Question 1

Homesteader

Accepted Answer

Yellowhead Trail north to the Kennedale Ravine, 37 Street to 50 Street. This neighbourhood was named in honour of the men and women who first settled in the Edmonton area. Most homesteading in western Canada occurred in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as European immigrants, as well as people from the United States and eastern Canada, arrived to farm the undeveloped land of western Canada. Under the Dominion Lands Policy, settlers or homesteaders could claim 160 acres (64.75 ha.) of land for a filing fee of $10; and could gain title to the land after prescribed improvements had been made.
Neighbourhood 1973 NE 11:A2

Question 2

Homestead Crescent

Accepted Answer

North of Hermitage Road at 38 Street. See Homesteader for more details.
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Question 3

Habitat Crescent

Accepted Answer

North of Hermitage Road at 46 Street to 48 Street Located in the Homesteader neighbourhood, the name of this road is consistent with the neighbourhood naming theme. A habitat is a locality in which a plant or animal grows or lives.
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Question 4

Hamilton Crescent

Accepted Answer

Off Harvest Road, west of 40 Street Robert Winslow Hamilton (b. 1911) served as an alderman from 1943 to 1945. Born in England, Hamilton became a chartered accountant after graduating from the University of Alberta. Road 1973 NE 11:A2 Harrison Drive North of Hermitage Road at 45 Street Arthur Gregory Harrison (1870-1954) was a city commissioner from 1912 to 1918. New Brunswick-born Harrison came to Edmonton in 1896. In addition to his work as a civil servant, he was involved with the Edmonton Board of Trade and the Edmonton Exhibition.
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Question 5

Harrison Drive

Accepted Answer

North of Hermitage Road at 45 Street, Arthur Gregory Harrison (1870-1954) was a city commissioner from 1912 to 1918. New Brunswick-born Harrison came to Edmonton in 1896. In addition to his work as a civil servant, he was involved with the Edmonton Board of Trade and the Edmonton Exhibition.
Road 1973 NE 11:A2

Question 6

Harrow Circle

Accepted Answer

East of 40 Street at 130 Avenue The harrow is a farming tool used to till the soil. A set of iron teeth or discs attached to a heavy frame, the harrow is pulled across the fallow cropland to break it up and root up weeds. Harrow Circle follows the naming theme of the Homesteader neighbourhood, in which it is located.
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Question 7

Harvest Road

Accepted Answer

North of Hermitage Road at 40 Street This road is in the Homesteader neighbourhood; its name follows the agrarian theme.
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Question 8

Henry Avenue

Accepted Answer

North of Hermitage Road, west of Homestead Crescent William T. Henry (1870-1952) was the mayor of Edmonton between 1914 and 1917. Henry was born in Prince Edward Island and came to Edmonton in 1893. At the beginning of the 1900s, he was an Edmonton alderman, and from 1924 to 1926 was a member of the provincial legislature.
Road 1973 NE 11:B2

Question 9

Hermitage Road

Accepted Answer

East of 50 Street to Victoria Trail, north of Yellowhead Trail. See Hermitage for more details.
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Question 10

Hermitage

Accepted Answer

CN tracks north to Kennedale Ravine, river valley west to 50 Street The first district headquarters of the Church of England was established in this area in the late 1800s by the Rev. Canon William Newton (1828-1912). Newton called the settlement The Hermitage (the home of a hermit or a secluded dwelling). The Cannon Ridge, Homesteader and Overlanders neighbourhoods are within the Hermitage subdivision. See Newton for more details.
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Question 11

Hooke Road

Accepted Answer

North of Hermitage Road Alfred J. Hooke (1905-1992) was a long-serving politician and author. Born in England, Hooke came to Alberta in 1913. He worked as a schoolteacher until he was elected to the provincial legislature in 1935. For the next 36 years, Hooke held a number of cabinet posts. After his retirement in 1971, he authored several books on Alberta politics, including 30/5, I know, I was there.
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Question 12

Hooper Crescent

Accepted Answer

North of Hooke Road, west of Victoria Trail Staff Insp. Stanley G. Hooper served as an Edmonton police officer for 45 years. Born in England, Hooper came to Edmonton in 1924. Two years later he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and was stationed in the Northwest Territories. In 1928 he joined the city police. After serving in WWII, he returned to the force. Hooper retired in 1971.
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Question 13

