The New Student's Reference Work/Edmonton

Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, population 16,000, on the Saskatchewan River, is 180 miles north of Calgary.  Valuable coal-fields surround it.  The trade of the great Mackenzie basin is attracted to it.  It is the center of an immense and rich agricultural tract, and was an important point in connection with the fur-trade.  In early days it was a point of departure on the Edmonton route for the Klondike.  A railway-center, served alike by the Canadian Northern, the Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk Pacific, Edmonton is growing rapidly and promises to be a considerable city.