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  • Four people posing for a photo on the side of a two lane paved bridge on a sunny day, with heavily forested mountains behind them.

    Bridging Alberta: Dilip Dasmohapatra’s YEG Origin Story

    Soni Dasmohapatra

    Lots of parents tell their kids stories on family road trips around Alberta, but Soni Dasmohapatra’s dad tells stories about the bridges he built along the way. In this addition to ECAMP’s labour history series, Soni celebrates Dilip Dasmohapatra’s career as a civil engineer and community organizer.

  • Bonnie Doon in the 1950s – Community Map

    Bonnie Doon Community League

    Explore how Bonnie Doon grew and developed from farm land to its current status as an urban, mature city neighbourhood….

  • The History of the Latta Bridge

    Jane Gibson

    As you approach the bridge from the east, on the south side you will catch a glimpse of a tall…

  • The Kinnaird Bridge: Connecting the Past to the Present

    Jane Gibson

    If you travel along 82nd Street approaching the west end of Kinnaird Park at 112 and 111 Avenues, you will…

  • The North Saskatchewan River

    Ester Malzahn

    Before the highways and railways, there was the North Saskatchewan River. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Saskatchewan River…

  • Cloverdale Bridge

    Kristine Kowalchuk

    The Cloverdale footbridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River in central Edmonton, connecting Henrietta Muir Edwards Park in Cloverdale and Louise…

  • The High Level Bridge at 100

    Lawrence Herzog

    It wasn’t fancy, but it was strong and structural, with 17.2 million pounds of steel held together with 1.4 million…