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Beverly is a former urban municipality within the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada. Beverly was incorporated as a village on March 22, 1913 and became the Town of Beverly on July 13, 1914. [3] It later amalgamated with the City of Edmonton on December 30, 1961. [4] [6] The population of Beverly was 8,969 at the time of amalgamation. [7]
1961 – Beverly, Alberta amalgamated with the City of Edmonton. 1962 Edmonton's local exhibition had been renamed to Klondike Days. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology established. 1963 Edmonton Oil Kings win their first Memorial Cup. Edmonton Opera established. 1964 – Jasper Place amalgamated with Edmonton. 1965 Citadel Theatre opened.
1854 – The first railway in Brazil, inaugurated by Pedro II of Brazil on 30 April in Rio de Janeiro, built by the Viscount of Maua. [21] 1854 – The first railway in Norway. Between Oslo and Eidsvoll. 1854 – The first railway in today's Romania and Serbia (then Austrian Empire), on 20 August 1854, between Lisava-Oravica-Bazijaš.
Kills five. causes some of the worst flood damage in Alberta's history. May 5, 2015 29th Alberta general election occurs. The Alberta New Democratic Party win a majority — ending 44 years of Progressive Conservative party rule. May 1, 2016 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire begins. It displaces more than 88,000 people from their homes.
The Clover Bar Railway Bridge is just to the north of the original span. This 504-metre-long (1,654 ft) and 42-metre-high (138 ft) bridge was built in 1907–1908 as an iron and concrete truss by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway company and is still in use, carrying Canadian National Railway 's main line.
A parade celebrating the anniversary of the Hudson's Bay Company in Edmonton, 1920.. The first inhabitants hunted and gathered in the area that is now Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, around 3,000 BC and perhaps as early as 10,000 BC, when an ice-free corridor opened up as the last ice age ended and timber, water, and wildlife became available in the region.
Northern Alberta Railways (reporting mark NAR) was a Canadian railway which served northern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. Jointly owned by both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway , NAR existed as a separate company from 1929 until 1981.
Timeline of railway history This page was last edited on 6 December 2023, at 06:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...