My ancestors came together in the province of Alberta, Canada
This is the Photo history story of this Province.
 

11/19/2005

1800 YELLOWHEAD PASS

The Leather Pass aka Tete Jaune Pass aka Yellowhead Pass was discovered last century by the Iroquois and Metis.  Pierre Hatsination a Metis is credited with the discovery but others likely preceded him.

1845 SASKATCHEWAN RIVER
A fleet of H.B.C. boats on the Saskatchewan River bringing a load of furs from Fort Edmonton.

1860's FORT CARLTON
Fort Carlton is located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River.

1867 FORT EDMONTON
Fort Edmonton 1867

1870's FORT WHOOP-UP
Fort Woop-up was built in 1869 a few miles from Lethbridge, Alberta by Joe Healy and Al Hamilton, of Fort Brenton, Montana suppliers of the whisky trade.

1871 FORT EDMONTON
Fort Edmonton 1871

1873 SASKATCHEWAN RIVER
A Government survey party on the Saskatchewan River in 1873

1873 Below Fort Edmonton
A Indian encampment and in background the house built by Richard Hardesty outside Fort Ednonton.

1883 EDMONTON SETTLEMENT N.W.T.
The yellow highlight is the Garneau homestead that became known as the Garneau District of Edmonton.  Across the river is the Hudson Bay Company Fort Edmonton and associated Reserve.

1885-90 GARNEAU HOMESTEAD
Fort Edmonton 1885-90 with the Garneau homestead in foreground, the view is to the north from Strathcona on the south banks of the Saskatchewan River.  That is Fort Edmonton in the back ground.

1889 CALGARY TRAIN STATION
A passenger train in Calgary

1890 FORT EDMONTON
Fort Edmonton 1890-1915,  the River is the Saskatchewan and your looking North.

1890's EDMONTON SETTLEMENT
Fort Edmonton Settlement in the 1890's

1891 FORT EDMONTON AREA PIONEERS
Settlers who have been in the Edmonton, St. Albert or Fort Saskatchewan areas of the North West Territories before 1883.
They are grouped in front of the Alberta Hotel. Most of these men were  poor when they died.  Lawrence Garneau is center row second from the left.
 

1900 GALICIAN SETTLEMENT
A typical Austro-Hungarian Galician Settlement. These experienced wheat growers were in such demand that Canada paid a brokers bonus of $2.00 per person and $5.00 for each family head to entice them to Canada.  The French in the Edmonton area however were not pleased with the infusion of these non French farmers.  Tha Salzl family were Austro-Hungarian.

1898 THE MINNOW
The Minnow is a steamer that ran from Fort Edmonton to Prince Albert (Saskatchewan) on the North Saskatchewan River.

1906 Trochu, Alberta Homestead
Count Paul de Beaudrap and his Countess build their first homestead at Trochu, Alberta

1909 PRAIRIE SCHOONER
A typical wagon train from the Dakota's heading north to homestead in Alberta.  It is noteworthy that Europeans and Americans used wagons and oxen where as Canadians used Red River carts and horse power.

1911 S.S. City of Edmonton
Loading at the wharf just below the Low Level Bridge in Edmonton, Alberta on the North Saskatchewan River

FORT CALGARY
Fort Calgary with the Elbow River in foreground and Bow River in background.  Hose Hill is in the horizon to the North West.

METIS CART TRAIN
A Metis Red River cart train in Calgary having arrived from the the north

1953 Garneau Cairn
This Cairn is located on the Garneau homestead in Edmonton, Alberta

1983 Painting titled 'Do I Hafta'?
This painting by Richard Freeman won 1st prize in the Western Art Auction of the Calgary Stampede in 1983.

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