Peter Tomkins News Today

All my life I’ve instinctively aligned with phrases such as “plants have feelings.” Believe it or not, plants are much more intricate than given credit for.

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...

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...

The last few Ponderings made us aware of the Tomkins family – Peter Tomkins Sr., Peter Tomkins Jr.

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 01, 2021  •  June 1, 2021  •  7 minute read  •  • Glenbow Archives – 1935 – Members of Métis Association of Alberta with Members of Legislative Assembly – Edmonton: Back Row: (l-r) Joseph Miville Dechene (MLA); Felix Calihoo; Leonidas Alcidas Giroux, MLA; Peter Tomkins Jr. Front Row: (l-r) Jim Brady, secretary; Reverend Father Falher, Grouard parish priest; Joe Dion, president Métis Association; Reverend Bishop G...

Peter Tomkins Jr. died June 1970 in High Prairie, Alberta. His influence on Métis people and settlements on which they live has not. Last Ponderings, we left…

Peter Tomkins Jr. died June 1970 in High Prairie, Alberta. His influence on Métis people and settlements on which they live has not. Last Ponderings, we left…

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 01, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  7 minute read  •  • Glenbow Archives – 1935 – Members of Métis Association of Alberta with Members of Legislative Assembly – Edmonton: Back Row: (l-r) Joseph Miville Dechene (MLA); Felix Calihoo; Leonidas Alcidas Giroux, MLA; Peter Tomkins Jr. Front Row: (l-r) Jim Brady, secretary; Reverend Father Falher, Grouard parish priest; Joe Dion, president Métis Association; Reverend Bishop G...

We were introduced to Peter Tompkins (Tomkins) Sr. in the most recent Ponderings. Tompkins, as we learned was the first Dominion Land Agent at Grouard in 1909…