St. Albert

Located in Alberta, Canada, the city of St. Albert is situated on the Sturgeon River, northwest of the capital city, Edmonton. At first, St. Albert city was a settlement of the Metis community, Nowadays, it is considered the second largest of all the cities in the Edmonton area. The city of St. Albert, during the year 1904, received its "town status." By the year 1906 St. Albert city could be reached by the Canadian Northern Railway.

Back during the day, St. Albert was first separated from Edmonton by some miles of agriculture farmland. In the 1980s, Edmonton's city limits expanded and this placed St. Albert immediately adjacent to the bigger city on St. Albert's east and south sides.

There are various recreational complexes and facilities situated within St. Albert. Like for instance, during the year 2006, the city made a $42.77 million dollar multi-purpose leisure centre that is referred to as Servus Credit Union Place. Within this complex there is a huge recreational aquatic centre, a running track, the pre-existing Mark Messier and Troy Murray hockey rinks, 3 basketball courts, a two thousand seat performance rink, a big exercise room with state of the art machines, 2 soccer fields and a kid's play area and a lot more.

There was some controversy when the city announced in 2006, that they were renaming the Troy Murray and Mark Messier hockey rinks, putting the naming rights for sale. These rinks were initially known as the Campbell Arena. They were originally named after these local hockey legends in the year 1992, soon after the arena opened. The argument was so large it even included an article in Sports Illustrated. Paul Chalifoux, the mayor decided to repeal the decision. Ever since, the Campbell twin arena has since been included onto and has become part of the creation of the St. Albert Multi-Purpose Leisure Centre.

Different recreation facilities within St. Albert comprise Fountain Park Pool, Grosvenor Pool and various children's play areas, racquetball courts and tennis courts.