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Victoria Crossing is named after Queen Victoria, the longest reigning monarch in British History. Queen Victoria was born on May 24th 1819, and Canadians still celebrate this day every year on the Monday preceding her birthday (May long weekend). Victoria took the throne following her uncle George IV's death in 1837 when she was just eighteen and reigned until her death in 1901.

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Every province in Canada can find a town, village, or neighbourhood named after Queen Victoria. Most notably, of course, is the city of Victoria in British Columbia. The province of Alberta is named after Victoria's sixth daughter Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, wife of Marquis of Lorne, Governor General of Canada from 1878 - 1883.The neighbourhood east of Macleod Trail between the railway tracks and the Elbow River was originally referred to as the East Ward until 1905 when the ward system was discarded. Eventually residents adopted the name Victoria Park because of the adjacent exhibition grounds by that same name (now known as Stampede Park).