CAPMAP - Green Map System for Edmonton Region (Maps)

Looking for fun leisure activities?

Check out the Green Map System for Edmonton Region (Maps) for information on local organizations and/or locations of:

• great shows, festivals and museums
• children’s activity and program sites
• walking trails, bike paths and winter activity sites
• bird and wildlife viewing sites, parks and natural areas
• organic shops, green businesses and farmers' markets   

Browse the Image Gallery to find a great museum, historic site or event in your area.  View the impressive collection of historical and current-day pictures.  Take a walk through time with CAPMAP as your guide!

Do you want to know more about the history of the Alberta Capital Region?

Check out the Timelines to see a snapshot of this area’s history from 2.5 billion B.C. to 1948.  Compare major world events with those of regional significance and explore the transition from First Nations communities to European exploration and settlement.

What did this area look like in the 1790s, 1800s, 1900s…?

Check out Historical Maps in the Maps section. This website has the most complete compilation of Dominion Land Survey Township maps from the 1880s and early 1900s for the Alberta Capital Region.  By adding current layers of present-day features (hydrology, transportation, towns, etc) on top of the township maps you will see the extraordinary changes that have taken place in our living environment.

This picture is of David Thompson (1770-1857) and his wife Charlotte Small on the North Saskatchewan River near Fort Edmonton in the early 1800s.  Thompson is Canada’s best-known explorer, fur trader, surveyor and map-maker who explored and mapped western Canada from 1792 to 1812 and produced maps for over one fifth of North America.  Devoting his life to the study of geography and mapmaking he started off as an apprentice with the Hudson’s Bay Company to later join the North West Company in 1797, mapping posts and major river routes from the Hudson Bay to the Pacific Ocean.  Retiring to Montreal in 1812 after 30 years in the remote west Thompson wrote a narrative of his explorations, regarded by many as his greatest legacy.  He died in 1857 at the age of 87 and is still regarded as the world’s greatest map-maker.
For more go to Historical Maps (Maps) or see our Bibliography.