McDougall United Church
Named for Reverend George McDougall, who arrived in the Edmonton area in 1862, the orange-red brick church at the top…
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Edmonton’s Town Crier
Note: at the time depicted in this story as well as when it was written, Edmonton’s CFL team was known…
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The Father of Edmonton’s Traffic Circles
He established the practice of “neighbourhood unit” planning. And, borrowing a popular urban design feature from his native land, he…
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Alex Decoteau’s Inspiring Run at Life
Decoteau was born on November 19, 1887 on the Red Pheasant Reserve just south of Battleford in present day Saskatchewan….
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Buena Vista Building
Streetcars trundled down Jasper Avenue and turned northward to travel along newly-laid tracks on 124th Street. It was a vibrant…
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Tracks into the Past
The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) arrived in Edmonton in 1905 and laid tracks into downtown just north of 104th Avenue…
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Crawford Block
Over its 102 years, the main floor of the building has served as a tent and awning store and was…
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Portraits of a Time
They were in the right place at the right time, and these pioneer photographers left behind a remarkable visual record…
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Edmonton’s Lost Banks
Jasper Avenue has a long tradition as Edmonton’s centre of commerce and financial enterprise. At one point in the early…
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Edmonton’s Pioneer Photographers
Just as importantly, the earliest archivists and some government leaders understood the enormous value of this visual history, and had…
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Edmonton’s 1957 City Hall
Edmonton’s second City Hall was a news-making building right from the beginning. Completed in 1957 as one of Canada’s first…
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100 Years of Calder
Calder’s story began in the early years of the 20th century when GTPR decided to locate its roundhouse, repair shop…