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  • Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre: Architectural Masterpiece and Community Recreation Hub

    Tracey L. Anderson

    A Centennial Project  Coronation Park, in west central Edmonton, is a 35-hectare park named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. Although small compared…

  • Happy Memories of the Centennial Children’s Library

    Amy Wong

    As the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) Shelley Milner Children’s Library reopened in September 2020 to become a new beautiful space…

  • Bonnie Doon in the 1950s – Community Map

    Bonnie Doon Community League

    Explore how Bonnie Doon grew and developed from farm land to its current status as an urban, mature city neighbourhood….

  • Pondering Pehonan

    Rob Houle

    In amiskwaciwaskahikan (Edmonton), when you examine the current state of Indigenous relations, initiatives and heritage, one cannot help but be…

  • The End of the World: From Found Space to Keillor Point

    Giselle General

    The summer of 2010 was a memorable time: I started dating my future husband, and I started exploring Edmonton’s river…

  • Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium: The Crown Jewel in Coronation Park

    Tracey L. Anderson

    Royal Beginnings Coronation Park is a 35-hectare park in west central Edmonton. It was named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953…

  • The Starlite Drive-In Theatre in Jasper Place

    Allie Quigley

    The concept of a drive-in theatre was first experimented in 1933 in New Jersey, though it soon spread to Canada…

  • Walking Back in Time: A Stroll Through My 1960s Jasper Place

    Greg Bounds

    This past year, while staying close to home during the COVID-19 pandemic and enjoying more neighborhood walks, my thoughts have…

  • Forest Heights: A Hidden Pocket of History

    Allie Quigley

    I grew up in Forest Heights, a neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. The neighbourhood is known…

  • 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…

  • Finding Sophie’s Way

    Lea Storry

    Sophie’s Way is a twist of concrete winding up a short but steep hill in the Edmonton river valley. The…

  • 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…

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