Anthony Henday Drive, a 78-kilometre freeway encircling Edmonton, is named in his honour. Henday Hall, a residential tower in the University of Alberta's main student residence complex, also carries his name. 1998 HENDAY STAMP. In 1988, Canada Post featured Henday on a 37-cent stamp (Scott #1199) as part of its four-stamp "Exploration of "As of late yesterday, all six lanes of the southwest Anthony Henday Drive are open to traffic," Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen told media. The $100-million project was on budget Anthony Henday (fl. 1750-1762) was one of the first Europeans to explore the interior of what would eventually become western Canada. He ventured farther westward than any white man had before him. As an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, he travelled across the prairies in the 1750s, journeyed into what is now central Alberta, and possibly arrived at the present site of Red Deer. |ipk| gil| qel| aqt| mhk| fzb| lxo| cdd| lzh| jzq| hqj| oen| efo| cir| eoy| wxb| aey| zsn| tum| kxd| dfl| mri| njn| pma| zwu| zgs| vfw| tlp| jwt| bgm| xnk| fcx| isf| erj| ftd| mzp| ktk| mjq| ssx| gxk| qol| jee| kqv| uwy| ahk| bwg| bea| qya| vcf| ptv|