Before the days of waiting for a new Highway 15 bridge to cross the North Saskatchewan River, residents had to rely on a ferry. The old Fort Saskatchewan ferry has an interesting place in the community’s history, with tales of tragedy and outrage sprinkled throughout its story. Things first started around 1874. “Around the time the Northwest Mounted Police arrived the only way to cross the North Saskatchewan River, if you were coming from Edmonton on the old fort trail, was by a small boat,” said Kyle Bjornson, the curator at the Fort Sask Precinct. Joseph and Frank Lamoureux were the first to actually help people across the river in a small boat. While it worked for helping small groups of people traverse the water, there were some obvious downsides. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()