Come walk the North Saskatchewan River Valley, from Fort Saskatchewan to Devon, June 7 to June 11, 2019

Join the Second Annual Camino Edmonton 2019!!! The Camino Edmonton is an informal, five-day walk through the North Saskatchewan River Valley from Friday June 7 to Tuesday June 11, 2019, starting at Fort Saskatchewan/Lamoureux, ending at the University of Alberta Botanical Garden. All hikers are welcome to join us - for a day, a half-day or the entire five days. Everybody is responsible for their own daily drop-off/pickup arrangements.   Here is the schedule. Friday June 7, 2019:   Meet 8:30 a.m. Lamoureux Church (Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church) , Village of Lamoureux, 56  Lamoureux Dr.  Finish about 4:30 p.m. Strathcona County  Nature Trail Staging Area - Township Road 540 on the east side of  the North Saskatchewan River  (just west of Alberta Capital Region Wastewater treatment plant, north of the Legends Golf Club.) Distance 15 km. Notes:  Lamoureux is a village across the river from Fort Saskatchewn. As there is no walkway on the bridge in ... Read the rest of entry »

The Camino Edmonton ... walking the North Saskatchewan River valley from Devon through Edmonton to Fort Saskatchewan: By GRAHAM HICKS, Hicksbiz.com

THE FIRST-EVER CAMINO EDMONTON, June 15 to 19, 2018 By Graham Hicks Maybe it’s an idea whose time has come.  An annual five-day walk through the North Saskatchewan River valley, from the town of Devon southwest of Edmonton, through Edmonton, ending at the City of Fort Saskatchewan to the northeast. In medieval days, Christians from across Europe walked across Spain to reach San Diego de Compostela where, according to myth and legend, the remains of the apostle St. James (San Diego) were interred. Today, the 780-kilometre Camino Santiago is one of the most famous walking trails of Europe. About 300,000 walkers a year, each for their own reasons, walk all or parts of the camino.   Metropolitan Edmonton has its own potential camino route. The River Valley Alliance (RVA) has been working since 2007 to create a continuous walking trail along the river. Members of the RVA are the seven municipalities with waterfront along the North Saskatchewan River. It’s a distance of about 88 kilome ... Read the rest of entry »

Come and join the first Edmonton Camino five-day walk through the North Saskatchewan river valley, June 15 to June 19, 2018!

Invitation to join the "Edmonton Camino", a five-day walking expedition up the North Saskatchewan River valley from Devon through Edmonton to Fort Saskatchewan/Lamoureux, June 15 to June 19, 2018

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