Fort Saskatchewan is a city along the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta, Canada. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Edmonton, the provincial capital. It is part of the Edmonton census metropolitan area and one of 24 municipalities that constitute the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board. Its population in the 2021 federal census was 27,088.
Downtown Fort Saskatchewan
The interior of Fort Saskatchewan, c. 1884
A colour postcard showing a train crossing the CNR bridge into Fort Saskatchewan. The wooden car deck can be seen below.
The Fort Saskatchewan Fire Department gathered outside of the combined fire/town hall in 1910.
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows eventually into the Hudson Bay.
North Saskatchewan River near Abraham Lake
The North Saskatchewan in Edmonton circa 1913. Steamboats in the foreground, construction of the High Level Bridge in the background, and mid-river piers for future Walterdale Bridge between.
The North Saskatchewan River flowing past the West River's Edge park in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
29 June 1915 cover of the Edmonton Daily Bulletin
