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The Village of Griesbach, a residential area in North Edmonton bounded by 153 Avenue NW to the north, Canadian Forces Trail to the east, 137 Avenue NW to the south and Castle Downs Road NW to the west, is the unique result of the redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base by Canada Lands Company in 2003. The land of Griesbach previously provided housing for military personnel and was established in 1950 as Griesbach Barracks. It was named after Major-General William Antrobus Griesbach (1878–1945), a Veteran of the South African War, First World War and Second World War.

Canadian Forces Base Edmonton (Griesbach Barracks) was a major military facility in Edmonton from the early 1950s to the late 1990s. During that period thousands of Canada's military personnel were based here in Edmonton. The theme of Griesbach was developed to honour the deep military roots of the land on which it's built and recognizes military heroes and battles in which local military units participated. This theme is reflected in a variety of ways, including streets, parks and lakes.

This Heintzman & Co. piano, currently on long-term loan to the Edmonton Garrison Officers’ Mess, is a unique memorial to the horses of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians).

This stained glass window commemorates the service of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) in the Heimer Area 1965-1968. It depicts a their regimental badge and two lambs and was manufactured by Entw. J. Richstatter Ausf. Wilh. Derix Düsseldorf-Kakerswerth.

The window was in Saint George’s Chapel at Currie Barracks, Calgary, Alberta. Saint George’s Chapel remained active for a short period after the Calgary Base closed in 1996. The stained glass window was moved to the Edmonton Garrison Chapel of Saint Luke & Saint John on 15 June 1997. 

Just after the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) departed for Germany in 1965, they presented a stained glass window in Saint George’s Chapel at Currie Barracks, Calgary, Alberta. It was presented on the Regiment's behalf by Major J. Bell on 5 December 1965 and dedicated by the Chapel Chaplain, Major H.H. Johnson. The window depicts their regimental badge and a portrait of Saint George.

Saint George’s Chapel remained active for a short period after the Calgary Base closed in 1996. The stained glass window was moved to the Edmonton Garrison Chapel of Saint Luke & Saint John in 1997.

The Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Second World War Honour Roll was presented to the Officers’ Mess Lord Strathcona’s Horse (C) by Lieutenants J.R.R. Boulanger and D.L. Dunn on 17 March 1955. It lists the names of those killed during the Second World War while serving as Strathcona's. 

In 1925, the officers of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) presented a centerpiece to the Officers' Mess as a memorial to the officers killed in the First World War. It consists of a silver statuette of a Strathcona in ceremonial dress mounted on a horse. 

This Centurion tank acts as a memorial to all of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians). It was located in Strathcona Field at Sarcee Barracks in Calgary, Alberta and dedicated by Colonel Commandant, Major-General F.F. Worthington, CB, MC, MM, CD, during the 1965 Moreuil Wood ceremonies. The tank remained in Strathcona Field until 1996 when it was moved to Edmonton with the Regiment.

This Centurion tank was located at the front entrance of Harvey Barracks in Calgary, Alberta with the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Memorial. It was moved to its current position in 1996 and is currently used to note the presence of the Commanding Officer in regimental lines as indicated when the Commanding Officer’s pennant is flying from one of the tank’s antennas. 

The Brigadier F.M.W. Harvey Building officially opened on 20 October 1996 on the occasion of the move of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) from Calgary to Edmonton. Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey earned the Victoria Cross for his conduct on 27 March 1917 in an attack on the village of Guyencourt in France. Harvey later received the Military Cross for his part in the Strathconas charge against German positions near Moreuil Wood on 30 March 1918. The French Government also granted him the Croix de Guerre.

The stone cairn in front of the building has a special connection to all First World War soldiers who trained at Camp Sarcee in Calgary, Alberta. It was constructed from stones which were placed on the side of Signal Hill by soldiers during the First World War to form replicas of their unit badges. The cairn was originally erected by the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Association at the front entrance to Harvey Barracks in Calgary on 11 November 1984. It was dedicated in the presence of the Colonel of the Regiment, Major-General P.A. Neatby, CD.

This three-foot high memorial, in the shape of a rough-cut grave marker, was initially placed in Strathcona Field at Sarcee Barracks in Calgary, Alberta on 11 November 1977. It was dedicated to all the fallen of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) and became a central part in their Remembrance Day ceremonies. The memorial was moved to its current location in 1999.