About Our Community

Lendrum Place is predominately residential in character and most of the properties are developed with single-detached homes, with some apartment dwellings located adjacent to bus routes. The majority of residential construction occurred during the 1960s.

The schools and community league site are central to the neighbourhood.

Lendrum Place Shopping Centre, a commercial plaza with a variety of businesses, is located along 111 Street, and additional shopping facilities are located at nearby Southgate Shopping Centre.

The University of Alberta research farm (approximately 160 acres) is located to the west and northwest of the community.

The Lendrum Place road network is a modified grid pattern. It is bounded on the north by 61 Avenue, on the south by 51 Avenue, on the east by 111 Street, and on the west by 115 Street. The road network connects to other major City road for access, and a LRT line runs along Lendrum’s eastern boundary. It is served by both the South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park and Southgate LRT stations.

This neighbourhood was named in honour of Robert Lendrum, one of Edmonton’s early land surveyors.

Sources: City of Edmonton and Wikipedia

 

Robert Watt Lendrum

Robert Watt Lendrum was the fourth child of William Lendrum and Mary Watt. He was born in Fermanagh, Ireland on July 24, 1834. His family left Ireland in 1849 to come to Ottawa, where he worked with his father, who was a civil engineer. Robert was an Anglican and married Ella Brock (born October 22, 1849) in Hawksbury, Ontario on November 24, 1866.

Robert later taught school and went to Vankleek Hill to receive his certificate to teach school in Ontario. He taught for a while, then became articled to Robert Hamilton to become a land surveyor on January 8, 1874. He also kept a store and operated the telegraph station at Vankleek Hill. In 1880, he received his commission as a Dominion Land Surveyor, and went to Fort Garry (now Winnipeg), where he did considerable survey work. He practiced surveying in Ontario from 1882 to 1893

Lendrum moved to Edmonton in 1892 to engage in farming, as there was little survey work. His farm property now makes up the Lendrum Place neighbourhood of Edmonton.

About 1896 he left the farm to engage in survey work for the government around Edmonton. He was still surveying, when he slipped on a sidewalk, resulting in a fractured hip, from which he died shortly afterwards on February 27, 1912 at 77 years old. His wife had died on July 25, 1911 and they are both buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Edmonton.

Originally Submitted by: Hans Nederveen, Alberta Land Surveyor (retired). Updated 2013

Sources: Alberta's Land Surveying History, Edmonton Archives, Find a Grave

Schools in Lendrum

  • École Lendrum School is a dual-track elementary school, offering both English (K-6) and French Immersion (K-6). The school strives to provide quality learning experiences for all students in a safe, caring, friendly, supportive, and inclusive environment. It celebrates learning with an arts-enriched curriculum, hosting artists-in-residence and integrating fine arts into other subject areas.

  • St. Martin School is a Christ-Centered Professional Learning Community that provides Ukrainian Bilingual Kindergarten to Grade Six Education to the children of South and West Edmonton.

  • Avalon Junior High School was named after the Isle of Avalon (Severn Sea). A French immersion program is offered for grades 7-9.