Named to honour Chief Blue Quill of the Saddle Lake Band who traded with merchants of Fort Edmonton in the late 1890s, Blue Quill includes a variety of housing from apartments and row houses to spacious single-unit houses on large lots overlooking the Whitemud Creek Ravine. The focus of the neighbourhood is a centrally located multiple purpose recreational site.
Whitemud Creek and Blackmud Creek ravines offer opportunities for all season outdoor recreation in a natural setting. Civic ward: Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi. District: Whitemud. City boundary records effective 1981-10-01.