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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Beverly Heights
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|settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Beverly Heights in [[Edmonton]]
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|subdivision_name5 = [[List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton#Mature area sector|Mature area]]
|subdivision_type6 = Area<ref name=MDP>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/MDP_Bylaw_15100.pdf |title=The Way We Grow: Municipal Development Plan Bylaw 15100 |publisher=City of Edmonton |date=2010-05-26 |access-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502001321/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/MDP_Bylaw_15100.pdf |archive-date=May 2, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=plans>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Plans_in_Effect_Map.pdf |title=City of Edmonton Plans in Effect |publisher=City of Edmonton |date=November 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017194152/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Plans_in_Effect_Map.pdf |archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}</ref>
|subdivision_name6 = [[Beverly, Alberta|Beverly]]
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|area_total_km2 = 1.38
|population_as_of = 2012
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|population_total = 3200
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|population_blank1_title = Change <small>(2009–12)</small>
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'''Beverly Heights''' is a
The
▲'''Beverly Heights''' is a neighborhood in east [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. Originally part of the [[Town of Beverly]], Beverly Heights became a part of Edmonton in [[1961_in_Canada|1961]] when the town amalgamated with Edmonton.
▲The neighborhood is bounded on the south by the [[North Saskatchewan River]]valley, on the north by [[Alberta Avenue|118 Avenue]], on the west by 50 Street, and on the east by 34 Street and 36 Street.
There are four schools in Beverly Heights, the Beverly Heights Public School, the Lawton Junior High School, the R.J. Scott Elementary School, and the St. Nicholas Catholic Junior High School.
Lawton Junior High School was the first junior high school in the Town of Beverly, and is named after Percy Benjamin Lawton. Lawton was a teacher, principal, Supervisor of Beverly Schools, and superintendent. He also served briefly as mayor of the Town of Beverly.<ref>"Herzog, Lawrence, "Built on Coal, A History of Beverly, Edmonton's Working Class Town", Beverly Community Development Society, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta.</ref>
The [[cenotaph|Beverly Cenotaph]], originally built to remember the men from Beverly who served and died in [[World War I]], is located in Beverly Heights. The original dedication ceremony was held on October 17, 1920, making the cenotaph the first to be erected in the Edmonton area, and one of the earliest in Alberta. The cenotaph was expanded and rededicated in 1958.<ref>Herzog pp. 99-100</ref>
The community is represented by the Beverly Heights [[Neighborhood council|Community League]], established in 1949, which maintains a [[Community centre|community hall]] and an outdoor rink located at 42 Street and 111 Avenue.<ref>{{cite book|last =Kuban |first =Ron |title =Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement |url =https://archive.org/details/edmontonsurbanvi00kuba |url-access =registration |publisher =University of Alberta Press |year =2005 |isbn =9781459303249}}</ref>
== Demographics ==
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Beverly Heights had a population of {{nts|3200}} living in {{nts|1777}} dwellings,<ref name=2012population>{{cite web | url=http://edmonton.ca/city_government/facts_figures/municipal-census-results.aspx | title=Municipal Census Results – Edmonton 2012 Census | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref> a -5.2% change from its 2009 population of {{nts|3375}}.<ref name=2009population>{{cite web | url=http://edmonton.ca/city_government/facts_figures/2009-municipal-census-results.aspx | title=2009 Municipal Census Results | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref> With a land area of {{convert|1.38|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{nts|2318.8}} people/km<sup>2</sup> in 2012.<ref name=nbhds/><ref name=2012population/>
== Mining ==
The Town of Beverly was a [[coal mining]] town with over twenty mines operating in the area during the town's history. The following major mine was active in area of Beverly Heights.
* Bush (Davidson) Mine
== Surrounding neighbourhoods ==
{{Adjacent communities
| Northwest = [[Newton, Edmonton|Newton]]
| North = [[Beacon Heights, Edmonton|Beacon Heights]]
| Northeast = [[Abbottsfield, Edmonton|Abbottsfield]]
| West = [[Highlands, Edmonton|Highlands]]
| Centre = Beverly Heights
| East = [[Rundle Heights]]
| Southwest = [[North Saskatchewan River]]
| South = [[North Saskatchewan River]]
| Southeast = [[North Saskatchewan River]]
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==
* [[Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Edmonton]]
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