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Trestle Bridge, Mill Creek Ravine.
This wooden trestle bridge, built between 1900 and 1902, is one of the last physical reminders of the existence of the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway, the "shortest railroad with the longest name".
The E.Y.& P. Railway was the first to bring rail transportation to Edmonton. It was connected to the Canadian Pacific line south of Strathcona, and traveled north along Mill Creek ravine, then across the Low Level Bridge. The first train crossed the bridge into Edmonton on October 20, 1902. By 1907, the line was extended westward where it connected with the new Canadian Northern main line.
The E.Y.& P's passenger service was suspended in 1928. The line was used to haul coal and freight until 1954, when it closed and the tracks were removed.

Trestle Bridge, Mill Creek Ravine.
This wooden trestle bridge, built between 1900 and 1902, is one of the last physical reminders of the existence of the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway, the "shortest railroad with the longest name".
The E.Y.& P. Railway was the first to bring rail transportation to Edmonton. It was connected to the Canadian Pacific line south of Strathcona, and traveled north along Mill Creek ravine, then across the Low Level Bridge. The first train crossed the bridge into Edmonton on October 20, 1902. By 1907, the line was extended westward where it connected with the new Canadian Northern main line.
The E.Y.& P's passenger service was suspended in 1928. The line was used to haul coal and freight until 1954, when it closed and the tracks were removed.

Ezio Farone Park.
The High Level Bridge was designed by Phillips B. Motley, the Engineer of Bridges for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was constructed between 1910 and 1913 at a cost of two million dollars. It was the first bridge in Canada to carry four different modes of traffic: rail, streetcar, automobile, and pedestrian. The first passenger train, seven cars long and carrying 200 passengers, crossed the bridge from Strathcona to Edmonton on June 2, 1913.
The structure is approximately one-half mile long (0.8 kilometre) and stands 152 feet (46.3 meters) above the mean river level. The construction of the bridge was a significant engineering achievement for the time, and the High Level Bridge remains a distinctive city landmark.

10402 - 10406 Jasper Avenue.
The Hotel Cecil opened its doors on October 1, 1906. Originally the business was jointly operated by Francois Lannic and Charles H. Belanger. Mr. Belanger soon bought out Mr. Lannic's interest and ran the hotel for many years.
Expanded in 1910, the hotel included 65 guest rooms, a parlour, writing rooms, a 300 seat dining room and a ladies rotunda. The dining room regularly featured a live orchestra and, on special occasions, served up delicacies like Russian caviar, broiled B.C. salmon Hollandaise, and saddle of venison with port wine sauce.
Designed by Edmonton architect Roland Lines, the Hotel Cecil featured an entrance flanked bu double Ionic columns. It was finished in brick, with stone accents. During a 1914 renovation the main entrance was moved to the southeast corner of the building.

Alex Mair was a quiet giant who touched everyone he met with his warmth, humour and style. This remarkable individual, who had an uncanny way of lighting up a room with his manner and presence, was born in Edmonton in 1926 and lived here his entire life.
Alex attended the University of Alberta, graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 1948. Soon after, he found work with the City of Edmonton engineering department, but did not forget his interest in writing and began submitting articles to an assortment of magazines. Eventually, the lure of writing drew him away from his engineering career.
He wrote articles for the CBC and later, for Southam Business Publications. Along with his continued work with CBC, Alex found time in 1967 to help organize and launch the Radio and Television Arts program at N.A.I.T. In 1978, he began writing a daily column for the Edmonton Journal and in the early 1980s, started submitting weekly columns to Real Estate Weekly. Over the next twenty years, he published hundreds of articles and several books including a history of the Edmonton Police Service and the very successful Gateway City.
Alex enlivened Edmonton's history, providing colour and personality to our characters and events. People fortunate enough to hear him speak listened attentively while he lovingly retold the tales of our past. His passing in 2001 left a gaping hole in the hearts of those fortunate to have called him friend and in the city he loved.
Plaque text located inside City of Edmonton Archives building (10440 108 Avenue).

Mayfield Park (10945 - 161 Street).
Mayfield district and Mayfield School were named to commemorate the distinguished western Canadian fighter "ace" and bus pilot Wilfrid R. ("Wop") May (1896-1952). In April 1919 he founded May Airplanes Ltd. with his brother Court May and George Gorman. This was one of the first commercial aviation companies established in Canada. That year he carried out the first local aerial freight lift in "The City of Edmonton", a Curtiss Jenny JN4. The following year May piloted the first flight into Peace River country, and from this time onward his name is linked closely to the opening of the resource frontier north of Edmonton. More than any other individual "Wop" May established Edmonton as The Gateway to the North following the First World War. The rough airstrip where his pioneering efforts commenced in 1919 was located in a farmer's field near this site.

9910 - 104 Street.
Reverend David George McQueen (1854-1930), was born near Kirkwall, Canada West, on 25 December 1854. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1887, when he succeeded Rev. Andrew Baird in Edmonton. Until inducted as a minister of First Presbyterian Church in 1893 he also served as school inspector. Rev. McQueen was the first moderator of the Alberta Synod of the Presbyterian Church, as well as moderator if the Presbyterian Church of Canada. The third manse, built in 1911, was located immediately south of this location, and was occupied by the McQueen family until 1932.

Queen Elizabeth Park Road.
In 1907, the City of Strathcona purchased twenty acres of land on this site and named it Riverside Park. The original park extended north from Saskatchewan Avenue to the river, between Main and Niblock Streets (now 104 and 105 streets). Further acquisitions of land expanded the park to seventy-five acres by 1938. The park was considered a showcase of Edmonton's river valley parks system, and it attracted approximately 1,000 visitors a day during the summer months. It featured boardwalks, a bandshell, picnic areas and a swimming pool which was installed in 1922. In 1912, a fenced in area was built to house two moose.
On May 29, 1939, Edmonton City Council changed the name from Riverside Park to Queen Elizabeth Park in honour of the visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on June 2, 1939.

11020 - 99 Avenue.
Built in 1888 on this site, Edmonton's first separate school to come into being under Northwest Territories legislation was operated by the Sisters Faithful Companions of Jesus. Its first board included George Roy, chairman, L. Kelly, treasurer and A. Prince, secretary.

9921 - 104 Street.
A frame house was built on this site in 1887, and Alex Taylor lived in it from 1888 until his death in 1916. From 1884 to 1891 the central switchboard for the Edmonton District Telephone Co. was located on this property.
Mr. Taylor founded the first electric light company, is given credit for the first telegraph line in Edmonton and was co-founder of the first newspaper, The Bulletin.
In his long and varied career he served as a Clerk for the Supreme Court, postmaster and member of the school board from 1898 - 1909 (as chairman from 1899 - 1909).