The Town of Edson was named after Edson J. Chamberlain, General Manager of the Grande Trunk Pacific Railroad in 1911. The community was incorporated as a town in September of 1911. The railroad provided access to the rich Alberta Coal Branch and Edson acted as a supply depot as the railroad pushed west.
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Named for · Edson Joseph Chamberlin. Government. • Mayor, Kevin Zahara. • Governing body. Edson Town Council. Trevor Bevan; Krystal Baier; Gean Chouinard; Ed ...
Dec 5, 2023 · The town was originally named Heatherwood, but the name was changed around 1911 in honour of Edson Joseph Chamberlin, vice-president of the ...
Named for Edson J. Chamberlain, president of the Grand Trunk Railway (1912-17), it was founded in 1910 as a divisional point for the GTP some 100 km east ...
Edson was originally founded as Heatherwood, but its name was changed around 1911 to honour Edson Joseph Chamberlin, the vice-president of the Grand Trunk ...
The Edson River is a minor river in west-central Alberta, Canada. The river, like the nearby town of Edson, is named for Edson Joseph Chamberlin (1852–1924) ...
Sep 28, 2023 · The Town of Edson is the distribution centre for a mining, timber and oil area 200 km due west of Edmonton. Named for Edson J. Chamberlain ...
Jul 18, 2020 · The history of the town notes that the community was once named Heatherwood. "The name was changed around 1911 in honour of Edson Joseph ...
The town was first known as Heatherwood, but the name was changed around 1911 in honour of Edson Joseph Chamberlin, vice-president of the Grand Trunk ...
