Overlanders

Area overview

A sense of place

In 1875 an Anglican minister built a church, home and hospital which he called the Hermitage, a name which is now used to describe the three neighbourhoods in this area. Much of the land was agricultural until 1960 when Overlanders and the other two Hermitage neighbourhoods were subdivided. Development began in the late 1970s, a mixture of single-family homes, row housing and apartment buildngs on a curving street system. Residents, many of them young families, have easy access to river valley parks.

City-authored overview; descriptions may reflect historical development rather than present-day conditions.