Regional Amenities
One of Watermark at Bearspaw’s most appealing features is its quick and easy access to essential amenities and services – from grocery stores and shopping malls to ski hills and sports complexes to schools and medical centres. Two extraordinary golf courses – Bearspaw and Lynx Ridge – are minutes away, and the eastern gateway to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park – 3,400 acres of unspoiled parkland along the Bow River – is right on the community’s doorstep.
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Lynx Ridge Golf Club
With five tees on each of its 18 holes, Lynx Ridge ranges from 5,200 yards to a demanding 6,826-yard par 71. Seventy white silica sand traps contour the lush fairways, while 17 water hazards add to the challenge.
Springbank Links Golf Course
As the front nine carves through a series of steep valleys that cascade toward Bearspaw Reservoir, numerous elevation changes bring challenging shots through chutes of trees and over ravines. On the back nine, the course transforms into rolling terrain with two lakes, two ponds and a magnificent sandstone waterfall.
Valley Ridge Golf & Conference Centre
The ‘River Nine’ and ‘Ridge Nine’ form this 7,026-yard, 18-hole championship course. Four tee boxes per hole allow golfers of all abilities can enjoy this exceptionally beautiful public course.
Bearspaw Country Club
Members of this private course may choose from six different yardages, from 5,126 to 6,774. With water features on 11 holes, the course winds through coulees and plateaus, presenting players with a wide diversity of terrain and elevation changes.
The Links of GlenEagles
This Les Furber design is a public day-fee course. Score Magazine considers GlenEagles one of the Top 100 in Canada and Top 10 in Alberta.
Cochrane Golf Club
This semi-private nine-hole course features a scenic backdrop of Rocky Mountain peaks and foothills.
Crowfoot Family YMCA
This 60,000 sq ft facility features a 25-metre saltwater pool, variable depth training pool, gymnasium, multi-purpose rooms, meeting rooms, strength and conditioning area, indoor running track and full amenity locker rooms. The Crowfoot YMCA is wheelchair accessible and has a snack bar, personal fitness services and ample on-site parking.
Canada Olympic Park (COP)
COP was the primary venue for ski jumping, bobsleigh and luge during the 1988 Winter Olympics. In the winter, the park is open to the public for downhill skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing. In the summer, COP’s 25 kilometres of trails draw mountain biking enthusiasts.
Crowchild Twin Arena
Along with two arenas offering public skating times, Crowchild Twin Arena is home to Blades Pro Shop and Spring Hill Sport Therapy.
World Health Edgemont
First-class weight and cardiovascular training facilities are enhanced by group exercise programs, exceptional one-on-one personal training, an outdoor swimming pool, steam rooms and more.
Riverside Club
This full-service ‘adult only’ fitness and tennis facility includes indoor tennis courts, saltwater swimming pool, Co-ed Fitness Area and Women’s Wellness Area.
Calgary Winter Club
This private, member-owned club includes facilities for aquatics, badminton, bowling, curling, skating, squash and tennis. Its Fitness & Lifestyle Centre offers personal training.
Bearspaw Lifestyle Centre
A true community centre, BLC includes a gymnasium, hall and dance studio, and it offers a broad range of programs for every member of the family – from badminton, yoga, indoor soccer and drop-in gym times to youth groups and babysitting courses to movie matinees.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Watermark at Bearspaw’s 46 acres of parkland are poised to become the gateway to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park – a 3,400-acre park and pathway system stretching along the Bow River all the way from Bearspaw to Cochrane, with further greenway linkages to downtown Calgary.
12 Mile Coulee Natural Environment Park
Part of Calgary’s river valley park system, this 190-hectare park features an escarpment area and coulee. Calgary Parks has a drafted a plan to enhance the park with approximately 10 km of trails, interpretive signage, benches and parking areas.
Bowmont Park Natural Area
Bowmont Park occupies more than 400 acres laced with 42 kilometres of trails along the northern bank of the Bow River. The name is a blending of the names of two nearby communities: Bowness and Montgomery.
Bowness Park
An inviting riverside destination for picnickers, Bowness Park features a shallow lagoon that runs along its southern edge – a popular spot for paddle-boating in the summer and skating in the winter. Amenities include paths, a large playground, a water park, fire pits and BBQ stands, shelters, washrooms, water fountains and the ParkSide Café.
Nose Hill Park
Covering more than 11 square kilometres, Nose Hill Natural Environment Park – Calgary’s second largest park – is a sanctuary of rolling grasslands with many kilometres of hiking and biking trails.
Crowfoot Park
Located next to the Crowfoot Family YMCA, Crowfoot Park includes outdoor sports field and three baseball diamonds.
Nakiska
Located in the heart of Kananaskis Valley, Nakiska was created to host the alpine events of the 1988 Winter Olympics. Seventy percent of its terrain is rated as intermediate, 16% as novice and the rest as expert. Six lifts (including two high-speed quads) service 750 skiable acres with a vertical drop of 2,412 feet.
Mt. Norquay
The twin runs of Banff Mount Norquay cater to family skiing, and the resort has lighted runs for night skiing. For hardcore downhillers, no runs anywhere can match Upper Lone Pine and Gun Run, a dynamite black-diamond duo. Banff Mt. Norquay has a total vertical drop of 1,650 feet.
