It was a rural area many kilometers south of the boundaries of the Town of Edmonton, incorporated in 1892.

[9] Even after 1899 incorporation of the Town of Strathcona on the southside of the river, Ellerslie still maintained its relative isolation as a rural area.

Its location along the Calgary-Edmotnon Trail and the Calgary & Edmonton Railway gave it some significance.

[12] Wernerville got its name from the large clan of Werner families that settled in the area starting in the 1890s.

[10][11] Immediately north of the Anthony Henday Drive is the Mill Woods area of Edmonton and the neighbourhoods of Satoo and Menisa.