So once we had settled in on the street at niece Tiffany’s, and we had a good visit with her and Trevor and cuddles with Teller, we headed out to explore. On Wednesday, Jon and Meg took the kids to West Edmonton Mall while we relaxed and did some shopping. Thursday, after a slow start we went to Fort Edmonton historical site.
They had good interpretation of indigenous history up to the fur trade and the Métis. They had a very modern interp Center. The shot gun approach took some getting used to. There was a mix of static artifacts, audio visual, talking trees and active demonstrations through live animators. This was all happening at once so it was a bit overwhelming. I didn’t even figure out that the trees were talking to me until Meg pointed it out to me after we left. Then it was pretty much standard, “here is a bunch of old stuff settlers made and built.” Most of the buildings and artefacts were in good shape and well presented, but there was very little interpretation or animation. The animators they did have only talked about the stuff and didn’t represent a character from history. This is different from the interpretation we have been used to at Parks Canada historical sites. I thought they missed a real opportunity, not representing themselves as real characters from history. I felt bad for the two boys in the fur loft who pretty much got swamped by Jon, talking about guns and furs.
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