I remember seeing people fishing from the river. I was curious, so I looked on the City of Edmonton website:
Water Quality and Fish
Alberta Health advises that you should not eat fish from the North Saskatchewan River more than once a week, and pregnant women should not consume the fish at...
To answer your question about history, _Citizen_Dane_ has written in his blog:
https://forgottenedmonton.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-twin-cemeteries-cathedral-of.html
Well, New York has a graveyard a few metres from Wall Street, if I remember right. The old Trinity church on Broadway?
(I'm not sure if I should include a happy face in this post, ha)
They had an exhibit which I missed, with all the Covid goings-on, but someone made a video of the exhibit, and there are also photos of the art.
Their website:
www.ociciwan.ca
which leads to the exhibit:
amiskwaciwaskahikan.ca
You can get a good idea of the interior from the video, and...
I'm weeks behind in this thread, but thanks, _Citizen_Dane_, for the old photos. I had lived in one of the annexed houses near Concordia that was demolished for the Capilano Freeway. Interesting to see the old drive-in on 112 avenue in that photo -- it's long gone.
Another townhouse project going up, although the sign says apartments.
There have been about ten in my Spruce Avenue neighbourhood. Most have not had an exciting design but at least so far each one is different in colours, material and design.