#yeghistory — Public Fediverse posts
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Ever wonder why Edmonton had a Whale Society?
Join @letsfindoutyeg tomorrow night at the @YEGArchives to uncover the forgotten history of the Whale Society of Edmonton.
Limited seats remain! Grab yours before they're gone: https://edmonton.taproot.events/calendar/2026/03/03/lets-find-out-about-the-whale-society-of-edmonton
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Ever wonder why Edmonton had a Whale Society?
Join @letsfindoutyeg tomorrow night at the @YEGArchives to uncover the forgotten history of the Whale Society of Edmonton.
Limited seats remain! Grab yours before they're gone: https://edmonton.taproot.events/calendar/2026/03/03/lets-find-out-about-the-whale-society-of-edmonton
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Ever wonder why Edmonton had a Whale Society?
Join @letsfindoutyeg tomorrow night at the @YEGArchives to uncover the forgotten history of the Whale Society of Edmonton.
Limited seats remain! Grab yours before they're gone: https://edmonton.taproot.events/calendar/2026/03/03/lets-find-out-about-the-whale-society-of-edmonton
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Ever wonder why Edmonton had a Whale Society?
Join @letsfindoutyeg tomorrow night at the @YEGArchives to uncover the forgotten history of the Whale Society of Edmonton.
Limited seats remain! Grab yours before they're gone: https://edmonton.taproot.events/calendar/2026/03/03/lets-find-out-about-the-whale-society-of-edmonton
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Ever wonder why Edmonton had a Whale Society?
Join @letsfindoutyeg tomorrow night at the @YEGArchives to uncover the forgotten history of the Whale Society of Edmonton.
Limited seats remain! Grab yours before they're gone: https://edmonton.taproot.events/calendar/2026/03/03/lets-find-out-about-the-whale-society-of-edmonton
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What’s hidden in the @YEGArchives? 🔍📜
On March 3, we’re cracking open the files of the Whale Society of Edmonton. Discover the fan art and advocacy that drove prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea. 🐳
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What’s hidden in the @YEGArchives? 🔍📜
On March 3, we’re cracking open the files of the Whale Society of Edmonton. Discover the fan art and advocacy that drove prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea. 🐳
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What’s hidden in the @YEGArchives? 🔍📜
On March 3, we’re cracking open the files of the Whale Society of Edmonton. Discover the fan art and advocacy that drove prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea. 🐳
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What’s hidden in the @YEGArchives? 🔍📜
On March 3, we’re cracking open the files of the Whale Society of Edmonton. Discover the fan art and advocacy that drove prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea. 🐳
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What’s hidden in the @YEGArchives? 🔍📜
On March 3, we’re cracking open the files of the Whale Society of Edmonton. Discover the fan art and advocacy that drove prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea. 🐳
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The Jasper Place Hotel is burning. The fire started in the morning of February 19. I took these in the afternoon. It was empty for years, but has a colourful history. The hotel opened in 1952 and was renamed in 1967 as The Klondiker, before later on being known as the Jasper Place Hotel. Read more at the Jasper Place Community History Project: https://jasperplacehistory.org/the-klondiker/
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#yeg #stonyplainroad #jasperplace #yeghistory #yegwestend -
The Jasper Place Hotel is burning. The fire started in the morning of February 19. I took these in the afternoon. It was empty for years, but has a colourful history. The hotel opened in 1952 and was renamed in 1967 as The Klondiker, before later on being known as the Jasper Place Hotel. Read more at the Jasper Place Community History Project: https://jasperplacehistory.org/the-klondiker/
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#yeg #stonyplainroad #jasperplace #yeghistory #yegwestend -
Inside the Rossdale Power Plant | @taprootyeg
https://edmonton.taproot.news/stories/2026/inside-the-rossdale-power-plant
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Inside the Rossdale Power Plant | @taprootyeg
https://edmonton.taproot.news/stories/2026/inside-the-rossdale-power-plant
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Inside the Rossdale Power Plant | @taprootyeg
https://edmonton.taproot.news/stories/2026/inside-the-rossdale-power-plant
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Inside the Rossdale Power Plant | @taprootyeg
https://edmonton.taproot.news/stories/2026/inside-the-rossdale-power-plant
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Inside the Rossdale Power Plant | @taprootyeg
https://edmonton.taproot.news/stories/2026/inside-the-rossdale-power-plant
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What’s hidden in the City of Edmonton Archives? 🔍📜
Discover the fan art, letters, and advocacy that drove a group of prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea.
