History of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

EDMONTON, a fortified village in the North West Territories, in lat. 53° 45' N., Ion. 113° 20' W. It is built of red earth, enclosed by high pickets, aid entered by battlemented gateways. Its vicinity is rich in coal and gold, and other minerals.

...Dispatches from Edmonton, via Calgary, received here to-day, indicate that affairs there are not on an encouraging state. The settlers are thoroughly alarmed, because of the overbearing conduct of the Indians and half-breeds, who threaten to

RISE AN BURN THE TOWN.

Scouts have been sent out to scour the country for fifty miles around to learn the extent of the dissatisfaction. General Strange, with his column, is making all haste to Edmonton, and is expected to reach there by Friday. The government, in the absence of news, ordered Colonel Smith to proceed at once to Edmonton, with his battalion, and at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the battalion began their tedious march north...

The Edmonton mail has arrived, and the correspondence shows that there was a panic there a week ago for several days before, and an outbreak was expected. Parties had been quietly preparing for trouble, some by removing their families to Fort Saskatchewan; others by getting their guns and...

Edmonton, a banking town and outport of Alberta, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River and 180 miles N. of Calgary. Its vicinity is rich in coal and minerals (gold, silver, platinum). Pop. in 1901, 2626. Edmonton was for a short time the starting-point on the " Edmonton Route" for the Klondike. It has an important fur trade and contains a meteorological station.

Edmonton, Alberta, incorporated as a city in 1904, population 932,546 (2016 c) 812,201 (2011 c). Edmonton is the capital of Alberta, and is located on the North Saskatchewan River, near the geographical centre of the province. Commonly known as the "Gateway to the North," it is strategically situated on an economic divide between the highly-productive farmlands of central Alberta and a vast, resource-rich northern hinterland.