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Gateway to the North
DCHP-2 (May 2016)
Spelling variants:Gateway of the North, gateway to the north, gateway to the North
n.
an informal name for Edmonton, Alberta.
Type: 1. Origin — The name has been applied to a number of Canadian cities throughout history, yet over the 20th century the name has been firmly attached to Edmonton, Alberta.
See: Edmonchuk
Quotations
1903
He will spend about eight days here and hereabouts visiting friends before returning to Edmonton, which, in his opinion, is the gateway to the north and northwest, and likely to remain so.
1939
Edmonton, "gateway to the north," prospers more and more as development of the "field of enterprise" expands.
1954
[...] but now oil (and inexhaustible supplies of natural gas) have overtaken farming, and given Edmonton its exuberant commercial health. IT IS NOW the despatching end of the longest crude-oil pipe-line in the world. It is the natural gateway to the north and northwest, just as it was in the old Klondyke days.
1972
"This is totally, bloody ignorant," said Ald. Dave Ward [...] "that in the capital city of Alberta and the gateway to the north we would let a thing like this happen. [...]"
1988
The Klondike Days theme takes its inspiration from the late-19th century, when Edmonton was the Gateway to the North - and a gold rush.
1994
Edmonton, of course, still thinks of itself as Gateway to the North, jumping off point for an immense Arctic treasurehouse.
2000
Edmonton is being looked at as the gateway to the north -- a transportation and supply hub for the mining and exploration industry opening up the Northwest Territories, and as a base for the companies working in the oil sands.
2005
It was serving northern Alberta by air that gave Edmonton the moniker of "Gateway to the North."