is nestled between the Red Deer River and the South Saskatchewan River, at the eastern edge of Alberta. There is a wild feel to this quaint village surrounded by expansive farms and ranches, pronghorns, coyotes and so many different species of birds. The recreation opportunities for adventurers and star-gazers are boundless. Come and see for yourself!
History
Empress has a lot of history. See our History page.
1912 Empress - Bird's Eye View
1912 Empress - Maybe looking NE
1913 Empress - General View
1913 East Empress
1913 Empress - Peters and Melton Hardware
1913 Empress - H.G. Store & Hardware
1913 Empress - Street View Looking North
1913 Empress - The Globe Store
1913 Empress First Church
1913-07-01 Empress celebration
1913-07-01 Empress July 1 Celebrations Large group portrait
1913-07-01 Empress July 1 Celebrations M.L. Haggins Real Estate & Brown’s Drug & Book Store
Empress - 3rd ave looking East
Empress - Maybe looking NE
Empress - 3rd ave Looking West
Empress - Centre St
Harvest Time
1912 Robert Booker with mixed team
1914 Cottage Hospital with pest house
First airplane in Empress
Early Empress Oxen pulled carts
1913 Railway construction
Railway construction
1914-05-14 Empress Railway construction 1
Empress Railway Siding during construction
1914-05-14 Empress Railway construction 2
Empress CPR Station
Train Engine #2000 with crew & train station at Empress
1913 CPR Postcard Propaganda for Empress
Empress Bridge over Red Deer River
Empress - CPR Bridge 1
Empress - CPR Bridge 2
Empress envelope advertisement
Empress SSR bridge
Empress rail yard in winter
Empress - CPR Yards
10 Stall train round house with water tower Empress
10 Stall train round house Empress
1916-06-21 Empress Stampede button
Empress hotel
1918-1924 Kitchener School
Empress Street View
1918-1924 Bird's Eye View
Empress Royal George Hotel with Drug Store on first floor
1922 Empress - Large view with power-poles
Building the community hall ~ 1950
Pioneer elevator and flour mill. 1930s or 1940s. submitted by Bernice Kislanko
1958 Harry Becker (Engineer), Pat Hay (Front end Breakman), Alan Marshall (Student), James Kislanko (Tail end Brakeman), by their train in Empress
Mr. Brody & Dr. Dan MacCharles
Empress - United Church
1965 Empress - Quonset at 28-3 Ave E
1976 Empress - Train Station
1977 Empress CPR Station
Round Barn north of Empress 3
Original Empress Kitchener school before demolished
Stone Effigy
Velma Booker Empress Historian, Giving Tour on Roy Rivers Medicine Wheel
Pentecostal Tabernacle 1960s
Loose Homestead
Mayfield School 1943-1944. Marie Steinley taught here from March 1943- June 1944
Empress grain elevators
Empress facing north possibly 1920s
Empress postcard 1950s birds-eye-view
Bison skull & indigenous tools
Dr. Archie McNeill portrait
Dr. McNeill prescription pad heading
Bull's Forehead Medicine Wheel (Roy Rivers Medicine Wheel), Drawing