Fort Centre Park

The Lamoureux Church across the river is the Notre Dame de Lourdes (Our Lady of Lourdes) Roman Catholic Church. The church design was inspired by French-Canadian models and features a gable roof, bell tower and spire, as well as a large Palladian window and niche with statue of Mary on the front facade.

The heritage value of Notre Dame de Lourdes (Our Lady of Lourdes) Roman Catholic Church lies in its association with the religious life of early French-Canadian settlers in the province and its embodiment of an influential style of French-Canadian ecclesiastical architecture.

Across the street from the tennis courts is one of the trail heads.

A four way trail junction! There is good signage at this location to keep you on the right track.

Trail marker with good info on it

A common sight along the trail

A nice, natural hillside location

This junction point will take you up to the lookout point the short way, or you will get there eventually by following the entire trail loop

A forest canopy

How residents used to cross the river before the bridge

This region has a large number of bridges all along the North Saskatchewan

A view of the bridge and river

Pretty good elevation change until you reach the top

You have reached the top!

The final resting place for TB victims

This is a huge natural area of parkland

A great lookout with some interesting signage

What this park is and what it will become

The 1875-1885 North West Mounted Police Fort represents the history of Fort Saskatchewan and will welcome visitors and residents to learn about life in a NWMP Fort.

On our way back to the junction and trail head