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109 Street & 80 Avenue.
The Tipton Gyro Park is named in honour of former Alderman John G. Tipton. This park was officially opened on June 21, 1924. Fulfilling their slogan, "Playgrounds for Children", this became the third of nine parks built in the city by the Edmonton Gyro Club. The Gyros also provided regular maintenance and supervision of all the parks during the playground season of May 24th to August 31st. Their care of the equipment is evident, as some of the original slides are still being used. Over the decades, hundreds of thousands of children, and adults too, have enjoyed this and the other Gyro Parks. Responsibility for the Gyro Parks was later assumed by the City.

10176 - 117 Street.
On this site once stood the Wesley Church. During its life it had seen its share of change. First opened on January 26, 1913 as a Methodist Church, the total cost of the property at that time including furnishings was estimated at $40,000. In 1918 the church basement became a laundromat during an influenza epidemic. Washing machines were set up and women in the congregation came in to do laundry for families who were ill.
As a result of an amalgamation in 1925 of Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregationalists, Wesley became the Wesley United Church. In 1971 the church merged with the Robertson United Church to become the Robertson - Wesley United Church operating out of the Robertson location. Also in 1971, the Wesley Church was sold to the Canadian Native Friendship Center. The church was used by the Native Friendship Center up to 1988 as a boxing facility in addition to providing emergency food and clothing to the local native community. From 1988 on the church was used sparingly and purchased and sold by various individuals until its demolition in August 1996.
The Wesley United Church maintained its reputation through the years of being a "friendly church" and members of its congregation enjoyed a great sense of belonging. It was a church home to many prominent Edmontonians through the years such as authoress Nellie McClung and businessman W.J. McGrath and Merrill Muttart. The English Gothic Revival style church was a unique fixture on the Edmonton landscape.

10176 - 117 Street.
On this site once stood the Wesley Church. During its life it had seen its share of change. First opened on January 26, 1913 as a Methodist Church, the total cost of the property at that time including furnishings was estimated at $40,000. In 1918 the church basement became a laundromat during an influenza epidemic. Washing machines were set up and women in the congregation came in to do laundry for families who were ill.
As a result of an amalgamation in 1925 of Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregationalists, Wesley became the Wesley United Church. In 1971 the church merged with the Robertson United Church to become the Robertson - Wesley United Church operating out of the Robertson location. Also in 1971, the Wesley Church was sold to the Canadian Native Friendship Center. The church was used by the Native Friendship Center up to 1988 as a boxing facility in addition to providing emergency food and clothing to the local indigenous community. From 1988 on the church was used sparingly and purchased and sold by various individuals until its demolition in August 1996.
The Wesley United Church maintained its reputation through the years of being a "friendly church" and members of its congregation enjoyed a great sense of belonging. It was a church home to many prominent Edmontonians through the years such as authoress Nellie McClung and businessman W.J. McGrath and Merrill Muttart. The English Gothic Revival style church was a unique fixture on the Edmonton landscape.

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.

101 Street and 100 Avenue.
On this site stood the old Edmonton Post Office. When completed in 1910 it constituted the most impressive feature on the City's developing sky-line. It was built of white stone from Tyndall, Manitoba, pressed brick trimmings and copper sheeted mansard roof.
The clock tower rose 40 metres above the ground and remained a familiar Edmonton landmark until it was dismantled and the building demolished in 1972.

Hotel Macdonald, Confederation Lounge.
This historic painting depicts the gathering of the Fathers of Confederation at the Quebec Conference in 1864. The original, painted by Robert Harris in 1883-4 was destroyed in 1916 by a fire at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Fortunately, this copy had been painted in 1914 by Frederick S. Challener, a reputed mural painter. It was hung in the new Macdonald Hotel in 1915. Mr. Challener painted a second, larger copy between 1917 and 1919, which now hangs in the Legislature Building, Queen's Park, Toronto.

Hotel Macdonald, Confederation Lounge.
This historic painting depicts the gathering of the Fathers of Confederation at the Quebec Conference in 1864. The original, painted by Robert Harris in 1883-4 was destroyed in 1916 by a fire at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Fortunately, this copy had been painted in 1914 by Frederick S. Challener, a reputed mural painter. It was hung in the new Macdonald Hotel in 1915. Mr. Challener painted a second, larger copy between 1917 and 1919, which now hangs in the Legislature Building, Queen's Park, Toronto.

83 Avenue and 104 Street.
Dr. Wilbert McIntyre was born on July 15, 1867, at Rosedale, Victoria County, Ontario. He first traveled west in 1891, where he taught briefly at Winnipeg Commercial College, White Fish Lake residential school, and worked on a ranch near Calgary. Returning to Ontario he graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1898. However, he returned west to Strathcona in 1902, and spent the remainder of his life here. McIntyre was Secretary-Treasurer of the Strathcona Liberal Association (1902-1906).
In 1906 Peter Talbot, Liberal M.P. for Strathcona, was offered one of three new Alberta Senate seats. In the resultant by-election on April 5th McIntyre was elected overwhelmingly to represent the constituency, which at that time extended south to Innisfail and east to Lloydminster. He was therefore Strathcona's first elected representative in the new Province of Alberta.
McIntyre worked unsuccessfully to attract the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway to Strathcona, and later supported the proposal for a High Level Bridge connecting the town with Edmonton. During the October 1908 federal election he won a large majority, second only to Frank Oliver, Laurier's western lieutenant and Minister of the Interior.
In the spring of 1909 McIntyre returned to Strathcona to campaign for the provincial election. Following a short illness he died in July 1909. His funeral was said to be the largest of that time in the northern part of the province. His immense popularity was reflected by a commemorative fountain which was built in 1913 through popular subscription among his former constituents.

10225 - 100 Avenue.
Frank Oliver, P.C. L1.D., purchased these lots in 1900 and set up a frame house. In 1905 he built his 3-storey brick home. Charles May was the contractor and the bricks came, specially made, from the plant of Lt. Col. Peter Anderson, DSO.
Frank Oliver was Minister of the Interior (Liberal) in Ottawa when Alberta became a province in 1905. The home was used by the Alberta Government, serving as Government House to the first Lieut. Governor, G.H.V. Bulyea and others until 1916. From 1916 to 1943 it was the Oliver family home, and Mrs. Oliver won prizes for "best garden" and "best decorated home" on festive occasions.
In 1943 the home was sold to the Dominion Government as headquarters for Brigadier W.W. Foster DSO, Special Commissioner for defense of N.W. Canada (Alaska Highway construction). The house was torn down in 1957.

10211 Jasper Avenue.
When the Pantages Theatre was built in 1913 as part of Alexander Pantages' vaudeville circuit, it brought some of the best acts in popular entertainment to Edmonton. Sophie Tucker, Buster Keaton, Eddie Foy, Stan Laurel and Harry Lauder were some of the performers to appear on its stage before the theatre was transformed into the Strand movie house in 1931.