Pre-contact & Fur Trade

The river that become known as the North Saskatchewan River began carving through the prairies around 12,000 years ago, separating the northern boreal and the great southern plains. The unique transitional area would provide suitable land for bison and the humans that would come to hunt them.

Edmonton would become the most important HBC post west of what is now Winnipeg, becoming the administrative centre for a network of posts throughout the prairies. About 150 people lived in and around the Fort in 1870, although the promise of a new railway would signal the area’s first dramatic expansion.

Ezio Faraone Park Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Central

Father Lacombe Chapel

Themes: Religion
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Edmonton Region

Fort Augustus/Edmonton House Archaeological Site

Themes: Trade & Industry
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Edmonton Region

Fort Edmonton Cemetery and Memorial

Themes: Government
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Central

Fort Edmonton Park

Themes: Trade & Industry
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

High Level Bridge Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

Riverbend Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

Rossdale Burial Site

Themes: Religion
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Central

Rossdale Flats Archaeological Site

Themes: Trade & Industry
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Central

Saskatchewan Drive Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest

Strathcona Science Park

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Northeast

Walterdale Flats Archaeological Site

Themes: Education
Era: Pre-contact & Fur Trade
Area: Southwest