Archive for July 2008
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Revitalizing Downtown
On June 20, 2008 Dr. Avi Friedman toured the downtown and Main Street areas. Following this tour a lecture on “Retooling Downtown” by Dr. Friedman as a focus group session was held. Dr Friedman is a Professor of Architecture at McGill University as well as the Director of the Affordable Homes Program. Dr Friedman has [...]
First explored by David Thompson in 1799
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The area of the present day Town of Slave Lake was first explored by David Thompson in 1799. Following this exploration, fur trading posts were established, around Slave Lake, with a Hudson’s Bay Company post established at the mouth of the lake. The first community, called Sawridge, was wiped out by a flood [...]
