Hitchcock- NHL coach who coached the highly successful Sherwood Park Midget AAA entry in the (now) Alberta Midget Hockey League early in its existence
• Andrew Ference- NHL defenceman
• Jason Maas- CFL Quarterback
• Gerald Diduck- former NHL player
• Andrew Newborn- World Champion Video Game Player, better known as "Newbs"

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Trivia

• A point on Range Road 231 between Township Road 522 and Wye Road is the highest recorded point between Edmonton and Winnipeg, Manitoba, at an elevation of 765 meters above sea level.

• In the early 1950s, developers John Hook Campbell and John Mitchell envisioned a satellite town of 100 houses to accommodate employees of the industries east of Edmonton. In 1953, they received approval from Municipal District of Strathcona for the development of the residential hamlet named "Campbelltown" and in September 1955, the first model homes were opened to the public. Later in 1956, the name of the hamlet was changed to Sherwood Park – Canada Post would not approve Campbelltown, since there were several Canadian communities with similar names.

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References

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External links

• Alberta Heritage article
• Strathcona County history
• Sherwood Park News

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