Big Island: A Window into the Past
Big Island, a 70-acre island located 16 miles upstream from the city of Edmonton, is a lesser-known piece of Edmonton’s…
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Built with Logs
In Edmonton’s early years, milled lumber was in short supply, and so dwellings were often constructed using logs. Early European…
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June 29, 1915 — Edmonton’s River Valley Floods
On June 29, 1915, the North Saskatchewan River flooded Edmonton’s river valley. The river had flooded before, of course, but…