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Land on your feet at the Edmonton
International Airport, step out the door and you've hit the road running in
Leduc County. Leduc County is situated immediately south of the City of
Edmonton, the Capital of Alberta, Canada, and is located within the fifth
largest metropolitan area in Canada.
Dynamic
Municipality
Leduc County is a dynamic
municipality. It provides the opportunity for acreage living in many
of its subdivisions, or a farm life with the opportunity to carry out
many diverse farming operations.
Farming
Leduc County is a milk
shed comprised of approximately 122 of the 1,422 dairy operations in
Alberta. Other livestock productions include hog, chicken, exotics and
beef. More significantly, there are 28,510 beef operations in
Alberta, of which 781 are located within Leduc County, which indicates
that Leduc County is one of the top five in all of Alberta.
With some of the
richest deep black and dark grey soils in Alberta, Leduc County boasts
about its crops, producing extremely high yields of canola, cereals,
peas, legumes and specialty crops.
Nisku
Industrial Business Park
Nisku Industrial
Business Park is western Canada’s largest business and industrial
park. Since its inception in 1972, the Park has grown to accommodate
over 400 companies, employing more than 6000 highly skilled trades and
professional workers. Encompassing more than 2044 hectares
(5051 acres)
in Leduc County, the Park also enjoys no business tax.
Leduc County Development
Led by multi-millions
of redevelopment dollars at the Edmonton International Airport, Leduc
County has experienced spectacular economic growth. In 1999 Leduc County
issued construction permits with an all time record value of $78.3
million. Leduc County is a major funder of the award-winning Leduc/Nisku
Economic Development Authority which helps businesses connect with
customers world wide.
Transportation
Leduc County, with its
excellent geographic location in the Province, is proud of its
Transportation network. Leduc County has one of the best paved highway
networks in the province and inter-connects to the provincial
transportation system through six (6) provincial highways. Running through
the middle of Leduc County is Highway #2, the Province’s busiest
highway, which is also part of the North/South Trade Corridor, a
multi-million dollar provincial highway expansion program scheduled for
completion in 2007. The North/South Trade Corridor is being developed to move goods with greater ease across Alberta, in a
north/south direction (including to and from the United States and
Mexico). The Edmonton International Airport is currently undergoing an
extensive redevelopment program to enhance its first class travel
services. Rail service is also provided by Canada’s two main rail
companies, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific.
"Black
Gold" Country
Leduc County is home
of the first major oil strike in Canada. February 13, 1947 remains the
day etched in memory as the beginning of Alberta’s oil boom. The Leduc
#1 Interpretive Centre is located at the oil discovery site, so make
sure to add this to your itinerary when visiting Black Gold country.
Tourism
You don’t have to go
any further than Leduc County to find a plentiful array of recreation
and leisure opportunities. Budweiser’s Motorsports Park Raceway is located at the
north end of the Edmonton International Airport. Rural rodeo and
exhibitions take place throughout Leduc County in the summer. View the
region historically at the Alberta Heritage Exposition Park sponsored by
the Leduc West Antique Society. Participate in rural living at any
number of the dairy farms, horse stables, equestrian centres or "u-pic"
berry farms. Water ski in the summer or snow ski in the winter. Numerous
golf courses attract recreation and competitive golfers. Walking trails
will include a 42 kilometer section of the TransCanada Trail. There are
many lakes for sport fishing. Bird watching is available at Coyote Lake
Nature Sanctuary or Ministik Lake. Camping is available at our own
Centennial Park campground on Joseph Lake or Jubilee Park campground on
Wizard Lake. Hotels and motels are in close proximity to the
International Airport or stay at rural Bed and Breakfast Inns/Guest
Ranches.
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