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Fort Edmonton Park
PO Box 2359 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T5J 2R7
Telephone: (780) 496-7381
Fax: (780) 496-8797
www.fortedmontonpark.ca
The entrance to Fort Edmonton Park is located at the
intersection of Fox Drive and Whitemud Drive. The Park is
open on a seasonal basis in the summer, and in 2012 it opens on May
19 through to August 31, as well as all the weekends in
September.
Providing the best in historically authentic living history,
Fort Edmonton Park is nestled on 158 acres of beautiful wooded
parkland along Edmonton's picturesque river valley. The Park
is just 15 minutes from downtown Edmonton and 10 minutes from the
world famous West Edmonton Mall.
Fort Edmonton Park first opened in May of 1974 and has grown
to become home to more than 80 historical buildings set in four
distinct eras of Edmonton's history:
The Park is also home to the historic Hotel Selkirk, a
1920's Midway,
the Yukon & Pacific steam engine and train, four original early
1900's street cars as well as buggy rides, wagon rides and a
stagecoach. And in mid-summer of 2011, we opened
our new 243-seat Capitol
Theatre to the public featuring an extraordinary short film on
the history of Edmonton.
Historical interpreters dressed in period costume bring Fort
Edmonton Park to life by engaging visitors into Edmonton's world
100-150 years ago. The attendance figures for visitors to Fort
Edmonton Park over the past few years has averaged in the area of
200,000 people.