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Grierson Centre 9530 101st Avenue, Edmonton AB Federal Q5608703: More images: Old Strathcona (1891-1914) ...
John Walter was born in 1850 in Orkney, Scotland.As his family had some connection to Canada through the Hudson's Bay Company, he signed a five-year contract as a York boat builder and carpenter with HBC and arrived at Fort Edmonton on December 24, 1870.
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.
Edmonton incorporated as a town with a population of 700. Covered what is now downtown, north of the river. [7] 1896 - Edmonton pioneer, newspaperman and NWT Council member Frank Oliver elected as MP for Alberta. [8] 1897 – Edmonton was a starting point for people making the trek overland to the Klondike Gold Rush. Nearby South Edmonton ...
Old Strathcona is a historic district in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Once the commercial core of the separate city of Strathcona, the area is now home to many of Edmonton's arts and entertainment facilities, as well as a local shopping hub for residents and students at the nearby University of Alberta.
His theories, at first brought to public attention in Alberta by UFA and Labour MPs in the early 1920s, became very popular across the nation in the early 1930s. A central proposal was the free distribution of prosperity certificates (or social credit), called "funny money" by the opposition.
The previous Walterdale Bridge (formerly called the 105 Street Bridge, renamed in 1967) [4] was a steel grating-decked truss bridge.It was built in 1913 by the Dominion Bridge Company and was named after John Walter, an early settler who ran a ferry at this approximate location. [5]
Jasper Place, originally named West Jasper Place, is a former town in Alberta, Canada now within the City of Edmonton.Prior to amalgamation with Edmonton, the town was bounded by 149 Street to the east, 118 Avenue to the north, 170 Street to the west and the North Saskatchewan River to the south.