Horner Road

Accepted Answer

North of Hooke Road, west of Victoria Trail William “Reg” Horner (1898-1980) was born in Medicine Hat and came to Edmonton in 1905. After serving in WWI, Horner was employed at the Northern Alberta Dairy Pool, where he remained for many years. Horner served on the Edmonton Historical Board and was the president of the Old Timers’ Association.
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Question 14

Howson Crescent

Accepted Answer

North of Hermitage Road, east of Victoria Trail William Robinson Howson (1883-1952) was chief justice of the Alberta Supreme Court. Howson was born in Ontario and came to Edmonton in 1910. After graduating from the University of Alberta, Howson served in WWI. He was elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1930, appointed justice of Alberta’s Supreme Court in 1936, and in 1944 became chief justice.
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Question 15

Huffman Crescent

Accepted Answer

West of Humberstone Road, south of Hermitage
Road Bertram “Bert” M. Huffman (b. 1921) worked in the city of Edmonton engineer’s department for 28 years. He was born in High River and graduated from the University of Alberta in 1949. Huffman began working for the city after serving in WWII. He retired at the end of 1975.
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Question 16

Hughes Road

Accepted Answer

Joins with and is confined by Huffman Crescent Katherine Hughes (1877-1925) was Alberta’s first provincial archivist. Hughes was born in Prince Edward Island and came to Edmonton in the early 1900s. Starting in 1906, she worked as a journalist at the Edmonton Bulletin. She was appointed provincial archivist in 1908. Hughes was the author of several books, including Father Lacombe: The Black-Robe Voyageur.
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Question 17

Humberstone Road

Accepted Answer

East of Huffman Crescent, south of Hermitage Road William Humberstone (1836-1922), born in Canada West, was an early Edmonton businessman. He arrived in Edmonton in 1880 and went on to establish a coal mine in Beverly and a brickyard in Riverdale. Humberstone was also a partner in John Walter’s sawmill.
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Question 18

Hunt Road

Accepted Answer

Joins Hermitage Road to Humberstone Road Reginald Hunt (1884-1978) was the inventor and pilot of Alberta’s first airplane. His pioneer flight took place on September 8, 1909, when he and his aircraft rose 15.2 metres and stayed aloft for a remarkable 35 minutes. After a crash in 1910 (he was uninjured), Hunt left Edmonton.
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Question 19

Canon Ridge

Accepted Answer

Hyndman Road north of Kennedale Ravine, Hermitage Park west to Victoria Trail. See Newton for more details.
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Question 20

Newton

Accepted Answer

118 Avenue north to Yellowhead Trail, 50 Street to 58 Street. Pioneer Anglican minister Canon William Newton came to Canada, from England, in 1840 and arrived at the Edmonton settlement in 1875. That same year he built a church, a home and a hospital ten kilometres east of Fort Edmonton, that he called Hermitage. The Rev. Newton continued to live there in his home for the next 25 years.
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Question 21

Hyndman Crescent

Accepted Answer

East of Victoria Trail, south of Hermitage Road James Duncan Hyndman (1874-1971) was an alderman and a judge on Alberta’s Supreme Court. Born in Prince Edward Island, Hyndman came to Edmonton in 1903. He was an alderman from 1910 to 1911. In 1914 Hyndman was appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta. From 1921 to 1931 he served as justice of the appellate division.
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Question 22

Overlanders

Accepted Answer

CN Railway tracks north to Kennedale Ravine, Victoria Trail West to 34 Street In June 1862, 150 people, including one woman, left Winnipeg for the Cariboo Gold Fields in present-day British Columbia.

They used Red River carts to transport their possessions and supplies westward across the prairies. Settlers who made this journey were called “Overlanders.” They reached Fort Edmonton in July, traded their carts for pack horses and continued their journey with Aboriginal guides across the Rocky Mountains.

Most reached their destination in October 1862 and settled in the vicinity of the Cariboo Gold Fields. The neighbourhood name of Overlanders is compatible with the naming theme of the Hermitage subdivision, which honours early settlers.

Neighbourhood 1981 NE 6:B1

Question 23

William Hustler Crescent

Accepted Answer

South of Hermitage Road, west of Victoria Trail Dr. William Hustler (1886-1963) was a member of the University of Alberta’s first medical class. After service in WWI, Hustler entered private practice in Edmonton. He retired in 1958 and died in 1963 at the age of 77.

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