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Nov. 16, 2017 | Barb Livingstone
Rags to riches
Chestermere Lake's evolution from slough to city centrepiece
When Jen Peddlesden and her family moved to Chestermere Lake 40 years ago, people told her she was crazy.
At that time, what is now a 2.65-square-kilometre waterway was merely a "slough, just a place to put a boat," and was primarily a backyard playground for nearby Forest Lawn residents or the Calgary Yacht Club, which has been headquartered there since 1933.
When Jen Peddlesden and her family moved to Chestermere Lake 40 years ago, people told her she was crazy.
At that time, what is now a 2.65-square-kilometre waterway was merely a "slough, just a place to put a boat," and was primarily a backyard playground for nearby Forest Lawn residents or the Calgary Yacht Club, which has been headquartered there since 1933.