Edmonton and District Historical Society

the edmonton and district historical society (edhs) is fascinated with edmonton’s local heritage, and proud to highlight the details of its history with the general public. edhs is a non-profit, charitable society with a mandate to promote, preserve, and celebrate the history of edmonton and the surrounding district. we’ve been around since 1907. we began as the seat of the historical society of alberta (hsa). when the hsa was reorganized in 1958, edmonton became the amisk waskahegan chapter of the hsa. we were renamed the edmonton and district historical society, incorporated as an independent society, on october 1, 1991.