 Cameron moved from Winnipeg to Edmonton in 1881 by ox @-@ cart , travelling through Carlton and Battleford , bringing with him 96 @,@ 000 pounds ( 44 @,@ 000 kg ) of freight on a journey that took three months . Once in Edmonton , he used this freight as the initial inventory of a store , the A. McDonald Company , where he entered into a partnership . In 1891 , he would purchase the store from its original owner , A. McDonald . He moved into a new building in 1893 , designed by architect William S. Edmiston and constructed by contractor Kenneth McLeod . The building , located on Jasper Avenue , included a cellar , main floor for merchandise and storage , and an upper storey , heated in its entirety by a furnace . He would operate until 1896 . After the sale of the store , he entered into the real estate and coal business . In 1914 , Cameron was serving as managing director and treasurer of Gainford Colleries Ltd. and as chairman of the provisional directors of the Canada Northwest Loan and Mortgage Company . 
