Road closures in effect as June sets record for rainfall

Township Road 534 in Strathcona County was washed out as a result of heavy rainfall in Old Man Creek in June 2026. (Credit: Ted McConnell)

A large section of a Strathcona County road has been washed out due to flooding.

The affected road is Township Road 534 near Old Man Creek.

Dozens of road closures are in place in the county as a result of recent rainfall.

As of 11 a.m. on Monday the following closures were in effect:

• 17th Street between Baseline Rd and Petroleum Way
• 34th Street between 92 Avenue and 84 Avenue
• West Highway 21 Service Road south of Township Road 534 into Hearthstone
• East Highway 21 Service Road south of Township 534
• Ranchlands subdivision (localized closure)
• Range Road 202 between Highway 14 and Township Road 512
• Range Road 203 between Township Road 512 and 514A
• Range Road 212 north of Township Road 560
• Range Road 213 between Township Road 560 and 562
• Range Road 213 between Township Road 530 and Highway 16
• Range Road 215 between Wye Road and Township Road 522
• Range Road 223 between Township Road 544 and 550
• Range Road 225 between Township Road 530 and Highway 16
• Range Road 232 between Highway 14 and Township Road 514
• Range Road 232 between Township Road 534 and 535
• Range Road 223 between Township Road 540 and 542
• Range Road 231 between Township Road 534 and 535
• Township Road 512 between Range Road 201 and 202
• Township Road 512 between Range Road 203 and 204
• Township Road 520 between Range Road 231 and Highway 21
• Township Road 522 between Range Road 215 and 214
• Township Road 530 between Range Road 224 and 225
• Township Road 534 between Range Road 231 and Highway 21
• Township Road 540 between Range Road 213 and west entrance to 21552 Township Road 540 subdivision
• Township Road 544 between Range Road 223 and 224
• Township Road 553 between Range Road 213 and 214
• Township Road 560 between Range Road 212 and 213

The following roads had been reopened:

• Range Road 211 through Antler Lake
• Range Road 210 between Township Road 524 and 530

The Jubilee Landing and Lakeland Village mobile home communities in Sherwood Park flooded on Sunday as rain came down.

Rainfall also impacted roads in Edmonton with 137 Avenue from Starling Drive to 199 Street closed as crews worked to deal with erosion.

The neighbourhood east of Horseshoe Creek is accessible from Ray Gibbon Drive or 137 Avenue only.

People living in the neighbourhood west of Horseshoe Creek can only get in or out by 199 Street and 118A Avenue.

Beaver County has also expanded its state of emergency because of overland flooding in Tofield and beyond.

The alert is now in effect for Tofield, Ryley, Holden, and Viking.

Pumping and road work is underway throughout the county.

Everyone in Beaver County has been asked to reduce all non-essential water use.

So far in June 255 millimetres of rain has fallen in Edmonton, breaking the previous record of 217 millimetres in 1914.

Epcor says it had responded to about 450 calls as of Sunday afternoon.