Northern Alberta History & Recreation

Northern Alberta History & Recreation Northern Alberta has a rich and diverse history, beautiful scenery, and offers the opportunity for m Northern Alberta is a great place to visit.

We have a diverse history that includes the fur trade, the Klondike Gold Rush, The Alcan Highway, steamboats, the coming of the railway, and so much more. Our landscape allows for outdoor recreation in many forms. This page is presented by the Friends of Historical Northern Alberta Society. We welcome your comments and information on Historical Northern Alberta.

A great day to visit Smith!
02/14/2026

A great day to visit Smith!

08/17/2025
04/29/2025

All are invited!! Thank you to the Village of Myrnam, one of our members.

10/09/2024
Good morning. If you’d like to help create a tool that can take people into every Alberta Community showing them attract...
09/30/2024

Good morning. If you’d like to help create a tool that can take people into every Alberta Community showing them attractions, sharing the stories & history of that place, and providing maps of very specific needs and wants from firewood to cheesecake - might I suggest a $25 Lifetime Membership with the Travel-ING On Tourism Cooperative and their mobile app expected to go live in early 2025.

Membership in the Travel-ING On Tourism Cooperative is open to all individuals, businesses or other entities who have an interest in, or are a stakeholder in, the heritage and tourism industries. The Lifetime Membership fee is $25 and applies to the Alberta chapter or region. Your membership fee wil...

09/10/2024

Dr. Anne Anderson’s mission to preserve the Cree language
When Anne Anderson was born on a river lot farm east of St. Albert in 1906, she was so tiny and frail that her mother worried for her survival. “I was so small my mom made my bed in a shoebox lined with rabbit fur,” said Anderson at her 84th birthday party.

Anderson’s first foray into teaching came when she placed an ad in the newspaper offering to tutor people in Cree. She expected to receive only 10 responses and was blown away when 50 people expressed interest. She began teaching private lessons, and then started teaching classes in Edmonton’s public schools.

After 16 years of teaching in the public school system, Anderson was able to open the Dr. Anne Anderson Native Heritage and Cultural Centre in 1984. One of the most remarkable things about Anderson is that she only started her illustrious career in her mid-sixties.

Dr. Anne wrote almost 100 publications. The jewel in her literary crown was her dictionary. In 1975, she translated a 38,000-word English dictionary into Cree, creating Dr. Anne Anderson’s Metis Cree Dictionary, one of the most comprehensive catalogues of the language ever assembled. She continued to update this dictionary over the years, noting that new words were constantly having to be created for new inventions like microwaves and computers. https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2020/11/10/the-grand-lady-of-the-metis-dr-anne-andersons-mission-to-preserve-the-cree-language/

09/05/2024

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