Sylvan Lake

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Breakthrough Junior Challenge

Deadline: Jun 25, 2024
$250,000
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (2:00 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions are judged on...

Kochhar & Co. Scholarship

Deadline: Mar 31, 2024
$1,000
Kochhar & Co. Chartered Professional Accountant was founded in 2011 by Biki Kochhar, a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant, with a small office and a single staff member. Kochhar & Co. specializes in owner-managed corporations based in the Okanagan Valley, and has offices in both downtown Kelowna and Penticton.Eligibility:To be eligible for the "Kochhar & Co. Scholarship" a student must:Be attending...

Young Women in Public Affairs Award

Deadline: Apr 01, 2024
$5,000
Though about 40% of the world’s workforce is women, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 25.7% of all national parliamentarians were female as of 1 September 2021. Because Zonta International believes that young women are the key to women’s advancement in the field of public service, it offers the Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award, which recognizes...

Brower Youth Award

Deadline: Apr 08, 2024
$3,000
Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards for Environmental Leadership in 2000 to honor renowned environmental advocate David Brower, who said, “I love to see what young people can do, before someone old tells them it’s impossible.” It is with this spirit that we recognize the outstanding leadership efforts of young people who are working for the protection of...

Global Lift Equipment Scholarship

Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
$500
Eligibility:To be considered eligible for the Global Lift Equipment Scholarship you must:Be currently attending or planning on attending a post-secondary institution in Canada or the US by no later than the Fall of 2024.Submit a short story. Detailed instructions can be found on the application page.Have a GPA of 2.5 or greater.Be a resident of the United States or Canada.

10 Words or Less Scholarship

Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
$1,000
Scholarship Eligibility:A) Anyone who is between the ages of 14-25 who will be attending school in the Fall of 2024.B) This scholarship is provided by StudentScholarships.org. In order to apply for our scholarship follow these instructions:1. Go to www.facebook.com/myscholarships and place a comment on any post you see answering the question:In 10 words or less, tell us why you deserve...

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Sylvan Lake is a town within central Alberta, Canada. It is situated 25 kilometres or 16 miles west of Red Deer City along Highway 11 or Highway 11A. It is situated on the southeast edge of Sylvan Lake, a 15 kilometre or 9.3 mile long freshwater lake, within Red Deer County.

The lake is a tourist location for individuals all over the province, bringing in approximately 1.5 million visitors each year. Popular tourist activities comprise swimming, sunbathing, water-skiing, and visiting the local Wild Rapids Waterslides.

The town of Sylvan Lake was first settled by French speaking immigrants from the United States and Quebec. Arriving in the year 1898 from Michigan, Alexandre Loiselle with his family first homesteaded the quarter section which later became the west side of the current Main (50th) Street and the businesses and homes directly toward the west.

In the start of the 20th century saw numerous Estonian and then Finnish settlers moving to the area to build homesteads toward the west and south of the Sylvan Lake settlement. Their arrival brought about the first business community in the area with a general store, a blacksmith, post office, a hardware store, restaurants, barber and more. The completion of the Canadian Northern line to Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg during the year 1912 and the parallel Canadian Pacific during the year 1914 opened the west country to settlement and resulted in the incorporation of the town of Sylvan Lake in the year 1913 under Mayor E. S. Grimson, a local hardware store owner. The anniversary of the founding of the town of Sylvan Lake is celebrated each year within Sylvan Lake as "1913 Days."

Believed to be amongst Canada's Top Ten Resort Hot Spots, Sylvan Lake is a thriving community that has seen significant growth during the past 10 years. No longer believed to be a seasonal community, based on the 2006 federal cencus, 86 per cent of houses are permanent household.

Statistics Canada have rated the town of Sylvan Lake as the fasted growing rural community, along with being amongst Canada's youngest communities. During the last five years the municipality has seen annual growth rates of as much as 20 per cent. Now 70% of the town's population is made up of individuals between the ages of one to forty four years.

During 2006, the ARP or Waterfront Area Redevelopment Plan was created to promote new growth and development of the waterfront and downtown parts. This plan provide needed direction and identifies opportunities of growth, with intensification and effective use of land with improved lake access. Implementation of the plan has resulted in amendments to regulations to provide flexible zoning to achieve the desired vision.