About The Pointe

The Pointe Agricultural Event Centre at Pointe-Aux-Pins Acres represents a vital link to the importance of agriculture in our community. The vision for The Pointe represents a deeply-rooted sense of community and a place to connect our future with our past. The new centre will be a community gathering space where agriculture heritage and rural roots are preserved and continue to grow.

View the booking package for a visual tour of the facility.

On this page

• Amenities
• About the name
• Visual identity highlights
• Engagement informs decisions

Amenities

The Pointe’s accessible design meets a wide-variety of facility uses and features a main show arena with concrete floor, temperature-controlled barn and animal wash bays for showing and cool down. The design also includes considerations for bio-security measures for animal and human health. There will be functional support for events, with separate entrances for exhibitors and attendees. A multi-purpose room will also be available for meetings, educational opportunities or to act as a support space during events. 

A community gathering place for year-round agricultural events and community activities, The Pointe is also a place for non-traditional agricultural activities and demonstration events. 

The main building is approximately 100,000 square feet, including the barn.

For all the technical specifications, view the facility highlights including a floor plan.

About the name - Pointe-aux-Pins Acres (The Pointe)

• The name Pointe-aux-Pins Acres anchors the new amenity  in community heritage. The Pointe is a destination where people from across Strathcona County and the region can enjoy agricultural and community events. 
• The County considers the history of our community and points of interest in the local area or region when considering new facility names.   
• Pointe-aux-Pins Creek is a significant water feature on Strathcona County’s landscape. One of only a few place names in the County known to have a French origin, the name translates literally as “pointed at the pines.” The creek flows into the North Saskatchewan River from the southeast - from the higher elevations in Beaver Hills. In the late 1800s, Pointe-aux-Pins Creek was the last of four creek crossings for travellers making the twenty-one mile journey by land from Strathcona, at the north end of the Canadian and Edmonton railway line known as the “end of steel”, to Fort Saskatchewan.  
   

A place to show the past, present and future of agriculture

• Pointe-aux-Pins Acres will be a community gathering space where agriculture heritage and rural roots are preserved. 
• It will complement Bremner Heritage Site, including Bremner House, a 5,400 square-foot home built by Charles Bremner in 1912 or 1913. Strathcona County Council purchased Bremner House in 2004 to preserve a piece of the community's heritage for future generations. 

Opportunities to see, learn, and get involved could include agri-educational opportunities

The Pointe Visual Identity

• The logomark is designed to strike a balance between Strathcona County’s visual identity and the colours unique to The Pointe’s landscape.
• Flowing lines and green and yellow colour profiles were used to capture landscape elements of Pointe-aux-Pins Acres to highlight our agricultural heritage.
• The map pin symbol is inspired by the site name, Pointe-aux-Pins-Acres, anchoring the facility as a destination for agricultural and community events. The map pin further showcases the facility as the place to be!

Engagement informs decisions

Potential user groups were asked to share their input on how, when and how often they would use the indoor arena, animal housing and multi-purpose spaces. Based on this feedback, numerous considerations were addressed or incorporated where operationally feasible.

• January 13, 2025 community group enewsletter