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Category: Colonial Land Ownership

Possibly the Indian Agent's house on Enoch First Nation, ca. 1907.

1880s-1949

Erasing and Displacing Indigenous Peoples: Rethinking the Contributions of James Gibbons to Jasper Place and Edmonton History

Sarah Carter Irish-born settler James Gibbons (1837 – 1927) was an early and prominent landowner in the Town of Jasper Place (JP). He is

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

1880s-1949

Homesteading: Rules and Terms

Sarah Carter What did it mean to homestead? We think of the term today as synonymous with farming, or generally establishing a home in a

JASPER PLACE COMMUNITY HISTORY

Category: Colonial Land Ownership

Erasing and Displacing Indigenous Peoples: Rethinking the Contributions of James Gibbons to Jasper Place and Edmonton History

Early Settlement of “Jasper Place”

Homesteading: Rules and Terms

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