#yeg #Edmonton #yegevents #yeglocal #yeghistory #LetsFindOutYEG #LivePodcast #ExploreEdmonton
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What’s hidden in the City of Edmonton Archives? 🔍📜
Discover the fan art, letters, and advocacy that drove a group of prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea.
#yeg #Edmonton #yegevents #yeglocal #yeghistory #LetsFindOutYEG #LivePodcast #ExploreEdmonton
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What’s hidden in the City of Edmonton Archives? 🔍📜
Discover the fan art, letters, and advocacy that drove a group of prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea.
#yeg #Edmonton #yegevents #yeglocal #yeghistory #LetsFindOutYEG #LivePodcast #ExploreEdmonton
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What’s hidden in the City of Edmonton Archives? 🔍📜
Discover the fan art, letters, and advocacy that drove a group of prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea.
#yeg #Edmonton #yegevents #yeglocal #yeghistory #LetsFindOutYEG #LivePodcast #ExploreEdmonton
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What’s hidden in the City of Edmonton Archives? 🔍📜
Discover the fan art, letters, and advocacy that drove a group of prairie-dwellers to fight for the giants of the sea.
#yeg #Edmonton #yegevents #yeglocal #yeghistory #LetsFindOutYEG #LivePodcast #ExploreEdmonton
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“When she talked to you, you had a sense of being loved,” says Stephanie Burlie, Mary’s daughter. “She would always refer to you as ‘baby.’ It took all of the stress and worries away; you felt safe. I think from those interactions people began to call her the Black Angel.”
The Black Angel of Boyle Street: the living legacy of Mary Burlie (Transforming Edmonton)
https://transforming.edmonton.ca/the-living-legacy-of-mary-burlie/ -
“When she talked to you, you had a sense of being loved,” says Stephanie Burlie, Mary’s daughter. “She would always refer to you as ‘baby.’ It took all of the stress and worries away; you felt safe. I think from those interactions people began to call her the Black Angel.”
The Black Angel of Boyle Street: the living legacy of Mary Burlie (Transforming Edmonton)
https://transforming.edmonton.ca/the-living-legacy-of-mary-burlie/ -
“When she talked to you, you had a sense of being loved,” says Stephanie Burlie, Mary’s daughter. “She would always refer to you as ‘baby.’ It took all of the stress and worries away; you felt safe. I think from those interactions people began to call her the Black Angel.”
The Black Angel of Boyle Street: the living legacy of Mary Burlie (Transforming Edmonton)
https://transforming.edmonton.ca/the-living-legacy-of-mary-burlie/ -
“When she talked to you, you had a sense of being loved,” says Stephanie Burlie, Mary’s daughter. “She would always refer to you as ‘baby.’ It took all of the stress and worries away; you felt safe. I think from those interactions people began to call her the Black Angel.”
The Black Angel of Boyle Street: the living legacy of Mary Burlie (Transforming Edmonton)
https://transforming.edmonton.ca/the-living-legacy-of-mary-burlie/ -
“When she talked to you, you had a sense of being loved,” says Stephanie Burlie, Mary’s daughter. “She would always refer to you as ‘baby.’ It took all of the stress and worries away; you felt safe. I think from those interactions people began to call her the Black Angel.”
The Black Angel of Boyle Street: the living legacy of Mary Burlie (Transforming Edmonton)
https://transforming.edmonton.ca/the-living-legacy-of-mary-burlie/ -
Sharing for a friend:
Interested in leading an Edmonton Jane's Walk this year?
Join our virtual info session to learn more.
February 5, 7:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89209112127?pwd=L1s0KkhplbVVSiCZEITslJutsoY6pb.1RSVP: [email protected]
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Sharing for a friend:
Interested in leading an Edmonton Jane's Walk this year?
