The Edmonton Real Estate Blog

Today is World Habitat Day  – The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as annual World Habitat Day. So, to raise some awareness for the event I thought I'd post a photo of the house we helped build this year in St. Albert, along with the REALTORS® Community Foundation and many other volunteers. Volunteering at a habitat build [...]

 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? From time to time as I drive through the communities of Edmonton that I do business in, I see that special yard… The one where they've made an artistic addition, a real statement. Lawn orbs and gnomes don't count.  Art is highly subjective.  For example, one of the exhibits at the New York Muesum of [...]

This is the new Fort Edmonton Footbridge (so far). It is scheduled to be completed by November - according to the signs at the constuction entrances.The bridge will span the North Saskatchewan River near Fort Edmonton Park, connecting the neighbourhoods of Brander Gardens (south of the river) and Oliskew (aka Country Club and Wolf Willow in the west end).You can see [...]

I've seen this boat anchored in the North Saskatchewan a number of times and thought I'd try and see what I could find out about it:Turns out it's a "York Boat" on display at Fort Edmonton park. "These reliable freight boats were the backbone of the transportation network, sailing the waterways that connected forts all the way to York Factory [...]