More than 100 people came to hear Sharon Morin’s October 23 Speaker Series presentation on the Métis of Alberta. Sharon took the crowd on a journey through time, exploring the history of particular communities (with a focus on the settlements of St. Albert and Lac Ste. Anne), the symbols of Métis culture, political aspirations and…

On Tuesday, September 25, we enjoyed our first and “foam-most” Speaker Series presentation of 2018-19, Cheers – Tales of Alberta Beer. Historians Julia Petrov & Trisha Carleton led us through the fascinating development of brewing in our province, from the legal and geographical restrictions of the 1880s to the regional industry that pitted Calgary, Edmonton, Strathcona, Lethbridge and…

You spoke and we listened! At the beginning of August, 2018 the Edmonton and District Historical Society unveiled our new website. We’ve been working on it since fall, 2017. We hired Edmonton-based BubbleUp Web Design and they’ve helped us come up with a sleek new design. One of the new features we’re really excited about…

Dozens of people joined us for this fun filled bus trip to 3 farms along highway 14 towards Viking, We mixed a little history about the farms with food and a wine tasting along the way. Natures Green Acres – Heritage pigs and Nouveau beef grass fed with no added hormones or antibiotics. Irving Farm…

The Edmonton and District Historical Society has published a student resource, The Fur Trade in the West, to commemorate Canada’s 150thBirthday in 2017. Written by Phyllis Arnold, the book is 80 pages and contains hundreds of photos, maps and other visuals, with text geared to the upper elementary reading level. It focuses on what people were…

Beavers, Beads and Pemmican presents life as it was in the Edmonton area around 1867 by reliving the flourishing fur trade in the Canadian west.  This free classroom visit is presented by our teacher-historian, Jim Higgs, to enhance the curriculum topics on the history of Alberta and Canada for upper elementary students. More details under the “History in…