Downtown Edmonton Beach

• Edmonton’s Accidental Beach making a comeback

  Over the past couple of weeks, a sandbar has begun to emerge at Edmonton's Accidental Beach.

  Canada

  May 4, 2018
  
• Edmonton’s Accidental Beach leads to ‘accidental Accidental Beach’ fashion trend

  It's quite literally a freak of nature that's been embraced by Edmontonians all summer and now it seems fans of Edmonton's Accidental Beach are latching on to a fashion trend brought on by the big, new bank of sand on the North Sakatchewan River": Accidental Beach tank tops and T-shirts.

  Money

  Sep 18, 2017
  
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• Edmonton Riverkeeper tests water quality at accidental beach

  The latest sample taken on Aug. 28 showed 238 colony-forming units of E. coli per 100 millilitres of water at the Cloverdale Beach, earning the status "failed to meet water quality standards."

  Environment

  Sep 2, 2017
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• Growing popularity of downtown Edmonton’s new ‘accidental’ beach raises questions

  Initially, the new downtown beach on Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River prompted questions about how it got there in the first place. Now it's raising questions about how to deal with its growing number of visitors.

  Aug 28, 2017