1883 Fort Edmonton Settlement   by           04/14/2005
Crossing a Creek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lawrence Garneau homestead that later was called the Garneau Estates and later became the Garneau District of Edmonton is located just west of John Walter's ferry.
The Garneau homestead included a Saskatchewan River Crossing, below the present High Level bridge, that has been in use since the early 1800's by the Metis and Indians.

Walter's Ferry phased out the Garneau crossing but many continued to use the crossing to avoid the ferry fees.

The early settlers in this area are as follows.
It would appear the lot numbering system is based on claimed settlement dates 

Lot #1 = Joseph Herbert, #2 = Malcom Groat #3 = Allen Oman #4 = Donald Ross #5 = A. Patton (later Isaac Simpson) #6 = Methodist Church #7 = Lawrence Garneau alias Gurnow #8 = David McDougall #9 = John Walker #10 = S. Prichard #11 Joseph McDougald #12 = W.S. Robertson & J. McGinn #13 = Thomas A. Anderson # 14 = Donald McLeoud #15 T.A. Anderson & William F. Bowden, etc. 

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