Alberta’s Capital Region River Valley Park
Creating a legacy… for generations to come
Videos
TSN broadcast going live in Devon’s Voyager Park
TSN/Kraft Celebration Tour. TSN hosts singing along with the crowd
CTV News clip of RVA Chair, Sol Rolingher, proposing to build a canal through Edmonton
2009 Alberta Emerald Award won by the RIver Valley Alliance
Alberta Redneck Furry Fliers demo from June 11th
Original Video of the Capital Region Park Plan
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.