Morinville

Morinville is a city of about 10,000 people (2016) in the Edmonton Capital Region.

Understand
Morinville is primarily residential. One of the town's larger businesses, Champion Pet Foods, employs approximately 50 people.

History
Morinville was settled by Father Morin, an Oblate missionary, who brought many French settlers in the late 1800s, followed by several German pioneers—hence its many French and German families such as Hittinger, Riopel, Boissonnault, Tailleur, Houle, Labonté, St. Laurent, Maisonneuve, Bokenfohr, Krauskopf, Rustemier, and Meyers.

The monument in the St. Jean Baptiste Park lists the many names of pioneers and settlers to Morinville.

Get in
Morinville is 36 km northwest of Edmonton along Highway 2.

There are buses from Edmonton to St. Albert. Morinville is a $40-50 taxi trip from St. Albert.

Do

 * Recreation amenities in Morinville include walking trails, a splash park, a trout pond, a skateboard park, a hockey arena, a curling rink, numerous parks and playgrounds, and outdoor fitness equipment stations along the trail system and at the splash park.

Sleep
The nearest hotels are in St. Albert.