Join our virtual info session to learn more.
February 5, 7:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89209112127?pwd=L1s0KkhplbVVSiCZEITslJutsoY6pb.1RSVP: [email protected]
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Sharing for a friend:
Interested in leading an Edmonton Jane's Walk this year?
Join our virtual info session to learn more.
February 5, 7:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89209112127?pwd=L1s0KkhplbVVSiCZEITslJutsoY6pb.1RSVP: [email protected]
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Sharing for a friend:
Interested in leading an Edmonton Jane's Walk this year?
Join our virtual info session to learn more.
February 5, 7:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89209112127?pwd=L1s0KkhplbVVSiCZEITslJutsoY6pb.1RSVP: [email protected]
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Sharing for a friend:
Interested in leading an Edmonton Jane's Walk this year?
Join our virtual info session to learn more.
February 5, 7:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89209112127?pwd=L1s0KkhplbVVSiCZEITslJutsoY6pb.1RSVP: [email protected]
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"Edmonton’s first Chinese settler was a man named Chung Kee, also known as Chung Gee and John Kee. On May 26th, 1890, he arrived by stagecoach from Calgary, accompanied by a man generally assumed to be his brother, named Chung Yan. Chung Kee started a laundry at 428 Jasper Avenue (now 9725 Jasper Avenue)."
Chinese Hand Laundries: A History of The First Chinese Entrepreneurs in Edmonton (ECAMP)
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/12/03/chinese-hand-laundries-a-history-of-the-first-chinese-entrepreneurs-in-edmonton/ -
"Edmonton’s first Chinese settler was a man named Chung Kee, also known as Chung Gee and John Kee. On May 26th, 1890, he arrived by stagecoach from Calgary, accompanied by a man generally assumed to be his brother, named Chung Yan. Chung Kee started a laundry at 428 Jasper Avenue (now 9725 Jasper Avenue)."
Chinese Hand Laundries: A History of The First Chinese Entrepreneurs in Edmonton (ECAMP)
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/12/03/chinese-hand-laundries-a-history-of-the-first-chinese-entrepreneurs-in-edmonton/ -
"Edmonton’s first Chinese settler was a man named Chung Kee, also known as Chung Gee and John Kee. On May 26th, 1890, he arrived by stagecoach from Calgary, accompanied by a man generally assumed to be his brother, named Chung Yan. Chung Kee started a laundry at 428 Jasper Avenue (now 9725 Jasper Avenue)."
Chinese Hand Laundries: A History of The First Chinese Entrepreneurs in Edmonton (ECAMP)
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/12/03/chinese-hand-laundries-a-history-of-the-first-chinese-entrepreneurs-in-edmonton/ -
"Edmonton’s first Chinese settler was a man named Chung Kee, also known as Chung Gee and John Kee. On May 26th, 1890, he arrived by stagecoach from Calgary, accompanied by a man generally assumed to be his brother, named Chung Yan. Chung Kee started a laundry at 428 Jasper Avenue (now 9725 Jasper Avenue)."
Chinese Hand Laundries: A History of The First Chinese Entrepreneurs in Edmonton (ECAMP)
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/12/03/chinese-hand-laundries-a-history-of-the-first-chinese-entrepreneurs-in-edmonton/ -
"Edmonton’s first Chinese settler was a man named Chung Kee, also known as Chung Gee and John Kee. On May 26th, 1890, he arrived by stagecoach from Calgary, accompanied by a man generally assumed to be his brother, named Chung Yan. Chung Kee started a laundry at 428 Jasper Avenue (now 9725 Jasper Avenue)."
Chinese Hand Laundries: A History of The First Chinese Entrepreneurs in Edmonton (ECAMP)
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/12/03/chinese-hand-laundries-a-history-of-the-first-chinese-entrepreneurs-in-edmonton/ -
"Forced child labour was not an accident of the system—it was its foundation. For over seventy-five years, Youville relied on the unpaid labour of Indigenous children. They scrubbed floors, hauled water, wrung laundry through heavy mangles, farmed, carried honey buckets, and cooked. [...] The work was also meant to teach obedience and enforce control."
