http://www.frontiersmenhistorian.inf...atimeline3.htm
Info on the founding in 1915 and the association with the Legion of Frontiersmen. Scroll down to the para. "1915 Edmonton LF & WVR connections?"
There's also a book about Nellie McClung that mentions her lunching with the Edmonton WVR in 1917.
The book I was thinking of, however, used to be in Google books but looks like it has been removed.