In August 2015, I spoke at an educational forum in Vermilion, Alberta, about some of the history that has shaped the Vermilion River and its watershed as we know it today... Read More »
Author: vrwa
What’s in a Name?
September 13, 2016
The village of Innisfree was first known as Del Norte (Spanish: "of the North"). The youngest daughter of the first postmaster Mr. Puckette chose the name. One day in 1905, Byron Edmond Walker (soon to be Sir Byron), president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce... Read More »