ECAMP: Child Labour at the St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/09/30/more-than-half-a-day-child-labour-at-the-st-albert-youville-indian-residential-school/ -
"Forced child labour was not an accident of the system—it was its foundation. For over seventy-five years, Youville relied on the unpaid labour of Indigenous children. They scrubbed floors, hauled water, wrung laundry through heavy mangles, farmed, carried honey buckets, and cooked. [...] The work was also meant to teach obedience and enforce control."
ECAMP: Child Labour at the St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/09/30/more-than-half-a-day-child-labour-at-the-st-albert-youville-indian-residential-school/ -
"Forced child labour was not an accident of the system—it was its foundation. For over seventy-five years, Youville relied on the unpaid labour of Indigenous children. They scrubbed floors, hauled water, wrung laundry through heavy mangles, farmed, carried honey buckets, and cooked. [...] The work was also meant to teach obedience and enforce control."
ECAMP: Child Labour at the St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/09/30/more-than-half-a-day-child-labour-at-the-st-albert-youville-indian-residential-school/ -
"Forced child labour was not an accident of the system—it was its foundation. For over seventy-five years, Youville relied on the unpaid labour of Indigenous children. They scrubbed floors, hauled water, wrung laundry through heavy mangles, farmed, carried honey buckets, and cooked. [...] The work was also meant to teach obedience and enforce control."
ECAMP: Child Labour at the St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/09/30/more-than-half-a-day-child-labour-at-the-st-albert-youville-indian-residential-school/ -
"Forced child labour was not an accident of the system—it was its foundation. For over seventy-five years, Youville relied on the unpaid labour of Indigenous children. They scrubbed floors, hauled water, wrung laundry through heavy mangles, farmed, carried honey buckets, and cooked. [...] The work was also meant to teach obedience and enforce control."
ECAMP: Child Labour at the St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/09/30/more-than-half-a-day-child-labour-at-the-st-albert-youville-indian-residential-school/ -
The year was 1910. Edmonton City Council was troubled.
"Becoming alarmed over the citizens' backsliding, it closed down [a business] where rumours said deep and mysterious evils were encouraged..."
ECAMP: Happyland
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/07/02/happyland/ -
The year was 1910. Edmonton City Council was troubled.
"Becoming alarmed over the citizens' backsliding, it closed down [a business] where rumours said deep and mysterious evils were encouraged..."
ECAMP: Happyland
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/07/02/happyland/ -
The year was 1910. Edmonton City Council was troubled.
"Becoming alarmed over the citizens' backsliding, it closed down [a business] where rumours said deep and mysterious evils were encouraged..."
ECAMP: Happyland
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/07/02/happyland/ -
The year was 1910. Edmonton City Council was troubled.
"Becoming alarmed over the citizens' backsliding, it closed down [a business] where rumours said deep and mysterious evils were encouraged..."
ECAMP: Happyland
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/07/02/happyland/ -
The year was 1910. Edmonton City Council was troubled.
"Becoming alarmed over the citizens' backsliding, it closed down [a business] where rumours said deep and mysterious evils were encouraged..."
ECAMP: Happyland
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/07/02/happyland/ -
"[Lewis Block] features a 25-foot public art installation of Joseph Lewis in a red canoe - dubbed The Steersman. The building is named after Lewis, a “highly accomplished” canoe man with the Hudson’s Bay company in the early 1800s.
Lewis is believed to have lived as a free Black man decades before slavery was abolished."
CTV Edmonton: New Stadium Yards apartment and art installation honours Black fur trader
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/new-stadium-yards-apartment-and-art-installation-honours-black-fur-trader/ -
"[Lewis Block] features a 25-foot public art installation of Joseph Lewis in a red canoe - dubbed The Steersman. The building is named after Lewis, a “highly accomplished” canoe man with the Hudson’s Bay company in the early 1800s.
Lewis is believed to have lived as a free Black man decades before slavery was abolished."
