Highlandia is back this year! This unique neighbourhood music festival takes place on Saturday, June 11, from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m, at Henry Martell Park (6602 Ada Boulevard). For more information, visit https://www.highlandscommunity.ca/highlandia/. HHS will be there from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., so please stop by and chat with us about the society’s…
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A Conversation With Jim Moran: Part One
Highlands Vignettes from the 1960s The Highlands Historical Society’s project to share stories from the neighbourhood’s past has a new installment, via an interview with former Highlands resident Jim Moran. Jim, his mother and his older brother moved from Beverley to a house on 6403 Ada Boulevard in July 1967, when he was 12. The…
Dylan Reade Presents “Peeling Back the Grid”
Restoring “First Families” of the Edmonton District to their proper places on the map This presentation is not made with the HHS, but it is of general interest to our society. Dylan Reade is a documentary filmmaker. He has worked with the National Geographic, and his work includes Orangutangs, the Rolling Stones and lots in…
HHS Pops Into Spring
Spring is officially here, and this past weekend HHS was out and about to welcome the community with the first of several exciting events planned for the spring and summer seasons. On Saturday, April 23, HHS held a pop-up outside the Gibbard Block. Board members chatted with passersby about the society’s work, and showcased our…
Highlands Streetscapes
As spring weather approaches and we enjoy the new sidewalk along Ada Boulevard, we thought this brief article from the Highlands Historical Foundation newsletter (Spring 2002 Volume 13 No 1) might be fun to revisit. The article was written by Wayne Tedder, who served for a time as HHF president. Streetscapes In this rural-looking scene,…
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