Page last modified
November 21, 2003

• 1988 - inception of the HHF with a 13 member board

• An early focus was to encourage residents to seek provincial historic designation of homes & other buildings

• David Leonard, a provincial archivist, began conducting walking tours in the Highlands

• Other early projects included the annual Festival of Lights, research on historic gardens, an annual historical buildings art show, and building the resource library and archives collection

• 1993 - a walking tour guide was published in collaboration with the Edmonton Historic Board, the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, Northlands and the provincial government

• 1988 to 2002 - a bi-annual newsletter featuring historic home and resident profiles, how to project assistance for home renovations, and other articles on general Highlands history was published and distributed in the Highlands

• Oral history taking continues to be an important focus. To date, over a dozen longtime residents have been interviewed and the records submitted to the City of Edmonton Archives

• 2003 - HHF launches this website to continue publishing feature articles and to help reach out to an ever broader audience