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Beverly is a former urban municipality within the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada. Beverly was incorporated as a village on March 22, 1913 and became the Town of Beverly on July 13, 1914. [3] It later amalgamated with the City of Edmonton on December 30, 1961. [4] [6] The population of Beverly was 8,969 at the time of amalgamation. [7]
The Beverly Cenotaph, originally built to remember the men from Beverly who served and died in World War I, is located in Beverly Heights. The original dedication ceremony was held on October 17, 1920, making the cenotaph the first to be erected in the Edmonton area, and one of the earliest in Alberta.
The twin spans carry 6 lanes total of Yellowhead Trail, the name given to Alberta Highway 16 within Edmonton city limits. Clover Bar Bridge, the original truss span, was completed in the summer of 1953 and connected Beverly with mostly rural Strathcona County. Beverly was amalgamated with the City of Edmonton eight years later.
In 1961, residents of Beverly cast ballots in a referendum regarding amalgamation with Edmonton in which 62% voted in favour. [11] The Town of Beverly (and its 9,041 citizens) [ 12 ] and surrounding lands were subsequently absorbed by Edmonton on December 30, 1961, [ 2 ] with Edmonton assuming the town's $4.16 million debt (equivalent to $41.6 ...
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont.In the 2010 boundary redistribution the riding boundaries were extended north into Edmonton-Manning from 137 Avenue to 144 Avenue while the south boundaries were extended to take a large portion from Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood.
Edmonton-Beverly was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.
Abbottsfield is a neighbourhood in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley. The neighbourhood is named for Abraham Abbott, a resident of the Town of Beverly and long time school custodian in the Beverly School District. [8]
He moved to Canada in the early 1900s, settling first near Erskine, Alberta, before moving to the Beverly area in 1912. He bought 36 lots in Beverly's Beacon Heights subdivision. [2] When Beverly incorporated as a town in 1914, he ran for mayor, was elected and served a single term.