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Lewis Farms, Edmonton

neighborhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ6536544 ↗
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Lewis Farms or Lewis Estates is a residential area in the west portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1988 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Lewis Farms Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area.

The community is represented by the Lewis Estates Community League, established in 1993.

Geography

Located in west Edmonton, the Lewis Farms area is bounded by 231 Street to the west, Whitemud Drive to the south, Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the east, and Stony Plain Road (Highway 16A) to the north. The area is bisected by 215 Street (Winterburn Road) and Webber Greens Drive (87 Avenue).

Parkland County is located beyond 231 Street to the west, while the Enoch Cree Indian Reserve (Enoch Cree Nation) and The Grange are beyond Whitemud Drive to the south. The West Jasper Place area is across Anthony Henday Drive to the east and Winterburn Industrial is across Stony Plain Road to the north.

Neighbourhoods

The Lewis Farms Area Structure Plan originally planned for eight separate neighbourhoods. Today, the Lewis Farms area includes the following:

Breckenridge Greens

Lewis Farms Industrial, which includes the Normandeau Gardens rural residential subdivision

Potter Greens

Rosenthal

Secord

Stewart Greens

Suder Greens

Webber Greens

Land use plans

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

the Breckenridge Greens Neighbourhood Structure Plan (NSP) in 1991, which applies to the Breckenridge Greens neighbourhood;

the Potter Greens NSP in 1990, which applies to the Potter Greens neighbourhood;

the Rosenthal NSP in 2009, which applies to the Rosenthal neighbourhood;

the Secord NSP in 2007, which applies to the Secord neighbourhood;

the Stewart Greens NSP in 2007, which applies to the Stewart Greens neighbourhood;

the Suder Greens NSP in 2002, which applies to the Suder Greens neighbourhood;

the Webber Greens NSP in 2000, which applies to the Webber Greens neighbourhood; and

the Lewis Farms Business Employment NSP in 2020, which applies to the Lewis Farms Industrial area.

Lewis Farms Transit Centre

The Lewis Farms Transit Centre, opened in May 2011, is located on 87 Avenue just off of Anthony Henday Drive.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 1993, 1991, 1990—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Lewis, Farms and Edmonton can be independently traced.
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