For over 60 years, the Alberta Government has gifted tree seedlings to grade one students, to mark Forest Week in our province. Forest Week runs in the first week of May, and the tree seedling program promotes environmental conservation and stewardship. A grade 8 student and an educator have teamed up to map the locations…
At Home at the Tocher House
Greetings Highlands Historical Society members! Please join us for an At Home event at the Tocher House on Saturday, August 13, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. This Open House is offered exclusively for members of the Highlands Historical Society. If you are not yet a member and would like to attend, you may purchase a…
The Highlands. Barb Izzio Remembers…
The Highlands, Barb Izzio Remembers … It is now 57 years since I lived in the Highlands. I know that without hesitation because Joe and I have been married for 57 years. I left the Highlands as Barbara Chalmers and remember so clearly the seventeen years that I lived at 6121 – 111 Avenue, with…
Magrath Mansion Open House and Highlands Tours
Open House at Magrath An Open House at Magrath Mansion will be hosted by the Highlands Historical Society in conjunction with Concordia University Edmonton as part of Historic Festival and Doors Open Edmonton. Please join us for this special event on Saturday, July 9, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Pre-registration is not required. Cost is…
A Conversation With Jim Moran: Part Two
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 house was demolished some time…
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