Edmonton Alberta
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Edmonton is the capital of Alberta Canada. It is the northernmost
major city in Canada and is situated in the central region
of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland
on the prairies. The first inhabitants gathered in the area which
is now Edmonton around 3,000 BC and perhaps as early as 10,000
BC, when an ice-free corridor opened up as the last ice age ended
and timber, water and wildlife became available in the region.
In 1754, Anthony Henday, an explorer working for the Hudson's
Bay Company, may have been the first European to enter the Edmonton
area. His expeditions across the Canadian Prairies were mainly
to seek contact with the aboriginal population for the purpose
of establishing fur trade, as competition was fierce between
the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. In the nineteenth
century, the highly fertile soils surrounding Edmonton helped
attract settlers, further establishing Edmonton as a major regional
commercial and agricultural centre. Edmonton was also a major
stopping point for people hoping to cash in on the Klondike Gold
Rush in 1897. Incorporated as a city in 1904 with a population
of 8,350, Edmonton became the capital of Alberta a year later
on September 1, 1905. |
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