In the 1880s, Victoria Settlement was surveyed into “river lots” so that every family would have access to the “highway," the North Saskatchewan River.

 Russell, Ralph C. 1971. Carlton Trail. Saskatoon: Prairie Books.

Hurt, Leslie J. 1979. The Victoria Settlement 1862-1922. Alberta Culture Historic Sites Service, Occasional Paper no. 7, p. 90.

Geiger, John Grigsby. 1996. “River Lot Three: Settlement Life on the North Saskatchewan.” Alberta History, 44(1): 15-25.