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It is also well served with all major stores in malls such as Bower Place, Southpointe Common, Parkland Mall and many other locations.Red Deer is also noted for its number of restaurants, economic resilience and youth demographic.The park runs right from the outskirts in the south west to the north east and through the heart of the city.

About half way between Calgary and Edmonton the trail crossed the Red Deer River at a wide, stony shallow used by First Nations peoples and bison since ancient times.

The city is a centre for oil and agriculture distribution, and the surrounding region is a major centre for petrochemical production.Red Deer County surrounds the city.The Cree peoples called the river on which Red Deer now stands, Waskasoo Seepee.

The city has a land area of and a population density of .In 2007, the population grew by 2 734 to a total of 85 705 living in the city.Nearly 90% of residents spoke English as a first language while 1.7% spoke Spanish and 1.6% spoke French.

The first train from Calgary to Edmonton passed through Red Deer in 1891. Leonard Gaetz As a founding father of the city, the Reverend Dr.Leonard Gaetz (1841-1907) is memorialized in the name of Red Deer's major thouroughfare: Gaetz Avenue.Leonard Gaetz was born at Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, in 1841.

He died in Red Deer in 1907. 1900 to 1929 Red Deer saw a massive influx of settlers in the early 1900s.In 1901, when Red Deer was incorporated as a town, the population stood at 343.