email: history@ratcreek.org
Want to do some historical research - try these websites
The Bruce Peel Bibliography, it has books, newspapers, various collections, the latest being postcards : http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html
which you can search by title, author, subject, or number such as for the Henderson directories, and by key word
In the Peel - The Henderson Directory: Peel 2962. And the various years are noted as 2962.1; 2962.2; etc
This is for 1912: . http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/search/?search=follow&qid=peelbib%7CHenderson%7C%7Cscore&index=peelbib&rawQuery=Edmonton+Capital
The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project from the Uof Calgary, it has local histories, including the place names of Alberta books, newspapers, Calgary Stampede History, medical history, book collections in various languages too and more: http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca The local history can be searched by author, subject, title and key word, but not the newspapers. Not all the local histories are there, but many of the older ones are.
For rare books, see Our Roots/Nos Racines, searcheable by key word. http://www.ourroots.ca For instance St. Albert’s Black Robe’s Vision is there, and is easily accessible.
Library and Archives of Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Métis scrip collection, ships’ logs, homestead records …
Glenbow museum and archives: http://www.glenbow.org/collections
Provincial Archives: https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Default.aspx
Heritage maps of Edmonton – I think it will be updated, or may have been : http://maps.edmontonheritage.ca
Dictionary of Canadian biography: http://maps.edmontonheritage.ca
The Champlain collection: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/champlain/search.cfm?lang=eng
The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1
Municipal Heritage Partnership program and links http://www.mhpp.ab.ca/links.html
Alberta Encyclopedia: http://www.albertasource.ca/aoe/ui/index.aspx
Links to Capital Map project, particularly Edmonton Region Historical Township Maps
: http://capmap.fanweb.ca
Surveying in Alberta, with info on biographical info on surveyors: http://www.landsurveyinghistory.ab.ca
which you can search by title, author, subject, or number such as for the Henderson directories, and by key word
In the Peel - The Henderson Directory: Peel 2962. And the various years are noted as 2962.1; 2962.2; etc
This is for 1912: . http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/search/?search=follow&qid=peelbib%7CHenderson%7C%7Cscore&index=peelbib&rawQuery=Edmonton+Capital
The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project from the Uof Calgary, it has local histories, including the place names of Alberta books, newspapers, Calgary Stampede History, medical history, book collections in various languages too and more: http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca The local history can be searched by author, subject, title and key word, but not the newspapers. Not all the local histories are there, but many of the older ones are.
For rare books, see Our Roots/Nos Racines, searcheable by key word. http://www.ourroots.ca For instance St. Albert’s Black Robe’s Vision is there, and is easily accessible.
Library and Archives of Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Métis scrip collection, ships’ logs, homestead records …
Glenbow museum and archives: http://www.glenbow.org/collections
Provincial Archives: https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Default.aspx
Heritage maps of Edmonton – I think it will be updated, or may have been : http://maps.edmontonheritage.ca
Dictionary of Canadian biography: http://maps.edmontonheritage.ca
The Champlain collection: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/champlain/search.cfm?lang=eng
The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1
Municipal Heritage Partnership program and links http://www.mhpp.ab.ca/links.html
Alberta Encyclopedia: http://www.albertasource.ca/aoe/ui/index.aspx
Links to Capital Map project, particularly Edmonton Region Historical Township Maps
: http://capmap.fanweb.ca
Surveying in Alberta, with info on biographical info on surveyors: http://www.landsurveyinghistory.ab.ca
