Pilot Sound, Edmonton

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Pilot Sound
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Pilot Sound
Location of Pilot Sound in Edmonton
Coordinates: 53°38′06″N113°25′16″W / 53.635°N 113.421°W / 53.635; -113.421 (Pilot Sound)
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
City Edmonton
Quadrant [1] NW
Ward [1] Dene
Government
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  Administrative body Edmonton City Council
  Councillor Aaron Paquette
Elevation
655 m (2,149 ft)

Pilot Sound is a residential area in the northeast portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1981 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Pilot Sound Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area. [3]

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Geography

Located in northeast Edmonton, the Pilot Sound area is bounded by 66 Street to the west, 153 Avenue to the south, and Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the east and north. [3] The area is bisected by 50 Street, Manning Drive (Highway 15) and a Canadian National rail line. [3] [4]

The Lake District (Edmonton North) area is located beyond 66 Street to the west, [5] while the Casselman-Steele Heights area is beyond 153 Avenue to the south [6] and the Edmonton Energy and Technology Park, which forms part of Alberta's Industrial Heartland, [7] is beyond Anthony Henday Drive to the north. [8] The Clareview area overlaps with a portion of Pilot Sound to the east of a between 153 Avenue and a power line right-of-way. [4] [9]

Neighbourhoods

The Pilot Sound Area Structure Plan originally planned for six separate neighbourhoods. [3] Today, the Pilot Sound area includes the following: [4]

Land use plans

In addition to the Pilot Sound Area Structure Plan, the following plans were adopted to further guide development of certain portions of the Pilot Sound area:

Surrounding areas

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  2. "City Councillors". City of Edmonton. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Pilot Sound Area Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Welcome to Edmonton Maps". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
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  6. "Casselman-Steele Heights District Outline Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  7. "Edmonton". Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  8. "Edmonton North Area Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  9. "Clareview Outline Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. December 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  10. "Brintnell Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  11. "Hollick-Kenyon Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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  13. "McConachie Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2012-05-27.