Our Camrose, Our History: Heritage Survey and Inventory

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Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future

Heritage is a vital part of Camrose’s story – connecting our past to our future. It offers insight into how our community evolved over time, shaping the culture, values, and identity we share today. By understanding history, we can make informed choices about how our city continues to grow and thrive.

The City of Camrose is undertaking an update to the 2011 Heritage Survey and Inventory. This project aims to celebrate, document, and protect the places that tell the story of Camrose’s growth and character.

The updated Heritage Inventory will serve as an important planning and decision-making tool for the community and city administration. It will help guide land use and development decisions, inform heritage conservation strategies, and increase public awareness of the city’s historical and cultural assets. The project will also provide new opportunities for municipal recognition and appreciation of Camrose’s unique heritage.

By refreshing and expanding the existing inventory, the city will ensure that historically significant buildings, landscapes, and cultural sites continue to be identified, valued, and integrated into the community’s future growth.

Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future

Heritage is a vital part of Camrose’s story – connecting our past to our future. It offers insight into how our community evolved over time, shaping the culture, values, and identity we share today. By understanding history, we can make informed choices about how our city continues to grow and thrive.

The City of Camrose is undertaking an update to the 2011 Heritage Survey and Inventory. This project aims to celebrate, document, and protect the places that tell the story of Camrose’s growth and character.

The updated Heritage Inventory will serve as an important planning and decision-making tool for the community and city administration. It will help guide land use and development decisions, inform heritage conservation strategies, and increase public awareness of the city’s historical and cultural assets. The project will also provide new opportunities for municipal recognition and appreciation of Camrose’s unique heritage.

By refreshing and expanding the existing inventory, the city will ensure that historically significant buildings, landscapes, and cultural sites continue to be identified, valued, and integrated into the community’s future growth.

  • What Is a Municipal Historic Area - and Why It Matters

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    Alberta’s Historical Resources Act allows the council of a municipality to designate properties as Historic Resources within the municipality, after notifying the property owner, when preservation is considered to be in the public interest. Similarly, if preservation of the historical character of any part of the municipality is in the public interest, the council may designate part of the municipality as a Municipal Historic Area.

    A Municipal Historic Area has a distinct sense of time and place created by a collection heritage resources and/or landscape or streetscape elements. The heritage value of these areas is connected in part to their concentration of multiple resources that share a physical, contextual, or historical link. Municipal Historic Areas may include historic downtowns or residential neighbourhoods, collections of buildings or structures associated with a particular industry, institution or group of people, and landscapes spanning multiple properties that may include elements like parks, gardens, and trails.

    Designating a Municipal Historic Area allows the municipality to preserve the unique historic character of an area for future generations by guiding the use and development of land and the demolition, removal, construction, or reconstruction of buildings within the designated area.


  • Celebrate Camrose: Our Heritage, Our Story

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    The City of Camrose and Stantec are inviting residents of Camrose to take part in an important Heritage Survey to help update the 2011 Heritage Survey and Inventory. The information gathered will help guide how we identify, celebrate, and protect our community’s unique history.

    Camrose’s heritage buildings, stories, and landmarks play a key role in defining the character of our city — and your input will shape how we preserve and promote these important assets for future generations.

    Complete the survey here!

    Your feedback will help the City better understand what places and stories matter most to residents. The survey only takes a few minutes to complete and will be open until November 27.


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