Alberta’s Capital Region River Valley Park
Creating a legacy… for generations to come
RVA Advisory Committee
Chair
Graham Hicks – City of Edmonton
Michael Markowski – City of Edmonton
Bruce Milne – City of Edmonton
Stan Franklin – City of Edmonton
Brent Collingwood – City of Edmonton
Valerie Turner – Parkland County
Ann Lisa Gawenus – Parkland County
Don Kenyon – Town of Devon
Lois Roper – Town of Devon
Murray Greer – Leduc County
Brian Bowles – Leduc County
Rio St. Germain – Strathcona County
Mike Lush – Strathcona County
Heather LaRose – Sturgeon County
Dennis Dembicki – City of Ft. Saskatchewan
Jim Cockburn – City of Ft. Saskatchewan
RVA Project Manager
Phil Krysa – Architectural Works Inc.
RVA Administrators
Dave Cross – Parkland County
Dean Ohnysty – Leduc County
Gabriele Barry – City of Edmonton
Terry Cashin – Sturgeon County
Brad White – City of Ft. Saskatchewan
Nicholaus Moffat (alternate) – Leduc County
Cheryl Baxter (alternate) – Town of Devon
River Valley Factoid
Early settlers established the City of Edmonton quickly and successfully, partly due to the abundance of coal in the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. By 1874, a few settlers had begun to mine coal. Boat builder, lumberman and first Edmonton industrialist, John Walter, imported the first coal stove to the region around this time. Coal production continued in the Capital Region River Valley Park from this time until the last mine closed in 1970, nearly 100 years later.