CTV Edmonton: New Stadium Yards apartment and art installation honours Black fur trader
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/new-stadium-yards-apartment-and-art-installation-honours-black-fur-trader/ -
"[Lewis Block] features a 25-foot public art installation of Joseph Lewis in a red canoe - dubbed The Steersman. The building is named after Lewis, a “highly accomplished” canoe man with the Hudson’s Bay company in the early 1800s.
Lewis is believed to have lived as a free Black man decades before slavery was abolished."
CTV Edmonton: New Stadium Yards apartment and art installation honours Black fur trader
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/new-stadium-yards-apartment-and-art-installation-honours-black-fur-trader/ -
"[Lewis Block] features a 25-foot public art installation of Joseph Lewis in a red canoe - dubbed The Steersman. The building is named after Lewis, a “highly accomplished” canoe man with the Hudson’s Bay company in the early 1800s.
Lewis is believed to have lived as a free Black man decades before slavery was abolished."
CTV Edmonton: New Stadium Yards apartment and art installation honours Black fur trader
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/new-stadium-yards-apartment-and-art-installation-honours-black-fur-trader/ -
"[Lewis Block] features a 25-foot public art installation of Joseph Lewis in a red canoe - dubbed The Steersman. The building is named after Lewis, a “highly accomplished” canoe man with the Hudson’s Bay company in the early 1800s.
Lewis is believed to have lived as a free Black man decades before slavery was abolished."
CTV Edmonton: New Stadium Yards apartment and art installation honours Black fur trader
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/new-stadium-yards-apartment-and-art-installation-honours-black-fur-trader/ -
"You fought for women’s right to vote, to pursue higher education, and to combine a career and marriage. You debunked the myth that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote because their literacy rate was lower than men’s. You used your position as education convenor for the National Council of Women to promote lifelong learning."
ECAMP: “More than a prize scholar or bookworm”: The Leadership and Legacy of Dr. Geneva Misener
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/20/more-than-a-prize-scholar-or-bookworm-the-leadership-and-legacy-of-dr-geneva-misener/ -
"You fought for women’s right to vote, to pursue higher education, and to combine a career and marriage. You debunked the myth that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote because their literacy rate was lower than men’s. You used your position as education convenor for the National Council of Women to promote lifelong learning."
ECAMP: “More than a prize scholar or bookworm”: The Leadership and Legacy of Dr. Geneva Misener
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/20/more-than-a-prize-scholar-or-bookworm-the-leadership-and-legacy-of-dr-geneva-misener/ -
"You fought for women’s right to vote, to pursue higher education, and to combine a career and marriage. You debunked the myth that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote because their literacy rate was lower than men’s. You used your position as education convenor for the National Council of Women to promote lifelong learning."
ECAMP: “More than a prize scholar or bookworm”: The Leadership and Legacy of Dr. Geneva Misener
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/20/more-than-a-prize-scholar-or-bookworm-the-leadership-and-legacy-of-dr-geneva-misener/ -
"You fought for women’s right to vote, to pursue higher education, and to combine a career and marriage. You debunked the myth that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote because their literacy rate was lower than men’s. You used your position as education convenor for the National Council of Women to promote lifelong learning."
ECAMP: “More than a prize scholar or bookworm”: The Leadership and Legacy of Dr. Geneva Misener
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/20/more-than-a-prize-scholar-or-bookworm-the-leadership-and-legacy-of-dr-geneva-misener/ -
"You fought for women’s right to vote, to pursue higher education, and to combine a career and marriage. You debunked the myth that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote because their literacy rate was lower than men’s. You used your position as education convenor for the National Council of Women to promote lifelong learning."
ECAMP: “More than a prize scholar or bookworm”: The Leadership and Legacy of Dr. Geneva Misener
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/20/more-than-a-prize-scholar-or-bookworm-the-leadership-and-legacy-of-dr-geneva-misener/ -
I know a lot of white colonizers look the same (including fictional ones), but you can't tell me that this isn't Kier Egan.
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I know a lot of white colonizers look the same (including fictional ones), but you can't tell me that this isn't Kier Egan.
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I know a lot of white colonizers look the same (including fictional ones), but you can't tell me that this isn't Kier Egan.