Forest Heights: A Hidden Pocket of History
I grew up in Forest Heights, a neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. The neighbourhood is known…
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A Brief History of the Edmonton Jewish Community
Edmonton, Alberta was first incorporated as a town in 1892. At that time, there were about 700 permanent residents. Founded…
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History of West Ritchie
At the center of West Ritchie is 81st Avenue (between 102nd and 100th Street), a commercial street that feels far removed from the…
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The Last Edmonton Coal Mine: Whitemud Creek
Rambling up the steep paths of the Whitemud Creek cutbank, a view of Rainbow Valley Park appears along with the…
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Alice Mailhot Ross: Canada’s first female architect?
Growing up, Alice Mailhot set her sights on being an engineer like her father. Perhaps Zepherin Mailhot’s life in frontier…
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Edmonton’s Downtown Lunch Counters
Long before shopping malls and suburbia, the heart of the city was Edmonton’s preferred place to pause for a meal…
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Beth Shalom Synagogue
The Beth Shalom Synagogue is an Oliver neighbourhood landmark at 11906 Jasper Avenue. When it was completed in 1951, the…
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Beverly Cenotaph
Less than two years after the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the first…
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McKernan’s Lost Lake
Although the lake is no longer visible, its “ghost” is discernable on early maps and in the form of flooding…
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Little Mosque in the Park
How did a mosque come to be in Fort Edmonton Park? Where did it come from? Why does it look…
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There Were No Safety Nets, Part 3: Edmonton’s Italian Community, 1949 to the Present
The end of the Second World War in 1945 signalled an economic boom for Canada with primary and secondary industries…
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There Were No Safety Nets, Part 2: Edmonton’s Italian Community, 1921 to 1945
With the ending of the First World War, the Government of Canada amended the 1910 Immigration Act.[1] The 1919 amendment…