River Valley Alliance

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.

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