Our current Premier will officially be stepping down from his position in a month. A few weeks ago he decided to initiate a new holiday in Alberta.
Sept 1st 1905 was when Alberta entered into the Dominion of Canada as an official province. So our Premier decided that Sept 1st would now be Alberta Day.
So as a result l have decided over the next few days to share a variety of photos that l have taken over the years that show off a number of things that make Alberta a great province.
Today starting at the top left and going clockwise
1. Giant Easter Egg in the Ukrainian community
of Vegreville located 1 hour west of
Edmonton.
2. A canola field near the community of Bentley.
Bentley happens to be where my Dad and
Melody's Mom are from.
3. A riverboat giving a cruise in Heritage Park in
Calgary.
4. The McKay Avenue School in Edmonton.
This was the first Brick schoolhouse in
Edmonton.
What a great idea, Brian (to share your Alberta photos)! These four shots capture some of Alberta's varied and wonderful features! (I especially like the yellow canola field, I must admit) Big fav!
I heard it was the first Alberta Day but I didn't know why that was on the 1st of September. Nice collage! The one I've been to is Heritage Park but it was winter, and it was very cold at the time, and it was definitely not river cruising weather, haha! I've always wanted to see the pysanky.
Nice collection of shots. Yes, we came across a large Ukrainian community when we lived in Saskatchewan and even learned to make perogies! I love the canola field although we call it rape seed here in the UK.
You are a great historian Brian- both with your photographs and with all the information you add to them! I'm amazed by that huge Easter Egg! The canola field is lovely and the cruise looks like a lot of fun. And what a way to start off school- in an impressive brick schoolhouse!
Ian