In Edmonton ....
Saskatchewan drive on the south side for bearing.. 106A street passes under Sask Drive. 106A street, also known as Fort Hill road back then, is the original trail that led south from the fort after fording the river. The ford/crossing was just upstream of the high level.
On this Fort Hill trail in the 1860's 13 stoney indians were leaving the fort after trading. 7 of the 13 were massacred on this trail on the slope by a rival tribe. The 6 remaining people did make it to safe ground some distance south.
The last actual (pardon the term) 'indian wars' in the 'northwest territories', as Alberta was then known, was in the year 1869.
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Across the road from the 'old timers cabin' on 99 street on the south side of the river is an interesting spot. In the first years Ft. Edm. was on the Rossdale flats on the north side of the river right on the north side of the low level bridge. FN people with muskets would shoot across the river at the fort and boat yard area then retreat to the flat across the road from the old timers cabin. Up until a few years ago you could see the dips from the pits (foxholes) the FN made and used. The FN would use the Mill Creek ravine to travel south.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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