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  • The Last Black West: Oklahoma Freedmen Seek Refuge in Alberta, Part 1

    Dr. Russell Cobb

    Advertisements promoting the “Last Best West”—a frontier open to all pioneers—have become an ingrained part of the Canadian national mythology.  Like…

  • Reverend McDougall’s 1871 Mission House: Epicentre of Edmonton’s Early Jewish Business Community

    Dylan Reade

    The year 2021 will be the 150th anniversary of the construction of Reverend George McDougall’s 1871 Methodist Mission House.  This important…

  • History of West Ritchie

    Cooper Csorba

    At the center of West Ritchie is 81st Avenue (between 102nd and 100th Street), a commercial street that feels far removed from the…

  • Edmonton’s River Lots: A Layer in Our History

    Connor Thompson

    In 2018, a new Edmonton park was opened and given the name “ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞,” an appellation that evokes…

  • Sons of Norway

    Lawrence Herzog

    One hundred years ago, Edmonton’s small community of Norwegian newcomers gathered together to start the Nordpolen (North Pole) Lodge No….

  • The Curious Case of the 1908 Enoch Surrender

    Rob Houle

    At the time of Treaty No. 6, much change and settlement was taking place in the West, with displacement and…

  • There Were No Safety Nets, Part 2: Edmonton’s Italian Community, 1921 to 1945

    Adriana A. Davies

    With the ending of the First World War, the Government of Canada amended the 1910 Immigration Act.[1] The 1919 amendment…

  • 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…