1962 Storyland Valley Zoo Edmonton

Many of these concrete structures and the storyland-themed buildings still exist at the Edmonton Valley Zoo even after the extensive renovations in 2013. The 8mm film transfer was done by TMTV.NET.

[@cbman4767]

Thanks for posting I spent many vacations at this place in the early to mid 70s.

[@swhabby]

Thank you for saving this gem. We spent many hours as children at this zoo. It’s wonderful to have this memory preserved

[@tonywildeman6976]

Thanks for putting a huge grin on my face - this amazing clip shows the Valley Zoo exactly as I remember it from the first time my family visited it back in 1962 when I was 11 years old. It was great fun for kids, but I was much too old and mature for kid's stuff like this. Does it still look like this after all these years?

[@owellafehr5191]

I went to the zoo a lot as a child in the 1990s and early 2000s and it looked remarkably similar to this - the trees were much taller, of course, but the layout and the structures were all the same. Over the years since then it's changed a lot. I went back today and almost all of the 'Storyland' features are gone, with the exception of a few of the buildings (train station, petting zoo barn, one of the roundhouses - and all those are in pretty bad shape. However, there is a small 'memorial' display with painted scenes of the old zoo.

[@sharonwaddell2548]

We went there a lot as kids. I seem to remember a stage coach , and donkey rides also.

[@jeansurinatel5332]

Yes, thank you so much & ditto everything Swhabby said. Was much the same in the 80's when I took my own kids as well! Memories....

[@EricMontreal22]

They still had most of this when I was a kid in the 80s. My favourite part then was a tunnel for the train that went through a jungle with loud animal sounds, mechanical swinging monkeys, elephants, etc--anyone else remember this?