Springbank, Alberta
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{{Short description|Rural community in Canada}}
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Springbank is a rural community in southern Alberta in Rocky View County. It is located immediately west of the City of Calgary, east of Highway 22, south of the Bow River and north of the rural community of Elbow Valley. Both the Trans-Canada Highway and Lower Springbank Road (north of Highway 8) connect Springbank to Calgary.
Springbank consists mostly of country residential acreages developed with estate homes and features the Springbank Airport. The adjacent rural communities of Bearspaw to the north, across the Bow River, and Elbow Valley to the south, across the Elbow River, also consist mostly of country residential acreages. The urban community of Harmony is adjacent to the Springbank Airport to the west.
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Eastern portions of Springbank have been annexed by Calgary since the early 1980s.{{cite web |url=http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/planning/pdf/annexation/history_annexation_map.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111221043/http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/planning/pdf/annexation/history_annexation_map.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2011 |title=History Of Annexation |author=City of Calgary |access-date=April 16, 2010 }} These portions are now developed with the Calgary neighbourhoods of Springbank Hill, Aspen Woods, West Springs, Cougar Ridge, Crestmont and Valley Ridge.{{cite web |url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/engineering_services/emaps/community_map.pdf |title=City of Calgary Communities and Industrial Area Locations |author=City of Calgary |access-date=April 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080411024304/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/BU/engineering_services/emaps/community_map.pdf |archive-date=April 11, 2008 }}
Springbank is named after Springbank Creek which flows southeast into the Elbow River. The descriptive name for this creek was first applied to the municipal district in 1918 (MD of Springbank). It was first given as a school district name on July 11, 1887{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Evelyn|title=Chaps and Chinooks : A History west of Calgary. Volume 1|year=1976|publisher=Foothills Historical Society|page=89|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=854607|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620231055/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=854607|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2013}} because of the numerous springs breaking out of the sides of the lesser coulees all over the district. Most of the early settlers located near the springs.
Attractions
Calaway Park, an outdoor family amusement park, is located in Springbank.
Golf courses in Springbank include the Pinebrook Golf Club, Glencoe Golf and Country Club, Springbank Links Golf Course and Elbow Springs Golf Course.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinebrookgolfclub.com/|title=Home - Pinebrook Golf and Country Club|website=www.pinebrookgolfclub.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://glencoegolf.org/|title=Home - The Glencoe Club|website=glencoegolf.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.springbanklinks.com/|title=Springbank Links Golf Club |}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elbowsprings.com/|title=Golf Course | Elbow Springs Golf Club | Calgary|website=Elbow Springs Golf}}
Transportation
The Springbank Airport is located within Springbank. It was the 12th busiest airport in Canada in 2011 in terms of total aircraft movements.{{cite web | url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/51-209-x/51-209-x2012001-eng.pdf | publisher=Statistics Canada | title=Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report (TP 577), 2011 | page=18 | date=May 2012 | accessdate=December 2, 2012}}
Climate
Springbank, Alberta is on the border of a semi-monsoonal humid continental climate (Dwb) and a semi-monsoonal subarctic climate (Dwc) with the Koppen classification system.{{Springbank Hill, Calgary weatherbox}}
Education
Schools located in Springbank, operated by Rocky View Schools, include:{{cite web | url=http://www.rockyview.ab.ca/schools | title=Our Schools | publisher=Rocky View Schools | accessdate=2012-11-14}}
- Elbow Valley Elementary School (kindergarten to grade 4);
- Springbank Middle School (grades 5 to 8); and
- Springbank Community High School (grades 9 to 12).
The high school is located within the Springbank Park For All Seasons, which also includes an ice arena and a curling rink.{{cite web | url=http://www.springbank.ab.ca/ | title=About Springbank Park | publisher=Springbank Park For All Seasons Agricultural Society | accessdate=2012-11-14}}
Private schools in the area are Webber Academy, Rundle College, and Edge School for Athletes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/maps|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}
Shopping
Springbank has a business park and shopping area located along the Trans-Canada Highway south of Highway 1 between Range Roads 32 and 35. The area has a few businesses including a bottle recycling depot, a seasonal farmers market, pet hospital, truck/RV repair shop and some commercial offices.
Notable residents
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- Jann Arden, musician
- Lanny McDonald, former professional hockey player{{cite web| url = https://calgaryherald.com/sports/behind+moustache/8365128/story.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170227231611/http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/behind+moustache/8365128/story.html| archive-date = 2017-02-27| title = The man behind the moustache}}
- Darryl Sutter, head coach of the Calgary Flames
- Roman Turek, former professional hockey player
References
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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.
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.rockyview.ca/|Rocky View County's official website}}
- [http://www.springbank.ab.ca/ Springbank community website]
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