Elysium Valley

City Information

Population: 70,000
Postal Code: T1L 1E0
Area Code: 403
Location: The city of Elysium Valley is located within the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. The city is near the Alberta-British Columbia border in the western part of Banff National Park.
The major feature of Elysium Valley is the man made Ching Tu River. The Trans-Canada Highway runs through the city. It is approximately 2 hours from Calgary.
Date Founded: July 29, 1920

The city itself is almost a hundred years old. When the city was under construction, the founders gave lots of incentives for people and businesses to set up there and now the economy is thriving. No one has seen or heard from the mysterious founders in years, not since the first Mayor was elected.
The Ching Tu River flows through the valley from north to south. It’s a man-made river. Rumor has it that one of the city founders made it, but no one really knows for sure who did or what its purpose is. All anyone knows is that it was there before the first buildings went up.

Airport

Elysium Valley International Airport (YYV/CYYV) is located to the south east of the city. The airport has three terminals. Terminals 1 and 2 are connected to each other via the Canada Border Services Agency arrivals hall.
Terminal 1 is the international terminal. All flights from outside Canada arrive and depart from here, including flights from the United States Terminal 2 is a separate building and is the base for domestic flights. All flights within Canada arrive and depart from Terminal 2. The terminals are connected by a bus, Airside T2 to Groundside T1. The bus is operated by the Elysium Valley based airline, Azure Air. This airport is seen as a cheaper option to landing in Calgary or Edmonton, and often serves as the alternate airport for Calgary.
Azure Air's livery consists of a dragon painted on the body of the aircraft so that the first and second passenger windows appear to be eyes. The airport is connected to the Downtown and Spring Glades districts of Elysium Valley by public transport buses, and a less frequent intercity bus service to Calgary.

City Transit Information

Elysium Valley's public transport system consists primarily of a subway system with buses to compliment it. The subway is made up of four lines, crossing each other to form a fifth loop line around the Downtown Core.
Black Line: Stargazer University to the Industrial Sector
Red Line: West Side Housing District to the East side Fire station
Blue Line: Elysium Valley High School to the Business Sector
White Line: Tir Na Nog - Water Treatment Plant to Tir na Nog Junior High
Gold Line: Loops around the Downtown Core
The White Tiger bus network connects the mid and end points of the lines together and links the places not served by the subway to Downtown. White Tiger also runs a shuttle bus service within the downtown subway loop.
The train station located in the Downtown Core is owned by Serpent Rail. Serpent Rail runs intercity trains from Elysium Valley south into Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon, west to Vancouver and east to Calgary. Amtrak and VIA Rail also run service to Testudo Station. Elysium Valley's rail tracks runs south from Jasper, Alberta, east to Calgary and south to Shelby, Montana via the border crossing at Sweetgrass, Montana.

Related Article: Elysium Valley Train Stations

City West Side

The Shinto Shrine

• The shrine is fairly new, constructed by a Japanese family that emigrated from Kyoto fifty years ago. Presently, it’s abandoned, though no one knows why.

West Side Elementary

• The public elementary school.

River Valley Hospital

• The city’s only hospital.

Seven Stars Café

• A small café just off university campus.

Stargazer University

• A fairly small university comparatively speaking, it’s gained popularity in recent years for its low tuition and small class size. Some of the dorms on campus have reputations for having strange things happen there.

Tir na Nog Junior High

• The public junior high school.

Elysium Apartments

• An area of apartment buildings with middle range rent. The rooms range from bachelor suites up to three bedrooms.

West Side Housing District

• An area of row housing, fairly low rent. Two story houses with basements and up to five rooms.

Downtown Core

Full of shopping malls, movie theaters, banks, the city’s phone company, some small businesses, and restaurants. The library is also located here.
Elysium Valley Mall

• The biggest mall in the city.
  • Stores: Strawberry Palace, Light and Sound (music and movies), Frame It, Chapman and Black (photography), All That Jazz (dance supplies), The Spot (jewelry), The Last Page (books)

Scene It (Theater) City Hall

• The first building completed, it stands near the downtown core with a good view of the river. Rumor has it that the building is haunted.

Ambrosia Heights Housing District

• The most family friendly housing district. It consists of playgrounds, a small grocery store, a gas station, a movie rental store, single and duplex houses, a gym, a kiddie pool, and an indoor pool.

Elysium Valley Business Sector

All of the city’s major businesses are here except the phone company, which is downtown.
Spring Glades Park and Housing District

• The largest housing district with all different kinds of housing from bachelor apartments up to fourplex houses. It also contains a small movie theater, a splash park, a casino, several restaurants, hotels, and a small man made lake.

Stadium

• A large hockey arena where the local WHL team, the Elysium Valley Beasts, play.

Olympus Books

• Elysium Valley’s first comic book store.

We’ve Got Issues

• Elysium Valley’s most popular comic book store.

Elysium Chronicle

• The city’s newspaper

Planetarium

• Built fifty years ago, it’s a popular spot for field trips.

City East Side

Elysium Valley High School

• An elite private school. Scholarships are given to students based on academic achievement or sports skill. Many students want to go there, as it looks good on job résumés and university applications. Most students, however, pay their own way because their families can afford it. They have a strict dress code and all students must wear the school’s uniform. Very little jewelry or deviation is permitted.

The Industrial Sector

The only things here are factories and warehouses.
Ching Tu Private School

• The most exclusive school in Elysium Valley, it ranges from Kindergarten up to grade twelve. They also use a uniform. The students are all from wealthy families. It’s joked about that they require you to take a blood test before they’ll admit you to see if your blood is blue enough.

Paradise Park

• A very popular hangout and the biggest park in the city. It boasts an amusement park, an outdoor theater for plays, an outdoor pool, hiking and ski paths, playgrounds, and picnic areas.

Khun-Lun High School

• The city’s public high school.

Rising Star University College

• A community college that serves as a less expensive alternative to the University.

Arcadia Heights Housing District

• A mid-range housing district. It consists of single family dwellings and duplexes. It has a small park at its center for children to play in.
  • Features: a few coffee shops, gas stations, a small strip mall, a mom and pop flower store (May Flowers, owned and operated by April and Dan Summers), a train station, several bus stops, a couple restaurants, a large police station.

Water Treatment Plant

• Located on the far north side of the city.

Lumber Mill

• Located on the far east side of the city.

Other Schools

• Canaan Elementary
• Shangri-la Junior High
• Eden Elementary
• Utopia Junior High
• Erewhon High School
• Xanadu Technical college
• Goshen Elementary
• Zion Middle School

Restaurants

• Sushi or Shouldn't She
• Naan Pareil
• Why Thai
• Get It India
• On a Roll
• Scoopy Doo’s Ice Cream Parlour