West Edmonton Mall
Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the largest shopping centre in the world," and "the world's largest parking lot," West Edmonton Mall is Alberta's number one tourist attraction, featuring over 800 stores and services, over 110 eating establishments, plus eight world-class attractions. It's the only mall of its kind - both a shopper's dream and a world of excitement and adventure.
This amazing structure - often called the "8th Wonder of the World" - spans the equivalent of 48 city blocks in the prestigious west end of Edmonton. Costing a total of $1.2 Billion dollars to build, the size is equivalent to 104 Canadian football fields (or 115 American). It boasts a large water park and wave pool, a regulation NHL ice arena, and an indoor amusement centre complete with a triple-loop roller coaster.
Fort Edmonton Park
One of Edmonton's premier attractions, the Park represents four distinct time periods, exploring Edmonton's development from a fur trade post in the vast Northwest, to a booming metropolitan centre after the First World War. The park features over 75 structures many of which are the originals. Costumed interpreters operate the site and live the way of the past. Exploring each building, each room, and talking to the 'inhabitants' makes for an extremely enjoyable recreational visit. This attraction can be viewed in a few hours or may take many return visits to appreciate the sense of the past.
Free steam engine train and streetcar rides, as well as period rides such as wagon, stagecoach, pony and buggy are a big hit with everyone. Let Fort Edmonton Park take you back in time!
Old Strathcona Historic Area
This unique historical area was once the town of Strathcona and boasts a variety of historical buildings dating from 1891. The residential district consists of 75 houses built prior to 1926. The commercial core has about 40 buildings of note. Today, this area is known for its ambience and the variety of shopping, including 300 unique boutiques, 90 restaurants, pubs and coffee shops, farmers market, theatre venues, jazz clubs and bookstores. Strathcona was an independent town on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, linked to Calgary by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1891. With Strathcona, Edmonton entered a frantic boom period. When both cities amalgamated in 1912, their combined population reached an impressive 40,000.
River Valley and Parks
The lush, green river valley of the North Saskatchewan River winds through the center of the city. Recreational paths through the heavily treed valley provide Edmontonians bountiful recreational opportunities. The pathways draw thousands of people daily on their bicycles, in-line skates and on foot. They valley is also used for canoeing, gold panning, mountain biking, horse-drawn sleigh rides, ice-skating and cross country skiing. The winding river valley is the longest stretch of urban parkland in North America, with over 7,400 kilometers of paved multi-use paths for all to enjoy.
Hotel Selkirk
This Edmonton landmark has been restored to its original state of grandeur, sitting on the corner of 1905 Street and 1920 Street in Fort Edmonton Park.
Built in 1903, Hotel Selkirk stood at the corner of 101 Street and Jasper Avenue. This deluxe hotel was known for having the finest wines, liquors and cigars. Also, Hotel Selkirk was known for its famous clientele including prominent musicians, actors, politicians and authors. On December 18, 1962, the hotel burned to the ground due to a fire, which broke out in the equipment room on the second floor.
Rutherford House
Rutherford House was the home of Alberta's first premier, Alexander C. Rutherford. The home has been restored to its post-Edwardian elegance, complete with costumed interpreters re-enact Alberta life from the early 1900s.
For many years, Rutherford House welcomed the political and social elite of Alberta. Today, this restored Edwardian mansion maintains that tradition of hospitality and recaptures the spirit of Edmonton in 1915.
Costumed interpreters recreate daily household activities, reenact important events in Rutherford's life and lead guided tours of his home. The Friends of Rutherford House provide visitors with a taste of the past in the Arbour Restaurant, and their gift shop offers keepsakes reminiscent of Edwardian times.
Northlands Park
Northlands Park is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit, community service organization dedicated to making Edmonton and North Central Alberta an even greater place to live and visit. It is also Edmonton’s second-largest tourist attraction, and host of more than 3.5 million guests each year.
Northlands Park produces three of Edmonton’s largest annual events – Edmonton's Klondike Days Exposition, Farmfair International, and Canadian Finals Rodeo. Additional business activities also include horse racing and gaming, consumer and commercial trade shows, concerts as well as facility rentals and catering.
Edmonton Art Gallery
The seeds that ultimately became The Edmonton Art Gallery were sown by a group of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers who established the Edmonton Museum of the Arts in 1924. The first exhibition, which included 24 paintings borrowed from the National Gallery of Canada and local art collectors, was held in the Palm Room of the Hotel Macdonald.
The Museum's first permanent location was established in the old Edmonton Public Library at 100 Avenue and 100 Street, and by 1929, the gallery had welcomed 2,500 visitors and acquired assets of $5,000 - including approximately 30 works, which formed the basis of today's collection.
Over the course of the next 45 years, the gallery outgrew its facilities, moving five times before a bequest from the A.E. Condell Family and a land grant from the City of Edmonton permitted construction of the facility we know today as The Edmonton Art Gallery.
Muttart Conservatory
Architect Peter Hemingway designed the conservatory in the early 1970’s. The Gladys and Merril Muttart Foundation, with the City of Edmonton and the Province of Alberta providing the balance, donated half of the $2 million construction cost. The "Pyramids" first opened in 1976 and in 1980, a 3,700 square meter greenhouse complex completed the project.
The Muttart Conservatory is more than just a botanic garden. It hosts many of Edmonton's premier floral shows, educational programs for school children, horticultural courses for adults and continues as a very popular site for weddings, banquets and business functions.
Odyssium (formerly the Science Centre)
Odyssium. The fun of finding out. Edmonton's space and science centre ... Reborn. With 4 mind-boggling galleries, there's so much more to see, hear, touch, taste and do! Take a walk through the human body in The Body Fantastic; solve a mystery in Mystery Avenue; gain a deeper understanding of Mother Nature in The Greens' House and explore space in every dimension in Space Place. Experience larger-than-life IMAX films in western Canada's first IMAX Theatre, and awe-inspiring multi-media shows in the Margaret Zeidler Star Theatre, North America's largest dome theatre.
Edmonton's Klondike Days Festival
The Festival During Klondike Days is Edmonton's oldest civic celebration. It began in 1963 as an extension of the Edmonton Exhibition. Edmonton Klondike Days Association was established in 1965. The Festival is one of the largest and most anticipated in Edmonton and attracts 550,000 people each year who delight in Pancake Breakfasts, free concerts, wild and wacky fun and, most of all, A Taste of Edmonton.
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