
Mind the Gap – Working Women in Edmonton’s history
In the book Women: Her Character, Culture and Calling published in 1890 the author writes; Woman the half of humanity, and…
In the book Women: Her Character, Culture and Calling published in 1890 the author writes; Woman the half of humanity, and…
If you travel along 82nd Street approaching the west end of Kinnaird Park at 112 and 111 Avenues, you will…
Kilns used to produce bricks in the early 20th century didn’t have the ability to heat evenly, and those placed…
In 1908, Alberta premier Alexander Rutherford’s dream came to fruition. The University of Alberta was formed in Strathcona, and class…
Waste may be as old as humanity, but the idea of trash is a relatively modern concept. In the first…
Before the highways and railways, there was the North Saskatchewan River. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Saskatchewan River…
The grand residence that Harry Marshall Erskine Evans built starting in 1911 has survived the passage of 100 years virtually unaltered. Now…
Built on land that was part of the old Norris farm and purchased from the family for $3,200 in July…
Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have lived with the land upon which Mill Woods is built. Words like Sakaw, Meyokumin…
On June 29, 1915, the North Saskatchewan River flooded Edmonton’s river valley. The river had flooded before, of course, but…
Since then, the 1913 building and an adjacent red brick office addition, built in 1924 and added to in 1955,…
Imagine reading in a local newspaper the following description of a building to be built in Edmonton: A driveway will…