History isn’t something that exists somewhere else or “over there” or only in the middle of the city. You can find history in the places you pass by every day! Grab your bike, car or walking shoes and discover some history in your own neighbourhood!
Explore how Bonnie Doon grew and developed from farm land to its current status as an urban, mature city neighbourhood….
Royal Beginnings Coronation Park is a 35-hectare park in west central Edmonton. It was named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953…
The concept of a drive-in theatre was first experimented in 1933 in New Jersey, though it soon spread to Canada…
This past year, while staying close to home during the COVID-19 pandemic and enjoying more neighborhood walks, my thoughts have…
I grew up in Forest Heights, a neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. The neighbourhood is known…
At the center of West Ritchie is 81st Avenue (between 102nd and 100th Street), a commercial street that feels far removed from the…
Rambling up the steep paths of the Whitemud Creek cutbank, a view of Rainbow Valley Park appears along with the…
Brenda Hall was just 18 years old when she stepped off the bus in the community of Kaskitayo on a…
Before Esther and Ron Matcham moved to Edmonton, the stretch of 148th Street between 92nd and 100th Avenue wasn’t much…
At the time of Treaty No. 6, much change and settlement was taking place in the West, with displacement and…
Although the lake is no longer visible, its “ghost” is discernable on early maps and in the form of flooding…
Big Island, a 70-acre island located 16 miles upstream from the city of Edmonton, is a lesser-known piece of Edmonton’s…
Edmonton’s history is full of remarkable women. From Beatrice Carmichael to Thelma Chalifoux, from Betty Stanhope-Cole to Felicia Graham, from…
Jacob and Aafje Prins helped more than 800 Dutch newcomers settle in Canada and the hospitality of their big white…
As we go about our daily lives, driving the kids to school or walking the dog, we often forget that…
When I moved to Castle Downs nearly ten years ago, I saw a typical 1970s development: parks, schools, stores, churches,…
Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have lived with the land upon which Mill Woods is built. Words like Sakaw, Meyokumin…
John Donnan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1892 and immigrated to Canada in March 1902 as a young…
Calder’s story began in the early years of the 20th century when GTPR decided to locate its roundhouse, repair shop…
Photo credit: Dr. James Brander and children, Silver Heights Peony Garden. Provincial Archives of Alberta #B6794. Photographer: Ernest Brown Prominent Edmonton physician James…
