Fort Edmonton Park is a leader in cultural tourism offering local, regional, and international guests a truly interactive and memorable experience.
Our expansive, multi-attraction space provides a community gathering place for guests, whether it be a park visit, a private function, or a special event.
Every visit is a new adventure filled with immersive and unique experiences.
The distinction between pre-rail and post-rail Edmonton is significant, as the railway facilitated immigration on a scale never seen before. Prior to the railway, the population of the Edmonton District remained predominantly Indigenous. As such, the parishioners who attended the chapel at the 1846 Fort and the McDougall Church on 1885 Street would have been Métis, Cree, Nakoda, or Iroqouis for the most part. Also of note is the Bellerose School on 1885 Street, which was built for the purpose of educating Catholic Métis children at St. Albert. These religious spaces – and the settings that surround them – can provide guests with a sense of the contexts in which Métis lived religion was practiced in the nineteenth century.
