Fort Heritage Precinct

Over the past several years, improvements at the Fort Heritage Precinct have kept it preserved and well-maintained.  This time, the historic 1937 Warden’s Residence, home to the Fort Heritage Precinct’s Visitor Information Centre and administration, is getting a paint job. Many residents will be familiar with the white stucco and green trim that they have […]

The layers of human history and activity that stretch through the Fort Heritage Precinct, Fort Saskatchewan’s downtown core, and river valley can be enticing to amateur archaeologists and metal detector hobbyists. People have occupied and used these lands in various ways for centuries, and who knows what might be lurking beneath the soil? An Indigenous […]

This past weekend, the CBC included The Fort Heritage Precinct as part of its video review of historic places in Alberta to see this summer. The clip talks about all of the amazing things you can find here at the Fort Heritage Precinct: the sheep, Sam Steele, and why the fort brought law and order to the […]

Everyone at the Fort Heritage Precinct would like to extend a warm welcome to our new curator, Kyle Bjornson. Kyle has worked at a variety of heritage institutions throughout Canada and the USA and has a Master of Arts degree in Public History. Kyle is responsible for the management of the Fort Heritage Precinct’s collection including […]

The Fort Heritage Precinct is looking for community input on our Canada Day 2018 celebrations in order to make them even better in the future. If you visited the 1875 North West Mounted Police Fort on July 1st, please fill out the following survey to let us know what you thought! To fill out the […]

Thank you to everyone who has registered for the 2018/19 History Centre Programs so far! We were so happy to have a smooth start to our registration this morning and are looking forward to seeing the rest of the dates book up over the next few days. If you have not yet booked your dates […]