Edworthy Park

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Location of Edworthy Park in Calgary
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Location of Edworthy Park in Calgary

Edworthy Park is a city park located in the southwest section of Calgary along the south shore of the Bow River. The Canadian Pacific Railway crosses the lenth of the park.

Bow River seen from Edworthy Park
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Bow River seen from Edworthy Park

It has a surface of 1.27 km², and contains over 5km of hiking and biking trails.

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The park has riparian woodland with aspen, willow and balsam poplar among the trees, with some grassland and mixed shrubland, and an escarpment where white spruce dominates. With the spruce is an isolated population of Douglas-fir, some more than 400 years old.


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Coordinates: 51°03′41″N, 114°09′23″W