1880s-1949
156 Street and Stony Plain Road Across the Years
Colette Lebeuf 1943 The intersection of 156 Street and Stony Plain Road is seen in the centre of this aerial photo dating from 1943. At
1964-1990
Misericordia Community Hospital
A history of health care and workers’ struggles. Paula E. Kirman The Misericordia Community Hospital is operated by Covenant Health and is known as Edmonton’s
1880s-1949
Early Settlement of “Jasper Place”
Connor J. Thompson The Canadian state began surveying the land in what would become Jasper Place in 1882. Lands formerly home to Indigenous peoples, and
1949-1964
Ruby Swartz
Ruby Swartz is originally from Yellowknife, but has had connections to the Jasper Place area since childhood. Here is her family’s story, and she also
1949-1964
Charles Zelensky
Charles Zelensky was born in 1957 at the Edmonton General Hospital, one of seven children of Peter and Ruth Zelensky. Peter was from Winnipeg, MB
1949-1964
Food Security in Jasper Place: Part Three
Corner stores. Paula E. Kirman Jasper Place residents often chose to make many of their grocery and other purchases in corner stores. People chose where
1949-1964
Life in the ’50s and early ’60s in the Town of Jasper Place
Interviewee stories and reminiscences by former residents provide the backbone of the Jasper Place Community History Project. They evoke growing up and living in the
1880s-1949
THE ORANGE HUB: A Site for Education Since 1935
The land upon which the building sits has been a site for learning and community gathering for almost 90 years. The Orange Hub has also
1949-1964
Getting Around in Jasper Place: Part Three
Barrel Taxi. Paula E. Kirman Barrel Taxi got its start in 1947 or 1948 at 14901 Stony Plain Road when the area was still part
1964-1990
Shirley Romany
Donna Coombs-Montrose Shirley Romany of a large singe-parent family, arrived in Canada from her native Trinidad and Tobago with early hair styling training in 1963,
