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As of 2008 there are currently ten sites in Edmonton with plaques erected by Parks Canada and listed in the Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada, and one recommendation to create a new plaque in Edmonton. Only National Historic Sites commemorate buildings, and there is only two National Historic Sites in ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) As of March 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites in the province of Alberta, 16 of which are owned or administered by Parks Canada. The first three sites in Alberta were designated in 1923: the site of rival trading posts Fort Augustus and Fort ...
EPCOR Tower and CN Tower Winspear Centre is a major theatre and music centre in downtown Edmonton. Alberta Legislature Building; Art Gallery of Alberta (formerly Edmonton Art Gallery) Chinatown; Citadel Theatre; Edmonton City Hall; Edmonton Ski Club; EPCOR Tower (current tallest building in Edmonton by spire) Francis Winspear Centre for Music
Edmonton CNoR 1905 Canadian Northern Ralph Benjamin Pratt Demolished 1953 Edmonton CNR 1928 Canadian National John Schofield Front section removed in 1966 to make way for CN Tower: Edmonton CPR: 1913 Canadian Pacific Demolished 1978 High River 1911 Canadian Pacific Heritage Register. [2] Built with stone from Calgary I. Jasper: 1926 Canadian ...
However, historic sites may be designated at more than one level (national, provincial and municipal), [15] and designations at other levels may carry with them some legal protections. Most National Historic Sites are marked by a federal plaque bearing Canada's Coat of Arms. [43]
Edmonton's Jewish community is represented by the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, operating the historic Edmonton Jewish Cemetery, purchased in 1907. The city contains six synagogues. [188] [189] The oldest, Beth Israel, was established in 1912 and served as home of Canada's first Jewish day school.
Also known as the "First Toronto Post Office" (it was the fourth post office in York, but the first one to serve the settlement when it became Toronto in 1834), it is one of the earliest surviving examples in Canada of a building purpose-built as a post office; typical of small, early 19th-century public buildings, combining public offices and ...
Possibly the oldest extant building / site in Canada. The permanent garrison left in 1854 and it became Canada's first National Historic Site in 1917. de Gannes-Cosby House: 1693 1708 [94] Annapolis Royal: Possibly the oldest, privately owned, wooden house in Canada. Some additions to house up to the 20th century. Adams-Ritchie House: 1686 [95 ...