Lakewood, Edmonton Explained

Lakewood is a community comprising three neighbourhoods within the west-central portion of Mill Woods in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Neighbourhoods within the community include Kameyosek, Meyonohk and Tipaskan.^[5]

The community is represented by the Lakewood Community League, established in 1978, which maintains a community hall located at Lakewood Road East and 31 Avenue.^{[6] [7]}

Lakewood Transit Centre

The Lakewood Transit Centre, opened in 1982, is located at the South-West side of the neighborhood on Mill Woods Road and 28 avenue. There are no amenities available at this transit centre (no park & ride, drop off areas, washrooms, vending machines, etc...).^[10]

Approximately $1.4 million in upgrades to the transit centre were completed in 2017 with $689 thousand in funding provided by the federal government and $344.5 thousand in funding provided by the provincial government.

Following the April 25, 2021 bus network redesign, it is no longer indicated as a transit centre on ETS maps. It is, however, still served by ETS bus routes. The following bus routes serve the transit centre:^[11]

See main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes.

To/From	Routes
Knottwood	513
Mill Woods Road	509
Mill Woods Transit Centre	509, 512, 513
South Edmonton Common	512

See also

• Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
• Edmonton Transit Service

Notes and References

1. Web site: City of Edmonton Wards & Standard Neighbourhoods . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503100206/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/EdmontonWardNeighbourhoods.pdf . May 3, 2014 .
2. Web site: Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011 . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130904040707/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/PDF/Developing_and_Planned_Neighbourhoods_2011_-_Final_Report.pdf . September 4, 2013 .
3. Web site: City of Edmonton Plans in Effect . City of Edmonton . November 2011 . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017194152/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Plans_in_Effect_Map.pdf . October 17, 2013 .
4. Web site: City Councillors . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013.
5. Web site: Kameyosek Neighbourhood Profile . City of Edmonton . 2012-11-27.
6. Web site: Lakewood Community League . Lakewood Community League . October 10, 2017.
7. Book: Kuban, Ron . Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement . registration . University of Alberta Press . 2005 . 9781459303249.
8. Web site: Lakewood Transit Centre Map . City of Edmonton . September 29, 2017.
9. Web site: Governments fund Lakewood Transit Centre upgrades . Canada News Wire Group . 14 September 2017 . 16 March 2018.
10. Web site: Lakewood Transit Centre . City of Edmonton . September 29, 2017.
11. Web site: Brochures in PDF . City of Edmonton . 7 November 2019.