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Connecting the west, the trail was of great importance during the 19th century as a highway for travellers. Different sections of the trail were known by different names in different eras, including The
Company, Saskatchewan, Fort Ellice Trail, Winnipeg Trail, Edmonton Trail, and Victoria Trail.
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convinced the syndicate that formed the railway to take the more southernly route in 1881. By the early 1900s many portions of its length had been fenced off where it bisected plots of agricultural land, but sections of the trail, such as
Victoria Trail in Edmonton and a length near Victoria
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Victoria Trail, ran on a more direct route to and from Edmonton, on the south side of the River, following the line of the old telegraph line. A length of it still survives, at the old Krebs homestead east of Fort Saskatchewan.
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Fort Garry-Fort
Edmonton Trail Commemorated as National Historic Site
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MHS Transactions: The Red River Cart and Trails: The Fur Trade
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Fort Garry - Fort
Edmonton Trail National Historic Event
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854:Categories
729:Wanuskewin
634:Fort Walsh
619:Fort Pelly
424:Makwa Lake
319:Blackstrap
169:References
624:Fort Pitt
534:Bell Farm
444:Pike Lake
389:Fort Pitt
364:Danielson
138:in 1972.
756:Cenotaph
142:See also
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41:Edmonton
33:Canadian
796:Museums
509:Batoche
369:Douglas
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111:Métis
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