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Louise McKinney Riverfront Park or Louise McKinney Park is a municipal park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that is part of the North Saskatchewan River valley parks system, and serves as the gateway park, with paved paths leading from it to everywhere in the parks system. The Cloverdale Pedestrian Bridge crossed the North Saskatchewan River connecting Louise McKinney Park to the Henrietta Muir Edwards Park and the Edmonton Queen attraction. The park is the closest to the downtown Edmonton area. The park also serves as a link in the trans-Canadian trail system.

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Louise McKinney Riverfront Park
Grierson Hill NW, Edmonton Central Core

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N 53.541 ° E -113.481 °
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Millennium Plaza/Shumka Stage

Grierson Hill NW
T5N 1J9 Edmonton, Central Core
Alberta, Canada
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