The Jasper Story was a musical theatre production portraying Jasper’s history from the years 1825-1908.  The cast and crew were all Jasper residents. It was

Between 1962 and 1964 a CN/CP communication tower was constructed on the top of Pyramid Mountain. About 20 feet was blasted off the top of

1912-13 Travel up the Maligne Valley began when volunteers built the first bridge across the Athabasca River at Fort Point. A trail was cut between

Hospital Timeline 1916 An isolation hospital was built near Old Fort Point for the flu pandemic and also used in 1921 during a scarlet fever

The big white boulder that sits in the parking lot on Connaught Drive has a history that predates the town. The glacial material found throughout

Canadian National Railways steam locomotive 6060 was built at the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1944 and entered the main line passenger service, part of the

Whistlers Mountain, earlier known as Goat Mountain, was Jasper’s first ski hill. The Jasper Park Ski Club members began brushing and burning to create ski

Cyril Geoffrey Wates was born in Brixton in 1883 and immigrated to Canada working for the City of Edmonton Municipal Telephone System from 1909-1946. He

Construction of the Mount Edith Cavell Road began in the mid 1900s and the road officially opened in 1927. In 1924 Fred Slark built a

In 1923 the Canadian Northern Railway subdivision at Lucerne was closed when the Grand Trunk Pacific (GTP) and the Canadian Northern (CNo) Railways were amalgamated

1913 Jasper School District established 1914 A railway construction shack left by contractors Phelan and Shirley became Jasper’s first school 1924 classes swelled when residents

Jasper Totem 1947 Jasper Booster 1978

On November 21, 1950 a westbound troop train carrying Canadian soldiers enroute to the Korean War and an eastbound No. 2 Continental collided head-on at Canoe River,

A Jasper Rodeo Timeline 1925 Jasper’s first rodeo was held at Henry House Flats. 1926 The Jasper Horseman’s Association was formed to foster a love