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South Calgary community guides

Short answer: South Calgary ranges from newer lake communities like Mahogany and Auburn Bay, to established neighbourhoods along Fish Creek Park, to Seton's urban hub. Each guide covers the homes, schools, amenities, getting around, and who the community suits best.

Southeast Calgary

Mahogany

Mahogany is a master planned lake community in southeast Calgary, built around a 63 acre freshwater lake with private beaches, wetlands and a village style shopping area. Homes are newer, and Seton and the South Health Campus are next door.

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Auburn Bay

Auburn Bay is a southeast Calgary lake community established in 2005, next to Seton and the South Health Campus. It has a private freshwater lake, a residents' facility called Auburn House, and a big network of parks and pathways.

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McKenzie Towne

McKenzie Towne is a southeast Calgary community designed to feel like a small town, with a walkable street grid, front porches and its own High Street. It was built from the late 1990s and has four areas: Prestwick, Elgin, Inverness and the High Street district.

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McKenzie Lake

McKenzie Lake is an established southeast lake community built mostly in the late 1980s and 1990s, beside Fish Creek Provincial Park and the Bow River. It has a 43 acre private lake, ridge homes with views and mature trees.

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Cranston

Cranston is a large southeast community started in 1999, with Upper Cranston on the escarpment and Cranston Riverstone down in the Bow River valley. It has close to 21,000 residents and Seton's shops and hospital next door.

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Seton

Seton is southeast Calgary's urban hub, home to the South Health Campus, one of the largest YMCAs in the world, a public library, a cinema and plenty of shops and restaurants. Housing is newer and still growing.

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New Brighton

New Brighton is a family focused southeast community started around 2002, with a residents' club, a 20 acre central park and a 12 acre pond.

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Copperfield

Copperfield is a southeast community that grew quickly after 2002, with about 4,000 homes, lots of parks and ponds, and easy access to Stoney Trail and South Trail Crossing.

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Douglasdale

Douglasdale is an established southeast community from 1986, on the east bank of the Bow River, with a golf course winding through it and Fish Creek Provincial Park next door.

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Quarry Park

Quarry Park is a live, work and play community built on a former gravel pit along the Bow River, with homes, offices, shops, a YMCA and a 50 acre nature reserve.

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Inverness (McKenzie Towne)

Inverness is one of the four areas of McKenzie Towne, with traditional style homes, front porches and narrow walkable streets.

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Legacy

Legacy is a growing community on Calgary's southern edge, with a 300 acre environmental reserve, about 15 km of pathways and a dozen playgrounds.

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Wolf Willow

Wolf Willow is one of Calgary's newest communities, along the Bow River valley south of Stoney Trail, with parks, pathways, a dog park and two planned school sites.

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Riverbend

Riverbend is an established southeast community from 1982 along the Bow River, with mature trees, parks and a pedestrian bridge to the river pathways.

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Deer Run

Deer Run is a quiet southeast community from 1978, tucked into a bend of the Bow River and bordered by Fish Creek Provincial Park.

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Lake Bonavista

Lake Bonavista, started in 1967, was the first community in Canada built around a man made lake. It's a mature southeast community with lake privileges, big trees and its own shopping promenade.

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Sundance

Sundance is a south Calgary lake community from the 1980s, built around the 33 acre Lake Sundance and bordering Fish Creek Provincial Park.

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Chaparral

Chaparral is a south Calgary lake community started in 1995, with a 32 acre private lake and a 21 acre park with waterfalls.

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Walden

Walden is a south Calgary community started in 2008, known for green design, parks and 7 km of trails around Walden Pond.

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Parkland

Parkland is a mature south Calgary community from the 1970s, wrapped by Fish Creek Provincial Park on two sides, with big lots and lots of trees.

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