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
Edith Chu
Born in France to Chinese parents who had migrated through Hong Kong and Europe before settling in Edmonton in 1979, Edith Chu grew up in
1949-1964
Straightening 149th Street and Widening Stony Plain Road
Accommodating growth and safety. Paula E. Kirman Thanks to provincial government construction of a four-lane highway to Jasper beginning in 1949, 149 Street was straightened
1949-1964
Irma Belton (née Lipscombe)
Irma Belton (née Lipscombe) is a descendant of Alberta’s early Black communities. Born in Athabasca, she moved with her parents and siblings to Edmonton in
1949-1964
Jim Selby
Jim Selby is a lifelong labour activist and author of left-wing publications. He was research and communications director at the Alberta Federation of Labour for
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
Walter Touchings
Walter Touchings was interviewed by telephone for the Jasper Place Community History Project on January 24th, 2023. Barrie Touchings, his nephew, also interviewed by the
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
1949-1964
Chrystia Chomiak
Myrna Kostash Chrystia Chomiak grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in a modest bungalow in Canora, a core neighbourhood of Jasper Place. Her parents,
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
