Many of the first settlements in Alberta—communities born of
grit, necessity, and hope for a prosperous future—left behind a
legacy of French culture that still holds strong in many small
communities and in pockets in some of the larger ones. These
hamlets, villages, towns, and cities began as a simple church on
a lakeside, or as a walled fort on a river’s edge. In the
following sections you will learn about the earliest settlements
of Alberta and the brave French immigrants who helped build
them.
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