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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 ...
Edmonton municipality Q37778213: More images: Molstad Residence 9633 95th Avenue, Edmonton AB Alberta , Edmonton municipality Q38529019: More images: Old St. Stephen's College 8820 112th Street, Edmonton AB
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.
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The City of Strathcona amalgamated with Edmonton in 1912. A large part of Whyte Avenue's popularity is the historical character of its buildings, many of which are more than one hundred years old. [3] The oldest building is the Strathcona Hotel at 10302 Whyte Avenue. It was built in 1891 by the railway and until 1904 was the largest hotel in ...
The Macdonald Edmonton, Alberta, 1923–1988 – Built for Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and now part of the Fairmont chain as Fairmont Hotel Macdonald; Hotel Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia, 1939–1988 – jointly operated with CP Hotels 1939–1962. Now part of Fairmont chain as Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Edmonton is confirmed as capital city of province. "From the Press Gallery" Saturday News, April 28, 1906, p. 3 1907 Strathcona incorporates as a city. 1906-1911 Canadian Northern Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway built through Edmonton and Jasper National Park. (The railways later were combined to form CN.) January 11, 1911
Edmonton Light Rail Transit, commonly referred to as the LRT, is a light rail system in Edmonton, Alberta. Part of the Edmonton Transit Service (ETS), the system has 29 stations on three lines and 37.4 km (23.2 mi) of track. Much of the system has a dedicated right-of-way, while in the downtown area, vehicles run underground.