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You will recall meeting Percy and Wilf, two potential Peace Country homesteaders, who were waiting in Edmonton for their train to leave for the North. While…

You will recall meeting Percy and Wilf, two potential Peace Country homesteaders, who were waiting in Edmonton for their train to leave for the North. While…

We have shared, over the past few months, for the most part, serious stories, or rather stories about serious events. The most recent – about the Smiths –…

As we learned, and expected, fundraising was necessary to oblige the Smith’s mandate to be of service to the many Aboriginal people of northern Alberta and to…

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Aug 02, 2021  •  13 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  • IMG_2672 – Unveiling of Mackenzie Cairn, across Peace River from Fort Fork site, 1929. People arrived at River Lot 19 for the ceremony via various means – sternwheeler D.A. Thomas, car, and perhaps, horse and buggy. Sir Alexander Mackenzie overwintered 1792-93 at the fort on his quest of the Pacific Ocean. Among those attending: (L-R) Hugh Allen; D.M. Kennedy; Kinwel...

Article content Try refreshing your browser. Weekly Ponderings: People brought character and culture to Peace River - Part 48 Back to video Holcroft was to complete Shaftesbury Settlement boundaries and subdivide three townships in the area of present-day Grimshaw and Griffin Creek. “Like Saint Cyr, the year before, Holcroft was allowed considerable discretion in undertaking his work.” “Those claiming free grants in the northern Shaftesbury for having occupied their [river] lots since p...

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jul 05, 2021  •  6 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  • IMG_0953 – Two horses hang out at fence-line of Henderson Barn on River Lot 5, Shaftesbury Trail, a short distance west of Shaftesbury Ferry. Carm Ellis, in Barns of the North Peace, writes the land reverted to the Crown to become entitled land. It changed hands several times and was bought by Jack (John) Henderson circa. 1938. “It is said that the log work was done b...

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 28, 2021  •  15 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  • IMG_1501 – Although the life of a surveyor was not always an easy one, there were times for recreation – not all work and no play. In this photograph of an ALS Weir Album photograph from Judy Lamour’s Laying Down the Lines: A History of Land Surveying in Alberta, we see a surveying crew making music. Photo by SUPPLIED Article content We were reminded in the previ...

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021  •  5 days ago  •  6 minute read  •  • Photograph from Earth Sciences Museum – Dr. E.D.G. Deville, Chief Inspector of Surveys, later Surveyor General, and Director General of Surveys. He was recognized, among other accomplishments, for his introduction and enforcement of a more scientific method of survey and development of phototopography (photogrammetry) used to photograph difficult terrain. Photo by SUPPL...