The French District

Today l did a walking tour of the Oliver Neighborhood just west of downtown. It is known as The Edmonton's original French District.
Located here is Edmonton's oldest church. St.Joachim had its start in 1854 inside of Ft. Edmonton. In 1876 they moved out of the fort.
A wooden structure was erected on this site and was used until the new building was built 1898-89.
Located next door is the Oblate Provincial House. This building replaced the original Rectory. It was built in 1935.
Feel free to join me on this tour. Now let's head south to Grandin School.

[Pat]

What lovely buildings you have there. I like the info you give with your shots too, you are a great tour guide!

[Diana]

Beautiful shots of these grand buildings, looking forward to the tour.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Great Photos of some history.

[Cazzi]

Great shots and interesting words. Looking forward to the tour.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful architecture.

[Bep]

Lovely buildings.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful buildings. Looking forward for the next.

[Monica]

Beautiful buildings

[Fisher Family]

Two super buildings, and fascinating background info. Looking forward to more of the tour.

Ian

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely buildings and history

[Peter Dulis]

lovely ...

[Mags]

Beautiful buildings and nice history!

[Jean]

Interesting history

[Judith Johnson]

A lovely collage, so well placed and captured

[Tunia McClure]

I like the way you did the collage.

[eDorre]

Great collage! Thanks for the invite for the virtual tour!

[Henk-Jan]

Well done!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This looks like a very pretty neighborhood. I am going to enjoy this walk!

[Lou Ann]

Such a beautiful church, lovely architecture.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shots of those nice buildings.

[Kathy]

Nice stops on the tour. Didn't realize there was a big French settlement in Alberta.

[Dustyloup]

Looking forward to the next step in the your!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[bruni]

Two great historical buildings and information.

[Harry J Benson]

good pov and interesting information

[bkb in the city]

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@fishers Ian glad to share this with you

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@olivetreeann Ann glad to have you along

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@randystreat Yes Kathy especially in the Edmonton area

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@dustyloup Looking forward to sharing it with you

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[Monique]

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