Lake Louise
With 4,200 skiable acres, 3,250 vertical feet and 139 named runs, Lake Louise is among the largest ski areas in North America. Beginners and intermediate skiers will find numerous gentle slopes and long cruising runs, while experts can explore endless chutes, glades, gullies and remote bowls in some of the Rockies’ most challenging terrain.
Foothills Medical Centre
Alberta’s largest hospital, Foothills Medical Centre provides comprehensive and specialized medical and surgical services to Calgary and southern Alberta. In addition to a 24-hour emergency room and inpatient care, FMC has 57 outpatient clinics on site.
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Designed for patients from birth to age 18, ACH is home to multi-disciplinary teams that work together to promote healing through family-centred care.
Tuscany Medical Clinic
No appointment necessary at this drop-in clinic. Conveniently located next to a drug store, making it quick and easy to fill prescriptions.
Crowfoot Village Family Practice
A staff of nine family physicians, seven nurses and numerous support staff care for newborn through to geriatric patients.
Nose Hill Medical Clinic
This drop-in clinic is located next to Northwest Community Health Centre, which offers full lab services.
Tuscany Market
Anchored by a Sobeys grocery store, this community market contains a video store, wine/liquor store, dental office, pub/restaurant and many other shops and services.
Rocky Ridge Shopping Plaza
The closest shopping centre to Watermark at Bearspaw, Rocky Ridge Shopping Plaza’s flagship store is Calgary Co-op (grocery store, gas station, car wash and liquor store). Other outlets include Subway, ATB Financial, a dental office and a salon & spa.
Crowfoot Crossing Shopping Centre
One of the largest outdoor malls in Calgary, Crowfoot Crossing features over 240 shops and services including Rona, Safeway, Calgary Co-op and a Cineplex Odeon theatre.
Royal Oak Shopping Centre
This ‘power centre’ is anchored by Wal-Mart, London Drugs and Sobeys. Other major tenants include Home Outfitters, Reitmans, Penningtons, La Senza, Royal Bank, Blockbuster and Sleep Country.
Beacon Hill Centre
In addition to such major outlets as Costco, Home Depot, Future Shop and Canadian Tire, Beacon Hill includes a mix of smaller shops like Golf Town, Reitmans, Mexx and La Senza plus a variety of dining options including Swiss Chalet and Extreme Pita.
Market Mall
One of Calgary’s largest indoor malls with 229 stores and services, Market Mall was voted the top Shopping Centre in Calgary in the 2009 and 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards. Anchors include The Bay, Old Navy, Jacob, SportChek, Toys ‘R’ Us, Zellers, Safeway and Shoppers Drug Mart.
Northland Village
Totalling over 80 retail shops and services, Northland Village hosts the anchor stores Best Buy, Future Shop and Wal-Mart. Other major retailers include Winners, Fabricland, Home Outfitters, Home Furnishing, La-Z-Boy, Designer Depot and Kincaid.
St. Basil School
Welcoming Calgary Separate School Division students from Kindergarten to Grade 9, St. Basil puts its name into its motto: “Where Students Believe And Succeed In Learning."
École St. Sylvester
St. Sylvester is a K-6 elementary school located in the northwest community of Silver Springs. Since 2009, the school has offered the French Immersion program at all grade levels.
Bearspaw School
With a staff of nearly 50 and a student population of just over 500, Bearspaw School offers great learning experiences for children from Kindergarten to Grade 8.
École Elizabeth Barrett
École Elizabeth Barrett School is a dual-track school serving both English and French Immersion students from Kindergarten through Grade 4.
Mitford Middle School
A Rocky View District School for children from Kindergarten to Grade 8.
St. Francis High School
St. Francis (Grades 10-12) is a caring, Catholic educational environment where staff and students – inspired by the school’s patron, St. Francis of Assisi – strive to grow academically, socially, creatively, physically and spiritually.
Cochrane High School
Situated on a ridge overlooking Cochrane and the beautiful Bow River Valley, Cochrane High School welcomes approximately 750 students in Grades 9 to 12. It is a three-time winner in the Garfield Weston Awards for Excellence in Education.
St. Timothy School
Located just outside of Cochrane, St. Timothy welcomes students from Grade 7 to 12.
Edge School for Athletes
Founded in 1999, the Edge School is housed in a 170,000 sq ft school and sports complex facility for student-athletes in Grades 5 to 12. Students can enrol in Hockey, Dance, Golf, Soccer or the school’s Flex Academy.
University of Calgary
U of C is home to scholars in 14 faculties (offering more than 100 academic programs) and more than 30 research institutes and centres. More than 29,000 students are currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs at U of C – one of Canada’s top seven research universities.
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
A member of Polytechnics Canada and one of Alberta’s Top 50 Employers, SAIT offers more than 100 career programs in technology, trades and business. SAIT’s main campus overlooks downtown Calgary and is conveniently located on Calgary C-Train line.
Sunshine Village
Located 15 minutes west of Banff, Sunshine receives more snow than any other ski area in the Canadian Rockies – more than nine meters (30 feet) each winter. A 12-lift system (featuring seven modern quad chairs) carries 20,000 skiers each hour to the top of Sunshine’s 3,514-foot vertical.
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